BMWi: Visionary Mobility

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Electro - mobility is the number one topic when it comes to our mobility in the future. What does the vision of the BMW Group, Germanys main pioneer in the field, l ook like For the first time providing extensive insight into BMWs workshop of ideas, this volume presents the multi - faceted concept for sustainable and visionary mobility right up to autonomous driving.

In the spring of 2008, a think tank of engineers, d esigners, trend researchers, and financial experts met on a factory floor of BMWs parent plant in Munich to rethink mobility. This volume traces the exciting venture in its complex development, while also looking at the future. A main focus is on the major challenges of our time climate change, scarcity of resources, megacities and the solution approaches: technological innovations, networked mobility, and the use of renewable materials. Autonomous driving plays a particularl y important role. Terrific close - ups and design drawings present all models from the BMW i3 and the BMW i8 to the BMW i Vision Future Interaction.

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"Replete with close-up photographs and fascinating model drawings, BMWi is a must-have for lovers of modern design and automobiles and for anyone interested in electro-mobility and sustainable technologies." -- "City Book Review"

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Andreas Braun is a curator at the BMW Museum and the editor of the exhibition catalogs Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: Strive for Perfection, The MINI Story and BMW. 100 Masterpieces.