BMW Group

Parking information provider Parkopedia has been selected as a parking information provider to the BMW Group. Parkopedia will be providing BMW with access to its knowledge base of over 26,000 parking facilities in North America, 42,000 in Europe and dynamic space availability in over 300 cities. Commenting on the deal, Parkopedia's CEO Eugene Tsyrklevich said, "We are extremely excited and honoured to work with such a renowned and well respected company such as BMW. In the era of the connected car, driver a

German automotive supplier Continental and BMW Group are pooling their development capacities to define the long-term prerequisites for series introduction of highly automated driving on European freeways. The two companies have signed an agreement to jointly develop an electronic co-pilot for this purpose, with the aim of paving the way to automated driving functions beyond the year 2020. “Automated driving is a key element in future mobility. It will significantly enhance safety, comfort and efficiency on

At a press conference yesterday with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, BMW Group board member Dr Ian Robertson announced the upcoming launch of ParkNow, an innovative mobile parking solution that is a joint venture with Urban Mobility, and provided new details about DriveNow, a premium car-sharing service which features a fleet of BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicles. San Francisco serves as the initial US market for each service.