BMW: opens new autonomous driving facility near Munich
(CercleFinance.com) - On Wednesday German carmaker BMW Group officially having opened a new autonomous driving campus near its hometown of Munich, hence highlighting its strategy to turn into a "tech company.
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Today, the group celebrated the official opening of its new facility in Unterschleissheim, where software developers will be able to test out freshly written codes in vehicles that are just a walk away.
BMW - which took the decision to pool together its development expertise in vehicle connectivity and automated driving at a single location 15 months ago - said the campus, which offers 23,000 square metres of office space with room for 1,800 employees, was completed in "record time."
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Today, the group celebrated the official opening of its new facility in Unterschleissheim, where software developers will be able to test out freshly written codes in vehicles that are just a walk away.
BMW - which took the decision to pool together its development expertise in vehicle connectivity and automated driving at a single location 15 months ago - said the campus, which offers 23,000 square metres of office space with room for 1,800 employees, was completed in "record time."
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