{"id":54676,"date":"2017-12-15T11:56:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T11:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=54676"},"modified":"2017-12-15T11:56:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T11:56:18","slug":"bmw-to-build-czech-test-track-for-self-driving-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/bmw-to-build-czech-test-track-for-self-driving-cars.html","title":{"rendered":"BMW to build Czech test track for self-driving cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">BMW to build Czech test track for self-driving cars<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">German luxury automaker BMW said on Friday it will spend over 100 million euros ($118 million) on a test track for self-driving and electric cars in the Czech Republic, as it expands its foray into alternative driving technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The construction of BMW\u2019s first vehicle testing project in eastern Europe will create several hundred jobs in the Czech Republic, where costs are lower than in neighboring Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The project is due to go on stream at the start of the next decade, the carmaker said, confirming a Czech media report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">BMW-owned properties near its Munich headquarters, in France and in Sweden are no longer sufficient to accommodate the carmaker\u2019s expanding tests of self-driving vehicles, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The group, which also includes the Rolls-Royce and MINI brands, plans to introduce its first highly automated iNEXT model in 2021 and has teamed up with Intel, Mobileye, Delphi [DCLC.UL], Continental and Fiat Chrysler to develop a market for driverless vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It also plans to increase battery-powered offerings to 25 models by 2025, about half of which will be fully electric.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cToday, we are on the threshold of automated driving,\u201d Herbert Grebenc, BMW\u2019s head of real estate management said in written remarks prepared for delivery at a news conference in Prague. \u201cThis means making massive investments in our future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Projects at the 500-hectare (1,200-acre) Sokolov site near the German border, picked out of 82 potential locations, will include the testing of driver-assistance and braking systems, Grebenc said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-bmw-czech-investment\/bmw-to-build-czech-test-track-for-self-driving-cars-idUSKBN1E90Y5<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/bmw-to-build-czech-test-track-for-self-driving-cars.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW to build Czech test track for self-driving cars German luxury automaker BMW said on Friday it will spend over 100 million euros ($118 million) on a test track for self-driving and electric cars in the Czech Republic, as it expands its foray into alternative driving technologies. 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