BASF Shops Recognized by BMW Canada
BASF announced that BMW honored four Canadian BASF shops for their extraordinary work throughout 2019 during the BMW Canada Certified Collision Repair Centres (CCRC) annual conference recently held in Québec City, Québec.
BMW of North America Selects OEC’s CollisionLink for Parts Ordering and Fulfillment
OEConnection LLC (OEC) announced that BMW of North America has selected CollisionLink for its U.S. collision parts marketing programs for both BMW and MINI, titled “BMW Collision Support with CollisionLink” and “MINI Collision Support with CollisionLink.”
BASF Canada Partners with BMW to Develop Frozen Finishes Training Course
BASF Canada announced it has collaborated with BMW on a brand-new training course on BMW frozen finishes that will be taught for the first time this summer.
BMW: 2019 8 Series Coupe New Materials, Tech
BMW has announced that its 2019 8 Series Coupe, with a mixed-material body, will come with the option to swap out the different facets of the car with carbon fiber as well as new sensor and driver assistance technology.
BMW Certified Collision Repair Network for Independent Shops
As part of the new program, BMW’s U.S. dealerships each can sponsor a maximum of two independent body shops to pursue certification with the automaker.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to Join BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye in Developing Autonomous Driving Platform
The development partners intend to leverage each other’s individual strengths, capabilities and resources to enhance the platform’s technology, increase development efficiency and reduce time to market.
Delphi to Join BMW, Intel, Mobileye in Effort to Develop Autonomous Driving Platform
The four partners intend to jointly deploy a cooperation model to deliver and scale the developed solutions to the broader OEM automotive industry and potentially other industries.
BMW, Intel and Mobileye Team Up to Bring Fully Autonomous Driving to Streets by 2021
BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye are convinced that automated driving technologies will make travel safer and easier.
BMW Says It’s Capable of Building the ‘Most Intelligent Car’
BMW is planning on ramping up its hiring so that half of its research and development team is made up of software engineers. They will be tasked with building artificial intelligence, which will ultimately power self-driving BMW cars of the future.
Auto Care Association Applauds FTC Final Consent Order Against BMW
FTC claimed that MINI violated the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act by telling consumers that BMW would void their warranty unless they used MINI parts and MINI dealers to perform maintenance and repair work.
