US EditionFirst Software-Defined Vehicle Will Be Reliable, BMW Pledges
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BMW Is Confident The New Tech Won't Suffer From Software Bugs
There is an unwritten rule that people shouldn’t buy a car in its first year of production because it may still have undiscovered problems. There’s truth to this, as in many cases automakers need extra time to iron out bugs, even after assembly begins. This is especially relevant in 2025, when software has completely taken over our cars. There are multiple examples of new models, especially from luxury brands, riddled with software gremlins. Wit…
Mike Reichelt, head of BMW's new Neue Klasse platform, is convinced that the recently launched iX3 will not suffer from the software issues that have plagued some competing models. The road to a software-defined vehicle is proving long and rocky for most manufacturers. For example: Volvo took a couple of years to launch the EX90 after its unveiling in late 2022, and when it did hit the market, it did so with limited functionality. Furthermore, t…
BMW has taken the step and soon sells its first software-defined car with the new iX3. There are no more hundreds of control units, but only a few powerful computers, which BMW likes to call superbrains. BWM has developed completely internally for the zonal architecture, as it is also used in brands such as Audi and Porsche in the long term. One is particularly proud of this and this path has a certain background. For BMW it was extremely import…
First software-defined vehicle will be reliable, BMW pledges
Manufacturer has developed the software stack for its next-generation models entirely independently BMW has pledged that its first software-defined vehicle, the new BMW iX3, won’t suffer from the software issues that have hampered rival firms. The electric SUV, revealed at the recent Munich motor show, sits on a new EV platform and features a new computing architecture built around four ‘supercomputer’ chips that run all of the vehicle's key fun…
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