and challenging to imagine how we will live and move around in the future. How will we – society, the economy, living conditions and therefore mobility – change? What possibilities will new technologies open up?’ he asks, as he set out his stall for the future vision of the car. BMW Group, fresh from celebrating its centenary last year, has turned its attention to the next 100 years with customary gusto. ‘We have to think of how digitalisation and connectivity will affect our automotive needs and how new forms of mobility will open up countless more possibilities for people. In the future, everything will
be connected. We firmly believe that digitalisation and digital intelligence are meant to serve people,’ van Hooydonk says. ‘That is the only way they will permanently enhance our quality of life.’ So, will mobile connectivity save the car as we know it? ‘Technologies are getting smarter. Innovations are >>
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