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BMW recruits NTT and Intel for private 5G test site to drive Industry 4.0 gains

Some new light on the murky, creeping digital change taking place in the automotive sector, long-considered the flashiest venue for Industry 4.0 (but highly secretive and deeply conservative), and specifically at one of its blue riband manufacturers, in the original home of Industrie 4.0; German...

BMW talks €30bn future-tech fund, new blockchain experiment, plus COVID impact

German car giant BMW will invest €30 billion in “future-oriented” technologies during the next five years. The group has confirmed it will expand a blockchain pilot for purchasing front lights to suppliers of other car parts. The announcements, made at the end of last month,...

‘We are in planning’ – BMW to apply for ad hoc private 5G spectrum through 2020

German automotive giant BMW has confirmed it will apply for 5G spectrum licences in the 3.7-3.8 GHz industrial band in local factories at home on an ad hoc basis through the remainder of 2020, as use cases and experiments arise. “Depending on the projects we...

VW and BMW raise industrial 5G stakes – how German car giants are tooling up for Industry 4.0

German car giants Volkswagen and BMW have confirmed massive Industry 4.0 investments, and firmed up their interests in private industrial 5G as a means to factory automation and slicker production. Volkswagen has announced “further” investment in digital technologies at its flagship plant in Wolfsburg. The...