Opening Report on BMW Innovation Day
Munich, Germany – BMW held its annual Innovation Day at its Forchungs und Innovations Zentrum (FIZ), located on Knorr Strasse, just a bit northwest of the four cylinder headquarter building. It'due south a complex of buildings in actuality that houses BMW'southward engineering heart. I had the opportunity to see several facets of the FIZ on the Monday prior to attending the Innovation Day activities on Wednesday, the sixth of April. Aspects of that visit, bundled with the gracious aid of Frau Haele, will be reported on in the very near future.
Given BMW'south applied science bias, it isn't likewise hard to believe that they desire to showcase technology they expect to be moving into product in the near time to come. And this year'due south technology day didn't
disappoint in that regard. It was a alloy of applied science that is bachelor in the immediate hereafter, to pre-production materials (and processes) that take yet to be given a dark-green light for production.
The theme for this year's presentation was efficient dynamics. Herr Dr. Draeger kicked the morning off with a presentation that highlighted three components of BMW's notion of EfficientDynamics, Performance, Weight, and Consumption. The solar day revolved around five workshops that highlighted aspects of those components. The workshop topics were BMW'southward new engine family unit, the new 4 cylinder turbo gas motor and the new half-dozen cylinder diesel motor, electrified performance, lightweight construction, and a test bulldoze of the new four cylinder turbo motor in an X1.
Some brief highlights before going into depth on these subjects in subsequent articles:
- the new four cylinder turbo motor is a winner, smooth, quiet, and powerful
- a carbon fiber/cardboard honeycomb sandwich textile may be a meaning contributor to weight savings in the not to afar future
- the new engine family, of iii,iv, and 6 cylinder in-line engines, allows for up to 60% mutual components in each fuel class (gas & diesel fuel) and a 40% commonality between the fuel classes
- BMW will build their ain electric motors to propel the pure electrical vehicles
In that location were several interesting tidbits seen and also brought out during the question and respond sessions. And there are several conclusions that can be reached based on what we heard and saw. For case, the common components and processes for the in-line 3, four, and half-dozen cylinder engines (the majority of BMW's future IC engines) would seem to forestall the idea of a V6 coming into product plans anytime presently.
The lightweight materials that really take a skilful take a chance of seeing production are plastic intermission components. They announced to have the durability requirements satisfied and they do save considerable weight over their metal counterparts. What is actually heartening nearly that is that those components also reduce unsprung weight, every enthusiast's quest.
Left implied, but a palpable undercurrent to the twenty-four hours'due south activities is the fact that BMW has to balance performance against consumption. Their new engine family and some of the lightweight components seen should assist in that regard. More in the very near futurity . . .
Source: https://www.bmwblog.com/2011/04/09/opening-report-on-bmw-innovation-day/
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