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Optical 3D data capture using
a wind tunnel model designed to
improve vehicle aerodynamics.
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Examining the vehicle’s aero-
dynamic features.
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The active air flap control auto-
matically manages the air supply
according to the engine’s cooling
requirements.
It weighs all of two kilos and measures just 18 centimetres. Its sole purpose is to provide the engine
with a steady supply of coolant. It is hardly surprising that most car owners are completely unaware of
its existence during the vehicle’s lifetime. And yet it represents a minor revolution. The electric water
pump is part of a comprehensive energy strategy with which the BMW Group is completely redefining
the relationship between efficiency and performance. This strategy includes technical innovations
which immediately reduce the fuel consumption of the new vehicle fleet, as well as innovative hybrid
solutions and the use of hydrogen from regenerative sources – measures which stretch far into the
future of individual mobility. This strategy goes by the name of EfficientDynamics. Its philosophy is
better performance, less consumption. That is how the BMW Group translates its responsibility for
protecting the climate and resources into highly-effective innovations.
Hundreds of engineers, programmers, mechanics and other specialists within the BMW Group’s global
development and production network are currently working on this silent revolution in efficiency.
At Forschungs- und Technik GmbH, researchers are refining technologies which will one day use the
energy from vehicle exhaust emissions. In Troy, Michigan, the Global Hybrid Cooperation is developing
electric drive assemblies which exceed the efficiency of all known hybrid drives. At the Research and
Innovation Centre (FIZ) in Munich – with more than 8,500 developers the Group’s biggest think-tank –
engineers conceptually take apart every new vehicle and scrutinise it for energy-saving potential. This
is how efficiency boosters like Auto Start Stop Function, Brake Energy Regeneration, or active aero-
dynamics are born. All these EfficientDynamics features have quite an effect on their own – but together
they make a huge difference.
Report: A matter of consistency.
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