BMW iFactory Automated Driving In-Plant (AFW) – [Video]

The BMW Group is systematically advancing the digitalisation and automation of its production processes within the BMW iFACTORY framework.

Since 2022, the company has been testing Automated Driving In-Plant (AFW) for new vehicles at its largest European plant in Dingolfing.

Following successful CE certification, the pilot project is now transitioning into series operation.

In addition to Dingolfing, Leipzig is also currently being enabled to implement the AFW project in series operation.

Other facilities in the BMW Group production network are set to follow in stages.

In addition to the BMW 5 Series and 7 Series in Dingolfing, this technology is now also being used for the MINI Countryman and other BMW models in Leipzig.

In Dingolfing the new vehicles drive fully autonomously – without a driver – along a route of more than one kilometre, from the two assembly halls, through the “short test course”, to the plant’s finishing area.

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