“We are all most grateful to members of The Consumer Goods Forum for doing what is in their power to ensure the availability of these products at affordable prices We appreciate CGF members’ constant support for the efforts of national governments and public health bodies.” “The CGF proves that partnership creates more impact This is what I will hold myself accountable for – fostering the force of impactful partnerships to enable better lives through better business” The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is committed to helping its members understand the challenge being faced and provides a unique global platform that promotes best practice sharing.” STANDARD: The BRCGS Global Standard for Ethical Trade & Responsible Sourcing Issue 2 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scope AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing in November 2021 STANDARD: FISH Standard for Crew Version 1.0 achieved SSCI Recognition in March 2025 for Scope CI — Social Compliance: At-Sea Operations STANDARD: The Florverde standard for the sustainable production of flowers and ornamentals version 7.2.1 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scope BI – Social Compliance: Primary Production in April 2024 Florverde Sustainable Flowers (FSF) is an independent social and environmental standard which ensures that flowers certified under this scheme have been responsibly produced This requires flower growers to adopt measures that will protect and enable worker’s rights FSF also helps safeguard quality by requiring the proper care and handling of flowers STANDARD: FSSC 24000 Social Management System Certification Version 6.0 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scope AI — Social Compliance: Processing and Manufacturing in January 2024 The aim of FSSC 24000 is to ensure that social sustainability management system requirements are met resulting in certifications that assure organisations provide safe and fair working conditions and apply due diligence in their supply chain management FSSC 24000 provides a strategic approach incorporating the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle and risk-based thinking which ensures the identification and control of social risk and continuous improvement This process demonstrates corporate responsibility and facilitates improving the social management systems and performance thus driving impact STANDARD: The Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard 2.1 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scope CI — Social Compliance: At-Sea Operations in November 2022 Global Seafood Assurances and the UK Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish) announced a memorandum of understanding to work together to create the next version of the Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS) committing to expand its global applicability which resulted in the creation of the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard GSA took ownership of the standards last year The first RFVS-certified vessel was announced in Australia in January and the second set of RFVS-certified vessels was announced in the United Kingdom in April The standard addresses social responsibility including working conditions and worker voice STANDARD: The SIZA Social Standard Version 6 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scopes AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing and BI — Social Compliance: Primary Production in June 2023 the Sustainability Initiative of South Africa is enabling the South African agricultural sector to become a global leader in sustainable farming The aim is to encourage continuous improvement in practices over time SIZA aims to have a cost-effective approach for growers by supplying one standard and one audit no matter which market a producer supplies SIZA engages directly with stakeholders throughout the value chain to improve supply chain sustainability ensuring compliance and reducing risks while at the same time offering support and training with regard to best practices and continuous improvement Verification occurs via third-party audits STANDARD: WIETA Standard Version 4.0 achieved SSCI recognition under Scope AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing and BI — Social Compliance: Primary Production in January 2025 The Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association T/A WIETA was the first South African social standard to establish an appropriate social auditing methodology for fruit and wine suppliers in South Africa WIETA proudly demonstrates how a multi-stakeholder model can  successfully promote a world class ethical trade and human rights programme within the wine value chain a rigorous capacity building and training programme for both workers and producers coupled with a participative multi-pronged approach to auditing and remedial approach to ensure sustained corrective actions the amfori BSCI enables companies to drive sustainability by setting up the human rights due diligence principles that business enterprises strive to implement in their global supply chain Representing over 2,400 participants in 46 countries the amfori BSCI operates in a variety of sectors and Garment & Textile with a combined annual turnover is evaluated to EUR 1.6 trillion The amfori BSCI Code of Conduct set out the values and principles for the implementation of supply chain due diligence The amfori BSCI System Manual outlines the supporting tools and methodology for participants to exercise human rights due diligence and environmental protection set out in the amfori BSCI Code of Conduct STANDARD: The Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) is currently being benchmarked under Scope BI – Social Compliance: Primary Production Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) is a business membership organisation which was established in 2002 It is an organisation meant to promote the interest of its members who are engaged in the production and export of cut flowers STANDARD: The KFC Flowers and Ornamentals Sustainability Standard Version December 2021 is currently being benchmarked under Scopes AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing and BI — Social Compliance: Primary Production Kenya Flower Council (KFC) is the country’s leading Business Membership Association for growers and exporters of cut-flower and ornamentals KFC members account for approximately 80 percent of Kenya’s floricultural exports KFC also owns the Flowers and Ornamentals Sustainability Standards (FOSS) It is one of only three internationally benchmarked standards that demonstrate sustainable social environmental and good agricultural business practice benchmarks set by the EU-based Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) The standard encourages commitment to ethical practices innovation and promoting equitable trading practices thus ensuring that certified producers foster sustainable responsible and safe production of cut flowers and ornamentals The Council is in the forefront promoting Kenya as a reliable source of quality cut flowers and ornamentals and the country’s competitiveness in the global floriculture trade KFC is actively engaged in all major trade negotiations in existing new and emerging markets and in amplifying Kenya’s image in the international market as the most trusted source of cut flowers and ornamentals Kenya is the third largest producer of cut-flowers and ornamentals in the world and exports to over 60 destinations globally Floriculture is the fastest growing export sector in the Kenyan economy providing direct employment for over 200,000 workers KFC engages with key actors locally for a favourable business environment for growers and exporters of cut flowers and ornamentals STANDARD: The MPS-SQ Standard is currently being benchmarked under Scope BI — Social Compliance: Primary Production The Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard is designed to deliver more value to the more than four million farmers and workers and thousands of businesses that use Rainforest Alliance certification to drive more sustainable agricultural production and responsible supply chains The Sustainable Agriculture Standard is used in more than 70 countries around the globe and many other important commodity sectors facing urgent environmental and social challenges This website uses cookies to provide you with the best browsing experience This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful Functionality cookies need to be enabled at all times enabling you to move around the site and use its features we will not be able to save your preferences This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again Third-party cookies are not installed and operated by The Consumer Goods Forum They are installed and read by third parties during your navigation time on our Website Please enable Functionality Cookies first so that we can save your preferences Analytical cookies may be used in view to establishing statistics on our Website’s audience More information about our Cookie Policy The expected tariff cost is significantly lower than the $4 billion to $5 billion crosstown rival General Motors estimates which Ford attributes to its higher mix of U.S.-built vehicles Germany (AP) — Andrzej Sitkowski was 15 years old when his mother told him that she had been asked by a neighbor to hide a little Jewish girl from the Nazis at their home we decided to take in Hadassah and she was brought over to our house in 1943," Sitkowski says looking back at those difficult years during World War II when he lived with his widowed mother Helena and younger sister Magda on the outskirts of the Polish capital of Warsaw under German occupation Almost eight decades after Hadassah Kosak's rescue the 93-year-old Polish man is still regularly in touch with Kosak who after the war immigrated via Israel to the United States where she became a professor of history in New York For their efforts to help save the lives of Kosak her sister Marion and their mother Bronislawa who later also came to stay with the Sitkowskis Andrzej and his mother were given Israel's highest honor in 1995 They were named "Righteous Among the Nations" — a title bestowed on non-Jews who took great risks to save Jews during the Holocaust by Yad Vashem the country's official Holocaust remembrance organization as the world commemorates the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp on January 27 Yad Vashem and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany have teamed up to highlight the stories of "Righteous Rescuers" like the Sitkowskis who risked everything to save Jews from getting slain by the Nazis and their henchmen "One of the amazing thing about the rescuers is that not only did they rescue the specific person who was hidden but all of their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren — an entire family tree," said Greg Schneider the executive vice president of the Claims Conference "It says in the Jewish tradition that if you save one person it is as if you save the whole world," Schneider told the AP Over the past 60 years Yad Vashem has recognized about 28,000 individuals from some 50 countries as "Righteous Rescuers." The organization still receives hundreds of applications each year to honor others most helped their parents as children or teenagers "We believe about 200 of them are still alive and most of them are living in Europe," said Dani Dayan "As antisemitism is growing again on all five continents we need to stress again the moral stature of these persons and their actions." home to Europe's largest Jewish community before the Holocaust the Nazi occupiers punished those who helped Jews by executing not only the helpers when you ask Sitkowski about why he and his mother decided to help Jews despite the huge personal risks he shrugs and says it simply was their duty as human beings "When my mother told me about the request from the neighbor there were no long deliberations The approval was somehow obvious," Sitkowski remembers "It was just an impulsive decision of a Mensch," he adds using the German word for human being that in Yiddish also refers to a particularly good person Sitting in his living room overlooking the snowy foothills of the Alps with sort of darkish hair and black eyes — I grew very fond of her." there's still a strong bond between them they would visit each other and nowadays they talk on the phone and exchange letters their memories often wander back to those months of hiding when the Sitkowskis shared their meager food rations with Hadassah when Andrzej taught five-year-old Hadassah how to read and write and when they made their neighbors and acquaintances believe a fabricated story in which Hadassah was not a Jew but a Christian-Polish girl whose mother had been taken to Germany as a forced laborer Hadassah's mother was hiding as a maid with another family and her sister Marion was hiding at a Catholic convent But when those hiding places were no longer safe the Nazis first burned down the Sitkowski home and many other houses on their street and then later expelled all people who had lived there So they needed to escape again and eventually the Sitkowskis and Kosaks had to split up and survived the last months of the war in different places across Poland until the Soviet Army liberated Poland in January 1945 While Hadassah Kosak first moved to Israel and later to the United States where Marion married Ralph Miliband and where their two sons Ed and David two well-known politicians with the British Labour Party The decision of Andrzej and his mother to offer a shelter "was a true act of humanity," Hadassah Kosak told the AP Here you can see the webcast of the BMW Group Press Conference at the Auto Shanghai 2025 To the extent that historical press releases reference BMW Manufacturing Co. LLC as the manufacturer of certain X model vehicles the referenced vehicles are manufactured in South Carolina with a combination of U.S E-mail: Martin.Tholund@bmwgroup.com E-mail: Christophe.Koenig@bmwgroup.com Internet: www.press.bmwgroup.com/global E-mail: presse@bmw.de Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BMWGroup YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/BMWGroupView Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmwgroup LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bmw-group BMW showed off the final form of its long-awaited and long-teased Panoramic iDrive system It's a combination of an oddly angular touchscreen Comedians Tim Meadows and Ken Jeong welcomed the assembled crowd into a studio designed to look like an oversized interior of the company's upcoming Neue Klasse They did their best to goad BMW's Bavarian executives into a series of jokes and bits that mostly fell as flat as the central touchscreen that now dominates the iDrive experience it's not comedy that brought us to Las Vegas this week and the good news for BMW is that the interface looks good The software behind the scenes is called BMW Operating System X and it powers a new iDrive that combines screens and voice commands to create a familiar but far more comprehensive interface than anything we've seen in a BMW before Rather than being square or curved like in other BMWs a slanted polygon whose leaning posture doesn't seem to really augment the experience but does at least look distinctive The panel is also tilted slightly towards the driver and is running software that is at least familiar to anyone who's used the current iDrive interface A static bar along the bottom provides quick access to the most important things 3D view of the world makes sure you're always situated Things get more interesting when you move up the dashboard Running along the base of the windshield is what BMW calls Panoramic Vision with the left-most portion handling typical gauge cluster duties like displaying current speed The rest of the Panoramic Vision display is customizable with six widgets that you can drag up from the central touchscreen covering things like outside temperature and even another widget showing you turn-by-turn information It's much that we've seen in demos from BMW before but now nearly ready for prime-time with the cars shipping at the end of this year Given the Panoramic Vision's importance in the overall in-car experience I asked the guy who oversaw the development of all this BMW's SVP of connected company technical operations Stephan Durach whether there were any visibility issues in the bright sunlight "This technology is a little bit different than a traditional heads-up display.. it's even performing a little bit better," he said "You'll not have any issues at all." there's another HUD situated on the left which gives 3D navigation information for the driver you can get three separate feeds of turn-by-turn directions BMW also quickly demonstrated a new in-car LLM that so it's anyone's guess how well this will work in reality it quickly found "the best beach" and navigated there the car even asked whether to automatically engage Sport Mode BMW's Durach confirmed that Android Auto and Apple CarPlay will still be supported He also teased that there are some more fun tricks to come that will get passengers more involved in the experience BMW ended the presentation by confirming that Panoramic iDrive will not only be coming to the Neue Klasse when it finally hits the market at the end of this year but will be the standard interface for all new BMWs that launch after that That means the days of the rotary iDrive controller are now officially numbered I asked Durach if he had any parting words for this once-revolutionary vehicular interface "We take a look at all of our data and usage.. you can really see that the usage of our rotary controller is declining dramatically," he said "People don't even touch it." but these days you just can't cry over progress we describe how VMIE and EBS Snapshots work together to assist BMW in streamlining its software development cycle We discuss leveraging incremental EBS Snapshot copies to reduce the time for copying snapshots which saves on data transfer and storage costs You can use this solution when faced with a similar need in your development cycle relying on up to thousands of direct and transitive dependencies it takes several hours to generate artifacts up to several hundred GBs To address these challenges, BMW uses VMIE and Amazon EBS to improve its development cycle efficiency. The process begins with EC2 instances executing nightly tasks on BMW’s SDP environments in Frankfurt, Stockholm, and Dublin simultaneously. These EC2 instances are preconfigured to create Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for different CI/CD pipelines aiming to produce embedded automotive systems such as ADAS These EC2 instances pull in all necessary build and test dependencies which are then stored within EBS volumes attached to an EC2 instance The EBS volumes function as the primary storage for disk images that contain the compiled dependencies and environment configurations BMW is able to capture the precise state of the volume at a specific moment by using EBS Snapshots on these disk images The snapshots are reliable data points for backup and essential for disaster recovery and data replication These EBS Snapshots are taken to create the AMIs having all the latest dependencies “baked in.” With new changes pushed from engineers to the Git repo future CI/CD pipeline executions leverage these new AMIs Figure 2: Interaction between the daily Amazon EC2 AMI creation process and the usage of those AMIs in the CI pipeline BMW is able to create AMIs from the snapshots after they are in its development account By using the combination of VMIE and EBS Snapshot Copy the BMW development teams gain access to consistent updated AMIs in these different AWS Regions Having updated AMIs readily available in different AWS Regions is crucial for resilience and for enabling engineers to have a short iteration cycle on their commits Figure 3: Diagram to illustrate the VMIE and EBS Snapshot copy operations we provide an overview of how VMIE and EBS Snapshot Copy support BMW to streamline the development cycle to meet its objectives The use of VMIE and EBS Snapshot Copy can help customers back up data and migrate applications from one account to another across different AWS Regions To learn more about VMIE and EBS Snapshot Copy Christian Mueller is a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS Christian helps automotive customers like BMW leverage the full potential of AWS for increased efficiency He is interested in all serverless-related topics and enjoys being part of large automotive transformations ranging from connected and autonomous to software-defined vehicles Bhupendra Patni is a Software Development Manager with Amazon EC2 Commercial Software Services Bhupendra specializes in large-scale data processing and building distributed systems with a focus on security He is passionate about tackling complex challenges and delivering innovative solutions to customers Emma Fu is a Senior Product Manager with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Emma enjoys helping customers leverage EBS to fulfill their requirements during the lift and shift migration She is also passionate about learning customer insights to explore new use cases she is interested in how generative AI can open up new possibilities and how cloud services can improve large-scale AI initiatives A university professor has argued introducing 3D printing technology in clothing manufacturing will not resolve current power dynamics weighted in favour of retailers with garment production operations being developed based solely on the new technology and requiring minimal manual labour the authors say.If new standalone garment production operations are introduced the researchers believe that new supply chains will be based on similar governance structures to those currently in use.This means they will continue to face social sustainability issues such as making production workers stay for unpaid overtime the authors say.“Our findings reveal little hope for social sustainability improvements as suppliers will likely be increasingly trapped in supply chain structures resulting in worsening working conditions in current producer countries experts remain sceptical about who would reap the potential benefits,” says professor Durach Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network. by Umar Shakir The company plans to develop their BMW Operating System 8 infotainment software using Android Automotive for some vehicle models beginning in March 2023 but also maintain the current Linux-based version for others BMW Group’s lead developer for the digital driving experience said it’s about having a second technological approach “We are integrating the best aspects of all worlds — that could be our own in-house developments Open Source or commercial software products depending on what the specific solution looks like,” said Durach Android Automotive is a full-on vehicular operating system that can be embedded into car infotainment and instrument clusters which is Google’s phone-to-dash connection system equivalent to Apple’s CarPlay A weekly newsletter by David Pierce designed to tell you everything you need to download, watch, read, listen to, and explore that fits in The Verge’s universe. New Hope Road is shut down in Raleigh after a serious crash that left six people seriously injured Monday.RALEIGH New Hope Road is shut down in Raleigh after a serious crash that left six people seriously injured Monday The two-vehicle wreck happened just before 5:30 p.m A man and a woman in one car and an adult and three children in the other vehicle were all taken to the hospital Police did not release the conditions of the injured people New Hope Road is temporarily closed between Global Street and Durach Road as the investigation continues See breaking news? Tell us about it here. News Home » BMW Won’t Put Ads Inside Your Car it’s understandable why some automakers are toying around with the idea of putting ads inside your car Selling commercials that would be displayed on the center screen would create a new revenue stream but BMW is (thankfully) resisting that temptation Because it believes the car “is your last private space” and an ad would be an unwanted interference Senior Vice President Connected Company Development the 52-year-old VP went on to mention a vehicle’s interior is where “you can do whatever you want by yourself.” MediaPost quotes Durach saying “To say I’m selling the screen to play a commercial – I don’t see it BMW installs infotainments as large as 14.9 inches inside some of its cars while others have a slightly smaller (but still big) 10.25-inch touchscreen. Pictured at the top, the Vision Neue Klasse concept had an even bigger center screen. In the case of the 7 Series and China’s new long-wheelbase 5 Series, the optional rear-seat entertainment system consists of a massive 31.3-inch display with 8K resolution the huge screen in the back would be a great way to show an ad and make some money That’s not to say BMW is completely avoiding making some extra money while you’re inside the car. Yes, we’re talking about subscriptions. The company sparked a lot of controversies when it launched a monthly fee for heated seats, which was ultimately removed from the online store following the backlash the other on-demand features are staying and new ones are planned to give owners access to goodies placed behind a paywall The next wave of EVs based on the Neue Klasse platform coming from 2025 will be even more digitalized by switching to the tenth generation of the iDrive. You’ll be controlling most of the in-car functions from that big display we mentioned earlier because the traditional controller is going away There will be some haptic buttons on the steering wheel to access certain features BMW is removing the driver’s display and replacing it with a dashboard-wide head-up display known as Panoramic Vision neither the infotainment nor the HUD will show ads Source: MediaPost More from News 2025 BMWBLOG | Change consent BMW is gearing up to showcase the latest iteration of its iDrive system and display that’ll be used in upcoming Neue Klasse production models. The new tech will be unveiled at next month’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in a special event hosted by comedian Tim Meadows The debut will take place at the BMW Pavilion and attendees will have the chance to take a close look at the system It’ll consist of the brand’s first panoramic iDrive display and set new standards “for in-vehicle experiences with a clear focus on driver orientation Read: BMW’s Neue Klasse Design Is Coming To All ICE Models Images published of Tim Meadows may provide us with a hint of what to expect from the new system Pictured behind the comedian is the top of a huge steering wheel and what appears to be a full-width panoramic display Both the steering wheel and the infotainment display match up with the Vision Neue Klasse X concept and appear likely to make it to production Details about the “panoramic” display are a little murkier. Both the Vision Neue Klasse X SUV and the Vision Neue Klasse sedan concepts had curved full-width displays at the base of the windshield It’s possible that BMW intends to make these screens a reality for its future production models All will be revealed on January 7th at 8:30 a.m Meadows will be joined by BMW AG chief development officer Frank Weber head of BMW Group Design Adrian van Hooydonk The first Neue Klasse-based production model to hit BMW showrooms will be the next-generation, all-electric iX3 set to adopt a very similar design philosophy to the Vision Neue Klasse X while a road-going variant of the Neue Klasse sedan concept is set to arrive in 2026 A further four Neue Klasse models will join the burgeoning family over the following two years Upcoming BMW vehicles will utilise the 2nd generation Snapdragon Digital Chassis and associated platforms BMW has announced its new Neue Klasse electric cars and revamped MINI models will be powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon Digital Chassis and Cockpit platforms improved infotainment and advanced driver assist systems The new vehicles were announced last week at IAA Mobility and BMW had revealed a new chipset architecture but the vendor was not announced even though Qualcomm was suspected to be it considering their long term partnership The German automaker revealed at IAA Mobility its upcoming vehicles will utilise the 2nd generation Snapdragon Digital Chassis and associated platforms This includes the Snapdragon Auto Connectivity system for 5G and V2X communication The new chips will also enable the next iterations of BMW's iDrive interface the Snapdragon Cockpit Platforms will power the OS and new 9.45-inch OLED display from Samsung "BMW’s iDrive has long been the gold standard for in-car control and communications interfaces For the latest BMW iDrive generation “QuickSelect,” the Snapdragon Digital Chassis is the ideal technology platform to enable intuitive and connected full-cabin experiences for drivers and passengers," said Stephan Durach “Through the Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions as well as the broader automotive ecosystem to rapidly transform their vehicles for the digital era We look forward to continuing our work with BMW Group to rapidly bring innovative and industrially competitive features to market,” said Nakul Duggal The Snapdragon Cockpit will bring enhanced graphics audio and communications to BMW's new iDrive system The chips will also enable advanced safety features using on-device and cloud-connected AI This will power Level 2 and 3 autonomous driving capabilities based on the Snapdragon Ride platform and Ride Vision software BMW's L2+ system with this technology will debut in 2025 with the launch of the Neue Klasse "The versatility of Snapdragon Digital Chassis has made it easy for our companies to expand our working relationship beyond ADAS/AD solutions to create more comprehensive digital offerings together," Durach explained Qualcomm also revealed partnerships with Jaguar Land Rover for next-generation 5G tech and electric scooter firm Gogoro for two-wheeler applications of Snapdragon Digital Chassis Qualcomm's expertise in semiconductors is valuable as they look to add more advanced digital features as demonstrated by Tesla and its former reliance on Nvidia autos present a major new market as smartphones plateau With Apple developing its own modem chips and competition from Nvidia in AI the company is eager to expand beyond its traditional businesses This also comes at a time when many major auto groups like Stellantis and Hyundai have inked deals with Qualcomm But many automakers like Hyundai also pledged long term investments in new fabless chip companies like TensTorrent Stellantis India Rejigs Senior Management Roles Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup Is Back For 2025 Ultraviolette F77 Partners With With The Indian Army For Veterans Outreach Bike Rally MG Windsor EV Pro India Launch Tomorrow: What To Expect Ashish Gupta to Lead Škoda India; Nitin Kohli Appointed Volkswagen Brand Director We promise the best car deals and earliest delivery ► CAR’s digital editor takes a look around CES 2023► Context and intelligent UX is the big trend► Less is more – but there are different interpretations and you’ll see vast swathes of touchscreens and they’re becoming equally distracting when on too MBUX’s Hyperscreen technology represents the pinnacle of what can be done with screens in 2023 – but companies are increasingly deciding what to display – rather than how much And at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show – the place where brands reveal their cutting-edge tech – it was evident that car interiors will become cleaner and simpler Whether it’s down to customer feedback or improvements in software intelligent UI replace the Minority Report-style ones we used to associate with the future The most high-profile example came with BMW’s i Vision Dee concept. BMW’s i Vision Dee previews an entirely new design language for its upcoming Neue Klasse models but it also reveals an important piece of their interior tech Building on the traditional head-up display BMW’s Mixed Reality tech is designed to distract the driver as little as possible – while still proving deep and relevant information BMW’s solution goes the length of the dashboard – but key to the idea is the type of information it’s able to display and you’re limited in the things that you can do,’ says Durach ‘That’s the big differentiator if you think about what your smartphone can do.’ Smartphones get more of our attention than touchscreens but they’re far less aware of what we’re doing – and that’s totally different to when we’re driving OEMs are able to pick up more data about our current activities than Apple or Google could ever dream of – and that’s actually a good thing for making a more intelligent UX ‘[In a car] we know the speed you’re driving the state of the battery or how much petrol you have your navigation when getting to a certain point where we can find your parking spot like this we always think about the context,’ explains Durach ‘It’s really important for us to give you a better user experience We know even where you’re looking at the interior cameras.’ as complex software and powerful hardware is required to crunch it That’s one of the reasons why we’re seeing more and more OEMs partner up with chip manufacturers such as Qualcomm and Nvidia the power required to make infotainment systems unobtrusive is even greater than before More about the Volvo EX90 here the computers in the car are really increasing,’ Volvo’s head of product definition and partnerships ‘But we’re not going to lots of fancy animations and lots of bells and whistles trying to keep this very simple – but doing that is difficult and requires a lot of resources to make user interfaces as compliant as possible.’ Brands are making their cars more intelligent on the inside – but what about the outside? Parked opposite demos of the new PlayStation VR 2 headset, the newly-revealed Afeela prototype reveals how UX can begin before you’ve got in a car: ‘The idea is in its stationary or park status that the car should still be able to contribute or share information with you,’ Sony Honda’s product marketing manager Larry Harrison tells CAR ‘It’s not just a one-way relationship where it’s driver In the same way that smartphones use widgets to inform us at a glance the Afeela will keep us updated on whatever we’ve asked it to it can let you know what its charging status is You can have it show you the sports scores that are currently going on ‘If it’s an extremely cold morning and you remotely start your vehicle you’re able to walk outside and quickly identify what the cabin temperature is.’  Mercedes CTO Markus Schäfer will tell you it’s not and that’s not just because his company’s Hyperscreen tech arguably represents the final form of what OEMs can do with touchscreens Available in all EQ models as an option from around £8000 it’s everything BMW is moving away from in its i Vision concept the issue of context is a complex one – and it’s partly based on regions Mercedes has access to thousands of customers’ use habits – albeit anonymously – and that means it’s able to see the different behaviours of customers across the world ‘To be honest if you look at the Asian market and they love an overflow of information,’ Schäfer reveals to CAR And they like to operate three devices at the same time.’ ‘Europe is definitely more conservative; the US is interesting You know that California is different to the south and the east so there’s not one size fits all in the world We have to adapt more and more when it comes to the digital side of the business There are differences in preferences in the world.’  Mercedes’ magnum opus is selling even more than the company thought it would ‘The requests for Hyperscreen are overwhelming in all markets We are totally blown away by the take rate of the Hyperscreen,’ Schäfer adds We are increasing capacity like crazy for Hyperscreen we are reaching a point where a silent mode is very much recommended because people might think they’re in an overflow.’ Mercedes is open to looking to other solutions in the future but it’s firmly fixed on supplying current demand ‘We’re taking it to the next level and there’s something else after Hyperscreen and we know competitors are taking it to different directions,’ Schäfer concedes but have to look at regions and their preferences and they are not the same across the world.’ Curtis Moldrich is CAR magazine’s Digital Editor and has worked for the brand for the past five years social media channels such as X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook and helps on wider platform strategy as CAR magazine branches out on to Apple News+ and more World Car has recognised CV Raman's most recent exploits - the 5-door Jimny and Fronx The prestigious World Car Awards have announced the five finalists for 2024 World Car Person of the Year The other finalists for 2024 World car Person of the Year are also huge achievers in their own fields Raman san as he is affectionately known amongst the automobile industry and media fraternity has been at Maruti Suzuki for over four decades CV Raman joined Maruti at a time when the company simply produced Suzuki vehicles developed and designed in Japan But ever since the arrival of the first Swift nearly twenty years ago he has been at the heart of a move at the company to become an independent R&D hub for Suzuki But World Car has recognised his most recent exploits which oversaw the Jimny model line move to a 5-door format and also the engineering and design of the Fronx subcompact crossover Both have been made in India for global markets Lisa Reeves is credited with several breakthroughs From crafting gorgeous cabins for cars like the XC40 she has also worked with new materials – both the sustainable or recycled kind and pushed the boundaries of traditional car design Last year she and her team gave us the revolutionary EX30 cabin – undoubtedly one of the year's most imaginative interior designs Human-centricity and sustainability are at the core of Volvo’s ethos as a carmaker and Reeves’ work reflects this in many ways – obvious and hidden The Volvo EX30 EV is packed with clever storage ideas and has the distinction of having the lowest carbon footprint of any Volvo model yet BMW has announced it will integrate the Android Automotive operating system into its vehicles from 2023 expanding its existing infotainment’s functionality Set to be added to the Linux-based BMW Operating System 8, Android Automotive OS doesn’t require a smartphone connection like the similarly-titled Android Auto software instead using Google’s proprietary software Volvo and sibling brand Polestar have exclusively used Android Automotive in their latest generation vehicles, although at the detriment to those who prefer Apple CarPlay as the smartphone mirroring software has only recently been announced as an addition to the infotainment system Set to function in the iDrive system of certain BMW models alongside the existing Android Auto and Apple CarPlay functionalities Android Automotive’s inclusion gives owners more choice BMW’s Senior Vice-President of Connected Company and Development Technical Operations “We are integrating the best aspects of all worlds – that could be our own in-house developments depending on what the specific solution looks like,” said Durach “We make sure our customers always enjoy a unique customised digital experience in their vehicle.” Android Automotive will be implemented into certain BMW models from March 2023 with the system still able to receive over-the-air updates at regular intervals The announcement comes just under a month after Apple announced a huge overhaul of its CarPlay system for late 2023 with the updated infotainment technology set to be integrated even further into new vehicles Please sign in to your account to add a vehicle to favourite a next-generation operating system (OS) and display concept at CES 2025 in Las Vegas.  Combining innovative technology with intuitive user interfaces, this feature is set to debut in the Neue Klasse models later this year and will be integrated across all BMW vehicles by 2025 Panoramic iDrive is anchored by a pillar-to-pillar display projecting key driving information onto a black-printed windscreen surface.  This setup ensures drivers remain focused on the road while offering personalisation options for widgets in central and passenger-facing sections.  The system is complemented by an optional 3D head-up display (HUD) presenting navigation and automated driving alerts directly in the driver’s field of view BMW's Senior Vice President Connected Company and specific personalisation." BMW says drivers can customise everything from display content to ambient lighting colours The new multifunction steering wheel replaces BMW’s signature control knob incorporating haptic feedback buttons for streamlined navigation.  BMW's “shy-tech approach” illuminates relevant controls when needed enhancing functionality without overwhelming the design Powered by the Android-based Operating System X Panoramic iDrive promises seamless integration of physical and digital elements.  Features like enhanced voice recognition allow natural language commands to guide navigation updates ensure long-term relevance and compatibility with new apps and services users can upload photos as display backgrounds select driving modes and receive AI-driven suggestions tailored to their habits.  The BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant also leverages large language models (aka AI) for improved interaction and learning capabilities described Panoramic iDrive as "a quarter of a century of pioneering work and technological leadership" adaptive technology and a minimalist interface BMW continues to innovate in modern vehicle design and user experience.  The introduction of Panoramic iDrive highlights BMW's focus on safety convenience and personalisation for the future of mobility DRIVEN Car Guide is the first stop for any Kiwi looking to buy their next car and ask an expert - drivencarguide.co.nz has all you need to know to buy your next car articles have often appeared in the mass media about the fact that relatives allegedly robbed his widow and raiders seized the property of the Odessa businessman's public organization Mutual insults and threats are pouring in from all sides who took an interest in this complex topic were accused of being involved and spreading fakes We decided to look deeper into this situation in order to find out exactly what inheritance Black left behind The heritage in question (a pair of Odessa hotels shopping centers and other commercial real estate objects) is valued at over 130 million hryvnias and is on the balance sheet of several legal entities created at different times by Vadym Chorny Here is a list of these organizations at the time of the businessman's death: Non-governmental organization "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" the confusion with this property and the companies to which it was registered began during Vadim's lifetime "fictitiously" sold the corporate rights of several of its objects - the limited liability company "Basari" - to the public organization "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" (the amount of the transaction - 129 million 670 749 hryvnias) and the subsidiary "Kompromis" (amount of the deal - 1 million 218 500 hryvnias) The payment was supposed to be made within a month from the moment the documents were signed the funds under the specified contracts had not been paid she did not even give her consent to the conclusion of the said contracts the NGO "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" did not fulfill its obligations regarding the payment of the value of corporate rights in fact the contracts for the purchase and sale of corporate rights were terminated and the rights to the property of "Basari" and "Compromise" remained in "Dagda-2013" Valery Holova also insists that the additional agreements to the above-mentioned contracts found as a result of investigative actions in 2021 were forged already after the death of Vadym Chorny which was shown by the commissioned examination It should be noted that according to these additional agreements found the sale of corporate rights was still carried out - but for amounts a hundred times smaller (in particular the corporate rights of Basari LLC were reduced from UAH 129 million who is accused by some media of illegally taking possession of an unfortunate inheritance claims that everything that Vadym Chornyi owned was quite legally registered under the NGO "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" there were four founders left in the CZI: his mother E they elected me as the director and included Valery Golova as one of the founders of the organization» who was also a co-founder of the NGO "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" indignant that he was not chosen as the director of the organization the founders of the Central Institute of Social Sciences held the position that everything owned by the public organization should go to the legal heirs of Vadym Chorny - my executive role is to ensure the functioning of the public organization to which it belongs The further fate of the inheritance should be determined by the direct relatives of the deceased - Vadim's mother But in connection with the raider seizure of the property of the CZI NGO I now have to fight with the raiders to restore justice." also confirmed that the corporate rights to the property belong to the public organization Vadym Chorny "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" Where did the long property dispute and accusations of raiding come from Lawyer of the NGO "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" Oleksandr Berezhny believes that the cause of the dispute lies in the desire of some outsiders to take away the corporate rights to his organization from the legal heirs of Black Valeria Holova's statement that the contracts for the purchase and sale of corporate rights were terminated is false since the contract can be recognized as terminated only by agreement of the parties or by a court decision "We claim that all obligations under the contracts of 2016 have been fulfilled and now the Commercial Court of Odesa is considering cases that should finally close these issues," Berezhny says the main stumbling block that divided Vadym Chorny's heirs was a formal contract between his own enterprises drawn up by the businessman a few years before his death In the certificate provided to us by the representatives of Valeriya Holova and Serhiy Durach the emphasis is on "fictitious signatures and forged documents": the second party also claims that in March 2021 original documents and computers were stolen from the office of the NGO "Tszi" according to the testimony of eyewitnesses Serhiy Durach personally participated in the theft," — the lawyers of the organization claim Regarding the additional agreement to the contract mentioned by the Chairman lawyer Berezhny claims that it previously appeared in the case in the form of a copy after which the investigation declared it fake and accused the public organization of forging documents could have been illegally inserted into the case file by police officers and that it was fabricated not by the Central Intelligence Agency A criminal case has also been opened for this fact which is currently being investigated by the SBI I hope that the investigation will establish how this document appeared among the evidence and who made it," — said the lawyer After comparing the arguments of the parties ElitExpert conducted its own investigation and compiled the following chronological chain: All property Vadym Chornoy is at the disposal of the public organization "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" founded by him At the general meeting of the NGO "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" Valery Holova is introduced to the composition of the founders of the organization a Arkady Black is appointed by the executive director of the Central Institute It is important that at this moment all corporate rights to LLC "Basari" and SE "Kompromis" belong to the "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" Serhiy Durach he goes to the opposition at the meeting and does not agree with the fact that he is not the new director fool і Head are preparing their own minutes of the general meeting of the Central Institute of Technology at which Durach is appointed as the director There is a theft of documents in the office of the Center for Internal Affairs and Communications Eyewitnesses claim that he is involved in this fool Valery Holova appeals to the law enforcement authorities with a statement about the theft of the corporate rights of LLC "Basari" and SE "Kompromis" Valery Holova applies to the court with a demand to impose an arrest on disputed property rights Ivanov makes a decision on the seizure of corporate rights of the companies "Galatea" Notary of Myrhorod district notary district of Poltava region Tetyana Dombrovska outside its notarial district re-registers the corporate rights of LLC "Basari" and SE "Kompromis" which belonged to the "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" - to PE "Dagda-2013" the owners of "Dagdy-2013" are - Serhiy Durach and Valery Holova Dombrovska will state that she did not fulfill this agreement Notary Olga Yankovska certifies signatures A fool and Heads on Minutes No 17 of the General Meeting of the PP "Dagda-2013" at which the decision is made sell corporate rights LLC "Basari" (Gretska Shopping Center and a dozen apartments) Taras Ispanyuk for 15 thousand hryvnias Despite the fact that the real value of these rights is 129 million hryvnias Notary Yankovska also certifies signatures A fool and Heads on Minutes No 18 of the General Meeting of PP "Dagda-2013" at which a decision is made on change of director "Compromise" - a new director is appointed Ruslan Katsuba Odesa notary Iryna Bilous the signature certifies Taras Ispanyuk on the decision of "Basari" LLC to change the director (Ispanyuk himself is appointed by him) and registers it in the state register as the beneficial owner of "Basari" We emphasize that all these notarial manipulations take place within a few hours on November 26 The following registration actions are carried out: notary public Belous registers Katsubu Director of Kompromis the corporate rights belonging to the Central Institute were finally taken away from the public organization In order to renew your rights "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" appeals to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine where the case is considered special Anti-Raider Commission Department of Justice gives out Order No. 4677/5 which establishes that the initial actions of the notary public Tatiana Dombrovska and subsequent registers are illegal and should be abolished whose signature is on the document of re-registration of corporate rights registration actions on her behalf on November 26.11.2021 she asked the court to cancel them as fake The opposite party does not agree with this decision The order of the Ministry of Justice is contested on formal grounds: V who was issued a mortgage and in connection with the lawsuit of the common-law wife of Durach-Yu.Zarichanska was not summoned to the meeting of the Anti-Raiders Commission since the Anti-Raiders Commission does not have the right to consider complaints if a similar dispute is being considered in the courts Now Serhiy Durach filed lawsuits in the Commercial Court with the aim of returning the rights of LLC "Basari" and SE "Kompromis" and Valeriya Holova proves that her corporate rights were illegally seized But there are still many questions regarding their actions: an hour after the notary Dombrovska reissued the corporate rights of the enterprises to Serhii Durach and Valery Holova they sold them for only 15 thousand hryvnias We remember that the value of this property is UAH 130 million why were Serhiy Durach and Valeriya Golova in such a hurry to resell it at a price a thousand times lower than the real one Why didn't they start owning the specified property and making a profit The answers to these questions become obvious if we hypothetically assume that the Ukrainian investigation and the court still have to prove - "a well-planned and comprehensively secured raider seizure was carried out in relation to the public organization "Center for the Protection of the Disabled" in which Cherny's widow and former assistant played far from the main roles" Then the position of the Chairman and the Fool who would turn from heirs to accomplices in crime Then the formal position of the new owners of Basari LLC and Kompromis SE Then the fictitiousness of the purchase and sale contracts of the enterprises Ispanyuk and Katsuba became the owners of property worth UAH 130 million But these claims are worthless without evidence law enforcement agencies are in no hurry to investigate this crime The multimillion-dollar inheritance of businessman Vadym Chorny does not even belong to his children - everything is issued to third parties who have no family ties to the deceased takes a clear position in this property dispute - she wants only one thing: that the property be returned to the family and belong to her grandchildren the matter is with the law enforcement officers It should be noted that he is being investigated by the best Ukrainian law enforcement agencies including the Main Investigative Department of the National Police and the Prosecutor's Office Due to their capabilities and professionalism the main materials of which are notarized and are in the state registers law enforcement officers have not been active for two years but even pass resolutions on refusal to conduct investigative actions provide false information in procedural documents The heirs can only believe in the Rule of Law and wait for the final decision from the high-ranking officials of Themis — because only they have the power to bring this high-profile case to its logical conclusion and punish the guilty To always be aware of the most important things, read us at Telegram An officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine demanded monthly "kickbacks" of UAH 40 from his subordinates — State Bureau of Investigation Sociologist Olena Knyazeva: what makes people trust or distrust the authorities in Ukraine A charity sports festival will be held in Odessa "It's important for me to be part of something bigger": fashion stylist Natalia Burova on creativity It is better to freeze eggs for motherhood up to the age of 35 The festival of conceptual photography "Refraction" has started in Odessa Large-scale communication failures in Moscow during parade rehearsal: authorities explained by "security measures" Daniil Gulyaev: "Fashion is a language that can change consciousness" Dental treatment and prosthetics program for the Armed Forces of Ukraine — explanation by the Ministry of Health Israel plans to call up tens of thousands of reservists Phone: +38-093-928-22-37 Email: elitexpert.ua@gmail.com