First phase expected to launch by mid-2027 Data Center Partners have announced plans for a 17MW data center development in Munich less than 15km from the Bavarian capital city the DCMUC1 facility will have a utility power supply capacity of 30MVA DCP said the site will offer 6,300 sqm (67,810 sq ft) of white space across three floors and will target a PUE of 1.2 The facility has also been designed according to Tier III standards The first phase of the project is expected to provide 8MW of capacity by mid-2027 Timelines for consecutive phases have not been shared The operator is also in talks with the municipality about implementing a waste heat reuse concept and tech giants having their German headquarters in Munich Bavaria is in need of additional compute power for all AI backup or storage applications,” said Jörgen Venot added: “This data center is technically designed with a hybrid technical solution ready to cope with classic IT densities as well as with the extremely demanding AI and machine learning IT loads.” DCP currently has 200MW of capacity operational or under development The company is focused on the DACH region (Germany The majority of data centers in Germany have been concentrated in Frankfurt Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Three quarters of a million BMW and MINI retail staff trained since 2004 Opening of the BMW Group Training Academy in Unterschleißheim BMW Group Business and Finance Communications Bernhard.Ederer@bmw.de                                                         Internet: www.press.bmwgroup.com Email: presse@bmw.de Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BMWGroup Twitter: http://twitter.com/BMWGroup YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/BMWGroupview Google+: http://googleplus.bmwgroup.com Here you can see the webcast of the BMW Group Press Conference at the Auto Shanghai 2025 The BMW Group has brought its various activities concerning the development of self-driving technology under the one roof at the new Autonomous Driving Campus located in Unterschleißheim not far from the automaker's Munich headquarters will use local roads and the nearby Autobahns The test fleet is set to grow to 80 vehicles in 2018 and will be deployed in the United States Engineers use the prototypes to gather data via sensors simulation and machine learning algorithms The latter is what provides human-like responses to given traffic situations To test the capability of its self-driving system BMW uses prototypes fitted with a central computer known as the PAD This takes in data from sensors and highly detailed maps A separate computer then handles the accelerator The automaker's first vehicle with true self-driving capability will be the iNext due in 2021. The vehicle, which is expected to feature a crossover-type body, will offer Level 3 self-driving capability in highway situations Level 3 means the driver can let go of the wheel and even look away for extended periods though they have to be ready to take over within seconds BMW Group Autonomous Driving Campus in Unterschleißheim BMW says the iNext will also be capable of Level 4 self-driving though this feature may not be offered to the public initially This is because the situations required will be very limited BMW says the iNext's Level 4 capability will function in traffic moving in the same direction and where there is a solid barrier separating oncoming traffic Level 4 capability is essentially the same as Level 3, with the key difference being the timespan required for the driver to take back control being far longer. BMW says a driver in a Level 4 self-driving car could safely fall asleep behind the wheel One other important distinguisher of Level 4 capability is that the vehicle is able to bring itself safely to a stop should the driver fail to take back control where a car can operate without the need of a driver onboard BMW's history with self-driving cars goes back quite far the automaker ran an automated lap of the Nürburgring Nordschliefe BMW demonstrated more advanced capabilities with a trip on the Autobahn between Munich and Nuremberg The trip was completed without driver intervention and the vehicle demonstrated was able to accelerate monitor traffic flow and adhere to all traffic laws BMW hopes that self-driving technology will lead to what it’s calling “Vision Zero (Accident Free Mobility).” While that goal may be decades away steps like the launch of vehicles with some self-driving capability will be important milestones along the way Examples of how our solutions have helped customers 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SystemsSpecialist for image-based 3D systems for recording and analysis of human movementOver 25 years of experience in high-performance sports and medicineOccupant recognition is a key enabler for integrated safety and autonomous driving Friedrichshafen/Unterschleißheim (Germany) ZF plans to expand its network of cooperations and investments by acquiring 90 percent of the shares in Simi Reality Motion Systems GmbH The company and its 35 employees have decades of experience in image-based 3D systems for the recording and analysis of human movement This knowledge is highly valuable in the development of systems for occupant recognition These systems are a fundamental element for integrated safety in autonomous driving The development of new interior concepts for highly automated or autonomous driving include the potential for new seating positions as the driver can hand over responsibility for driving to the vehicle the occupant could move their seat back or tilt the seat further than in current vehicle configurations allow For occupant protection in these non-conventional seating positions vehicle systems need to be aware of the size “One key to the occupant safety of tomorrow is highly efficient systems for occupant recognition,” explains Norbert Kagerer “This is precisely the area in which we would like to become stronger through our investment in Simi Reality Motion Systems with a view to offering integrated safety systems from a single source.” ZF’s investment in Simi will expand the competence it already has in occupant safety systems such as seat belts Together with sensor systems for environment and interior recognition and the corresponding software ZF is the most broadly based supplier in the market for automotive safety technology “In the last few decades we have made a name for ourselves as a supplier of first-class image-based 3D software for human movement and behavior analysis,” says Andreas Ruß founder and managing director of Simi Reality Motion Systems GmbH “Our current expertise is based on the experience we have gathered in areas such as high-performance sports and medicine This investment by ZF will now enable us to contribute this knowledge more effectively in the automotive industry and to benefit much more rapidly from growth opportunities.” Following the acquisition by ZF Andreas Ruß will be passing on responsibility for the company to his two sons Philipp and Pascal Simi Reality Motion Systems was established in Unterschleißheim near Munich in 1992 and currently has around 35 employees the majority of whom are involved in software development Simi currently has more than 1,000 systems installed in the market worldwide FMS Wertmanagement took over the servicing of the risk portfolio transferred to it by the Hypo Real Estate Group in 2010 The winding-up bank was set up in 2010 to take over and wind up risk positions and non-strategic operations from the HRE Group FMS Wertmanagement is fully owned by the Federal Republic of Germany via the Financial Market Stabilization Fund (SoFFin) The nominal value of the serviced portfolio composed of loans bonds and derivatives was 175 billion EURO at the time of the transfer from HRE and amounted to 128.5 billion EURO on October 1 the HRE group companies PBB Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and Depfa continued to service the commercial real estate structured products and public sector risk assets on the basis of a servicing agreement with FMS Wertmanagement The EU Commission decided in a state-aid ruling in July 2011 that the servicing of FMS Wertmanagement's portfolio by HRE group companies had to be terminated by September 30 FMS Wertmanagement and HRE therefore set up a joint project for the transfer of the servicing to a subsidiary of FMS-Wertmanagement specifically established for this purpose The project was successfully completed on time after a two-year term on October 1 It included numerous outsourcing and insourcing projects based on European-wide tenders including the outsourcing of IT services to IBM and the establishment of a subsidiary to function as the servicer Approximately 250 employees from HRE's offices in Unterschleißheim Dublin and New York transferred to FMS Wertmanagement's service company before communicating with WilmerHale by e-mail (or otherwise) please read the Disclaimer referenced by this link.(The Disclaimer is also accessible from the opening of this website) until you have received from us a written statement that we represent you in a particular manner (an "engagement letter") you should not send to us any confidential information about any such matter After we have undertaken representation of you concerning a matter and we may thereafter exchange confidential information freely Site in Unterschleißheim has 30MW of power available PGIM Real Estate has acquired land in Munich The real estate investment management business of PGIM recently acquired a property in the north of the Munich region for its closed-end value-add fund European Value Partners (EVP) II The intention is to develop the property into a data center however neither the terms of the deal nor the seller were shared between Munich city center and Munich Airport The company didn’t include any timelines for development or any planned end user for the site senior portfolio manager at European Value Partners said: “The rapidly increasing demand for data centers combined with the low supply and limited development opportunities in urban areas represents a very attractive investment opportunity for long-term investors Since the short-term development potential in Frankfurt is limited the German data center market is increasingly focusing on Berlin and Munich.” NTT has a data center in Unterschleißheim that launched in 2017; nLighten and EdgeConneX currently operate data centers around the Munich area DLA Piper acted as legal advisor to PGIM Real Estate for this deal Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH 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[email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia member of the Board of Management of BMW AG for sales and marketing opened a new 33 million Euro technical training facility in Unterschleissheim near Munich The "BMW Group Sales and Aftersales Training Academy" will be the flagship training centre for 45,000 employees within the BMW Group worldwide dealer network Service engineers will be able to develop the advanced engineering knowledge required to work on the latest BMW and MINI vehicles BMW has launched more new models than ever before in its history each fitted with a wide range of innovative technologies up to 450 participants per day will receive further training 70 technical training stations for cars and motorcycles have been developed alongside an axle measurement work station power testing station and a model parts store A special unit will concentrate on electrical engineering electronics and even high-frequency engineering Service engineers will be able to practice real situations in role plays and plans are underway for a 'Virtual Reality Room' in which trainers and participants will be able to work on virtual vehicles through computer-linked goggles and gloves Over 10,000 German dealer staff will be trained at the centre Staff from international markets including the UK will work on the principle of 'train the trainer' whereby trainers and technical specialists will participate in the Academy and then pass on their knowledge to the training establishments in their 'home' countries BMW GB's Centre for Development trains over 4000 dealer staff every year and has recently been awarded an 'outstanding' grade for its modern apprenticeship programmes by the government's Adult Learning Inspectorate BMW Group has seven other regional training locations in Germany and 30 worldwide There are national training centres in Dubai News Home » Recycling and Dismantling Center: Where BMWs Go To Die The BMW Group Recycling and Dismantling Center (RDZ) plays an important role in keeping up with BMW’s promise of sustainability While perhaps the least publicized and recognized component it’s where their corporate vow proves itself used parts and reusing them makes up the core of BMW’s commitment new BMW vehicles comprise up to 30% recycled and reused materials here’s how life ends for up to 10,000 vehicles per year the BMW Group Recycling and Dismantling Center in Unterschleißheim – just north of Munich – has worked diligently to reuse The first step in the process is to get the vehicles there press cars – even movie vehicles – all tend to find their way here More than just an esoteric metaphor for reincarnation pieces of these vehicles will all eventually become repurposed or even Rolls-Royces off the menu for the hungry reprocessing plant EV batteries and components were manufactured from the beginning to be reusable. That’s a major reason you’ll find everything from the original ActiveE to early i4 models in the Center and useable modules are removed and sent to a plant that recycles batteries Since EU regulations require 50% of the weight of the battery to be recycled it’s simply the cost of doing business There are one-off cases where the batteries are used to power up equipment in the dismantling center Afterward – or if the vehicle isn’t an EV – parts are scavenged From software history and manual diagnosis technicians can determine what can be sold as certified used parts After detonating the airbags and draining the fluids A small excavator powered by recycled EV components removes the engine All that’s left is to send the chassis through a heavy-duty compactor The BMW Group Recycling and Dismantling Center is integral to BMW’s operations Up to 95% of the original vehicle is recycled in some way And that’s not something that will change anytime soon “Each and every vehicle which BMW plans to bring on the road in the coming years needs to be at least 95 percent recyclable,” offers Alexander Schüll and non-ferrous metals all are easily recycled what they’ll become in their next life is anyone’s guess It all ties into the circular economy – BMW’s roadmap for the future They’re trying to make the greenest car possible and recycling old components is an integral part of that Another benefit is the ability to evaluate the vehicle’s parts at the end of its test cycle That makes it easier for BMW to improve the next iteration of whatever technology is dismantled Whether these recycled units end up in a new 2 Series or someone else’s refrigerator is somewhat irrelevant The important part is that BMW is clearly making good on its promise -and legal responsibility – to recycle vehicles BMW’s goals for 2030 include a severe reduction of greenhouse gas emissions 7 million electrified vehicles brought to market and the most sustainable supply chain in the market The BMW Group Recycling and Dismantling Center makes those goals all the more attainable Even if it isn’t always in the limelight More from News 2025 BMWBLOG | Change consent Vision and Automation Solutions for Engineers and Integrators Worldwide Germany—Optical 3D shape measurement is rapidly gaining importance in metrology applications thanks to its capability to accurately measure and reconstruct 3D moving objects such as silicon wafers Several production-worthy 3D measurement methods are available today all offering varying tradeoffs between speed and accuracy Two of the most commonly deployed methods are triangulation which is the process of determining a point in 3D space given its projections onto two or more images which encodes depth via the deformation of a known fringe pattern projection This 3D measurement system features three segments: optical imaging The optical imaging system consists of a telecentric lens (Net-Gmbh L-VS-LTC) with selectable magnification and the Mikrotron camera offering a resolution of 4096 × 3072 pixels which correspond to the lateral sampling for the selectable magnification the camera can be set to a smaller ROI so that only the pixel information within the ROI is stored in the memory and the frame rate can be bumped up to 10,100 fps with an active sensing area of 4096 × 50 pixels made possible by the CoaXPress high-speed interface The projection system has a telecentric lens and 250-W metal halide light source with lightline lenses that can project a sinusoidal fringe with each bright stripe being parallel the object space is made up of a high-precision stage with both x and y axial movement range of 300 mm 1 Ku, Yi-Sha, Po-Yi Chang, Han-Wen Lee, Chun-Wei Lo, Yi-Chang Chen, and Chia-Hung Cho. 2022. "Metrology for Measuring Bumps in a Protection Layer Based on Phase Shifting Fringe Projection" Applied Sciences 12, no. 2: 898. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12020898 reported that the annual output is an impressive 130,000 tonnes and in the region of 7,000 containers and skips are needed to manage this volume of materials.. A large fleet of construction machines work on loading and feeding the crushers on the 15,000 m² treatment site in Unterschleissheim and at further sites The company has four Hyundai wheel loaders whichhave been operating since 2010 the latest Hyundai wheel loader was introduced to the fleet - a 19.5 tonne whose responsibilities include the fleet of twenty construction and transfer loading machines and 80 trucks opted for the modern Stage V machine from Hyundai because of its power Johann said, “The superb, rapid service from Hyundai Construction Equipment service partner Fischer & Schweiger was another deciding factor in the purchase. Features on the machine include solid rubber tyres, which make for easy working in often sharp-edged recycling material   The high-lift tipping bucket is also required for loading high-edged and walking floor semitrailers The tipping height of the high-lift bucket is 4,200 mm.” The machine will also be working hard and will be in use for around 2,500 operating hours per year Hyundai authorised dealer Fischer & Schweiger GmbH from Zusmarshausen near Augsburg provides provide service care on all of the company’s wheel loaders and some of its transfer loaders In view of the sustained strong demand for large wheel loaders in the European market HCEE introduced the new A-series with Cummins engines (Stage V) at the Bauma 2019 show The 19-tonne HL960A is powered by a Cummins QSB6.7 Stage V (168 kW) The new A-series wheel loaders from HCE Europe offer a broad range of performance features and functions HCE's product development division is proud to present a wealth of leading technological improvements longer uptimes and better fleet management Advertise With UsFacebookTwitter With market-leading print and digital platforms for the Recycling and Bulk Material Handling Industries we provide a comprehensive and virtually unique route to market.Our bi-monthly magazine is available in print or electronic mediums delivering the latest news on new product launches and industry projects directly to individually addressed on-site locations throughout the UK & Northern Ireland Such is the demand we enjoy a regular pass-on readership of 2.5 providing a total of in excess of 15,000 regular readers of the magazine We work closely with companies to provide on-site editorials focusing on their clients feedback All wrapped up with on-site recorded interviews delivering dynamic stories and images that enhance the stories We also attend open days & events and promote these by writing engaging editorial pieces published in our magazine Let HUB-4 distribute magazines at your open day and we'll promote your event for you in the news and events section of our website prior to the event Our bi-monthly magazine is sent directly to 6,000+ quarries with a pass-on rate of 2.5 giving an estimated readership of 15,000 throughout the UK © 2025 HUB Digital Media Ltd |Registered at Companies House Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy 2 (UPI) -- Cassidian Optronics of Germany now operates as Airbus DS Optronics GmbH following a two-year integration process "The alteration to the company's name and the complete change of ownership will not entail any changes for the suppliers customers and employees of the company," Airbus DS said The chief executive officer of Cassidian Optronics will remain at the helm of Airbus DS Optronics optical and precision-engineered products for military The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed 18 (UPI) -- A facility for the maintenance and repair of Indian Navy submarine periscopes is being built in India by Airbus Defense and Space's Optronics business unit "The maintenance facility contract demonstrates Airbus Defense and Space's commitment to not only supply systems and technologies to customers but also to equip them with the necessary operational maintenance capability," the company said The company's local partners for building the plant are Tata Consultancy Services and H&H Precision Pvt Ltd Indian Navy technicians will be trained in India and Germany by the company to perform the maintenance and repair work on the periscopes which were manufactured by Airbus Defense and Space 23 (UPI) -- The final stage of a program to help secure Saudi Arabia's border with Iraq has been officially inaugurated "I am proud to be responsible of this final stage of the project and to see all our years of hard work and technical know-how finally culminating in this inauguration of our state-of-the art border security system," said Project Director Dietmar Pilz part of the Saudi Border Guard Development Program About 240 response vehicles and 10 surveillance and reconnaissance vehicles are also being used Surveillance towers -- 40 in all -- equipped with Airbus DS TRGS-SEC radars and day/night cameras; 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preparation work (including earthworks and cable installation) installing the charging stations (including the cabling) and connecting the test centre to the grid we implemented an extremely wide-ranging project and thus established a test centre where previously zero infrastructure such as access roads and supply lines existed,” says Phillip Mittermeier Service Office manager at SPIE Deutschland & Zentraleuropa I don’t think we have taken the time to think about the seemingly more innocuous things that may have been fuelling vaccine hesitancy Governments and other influencers have used some of the most counterintuitive prodding to get persons to vaccination centres I am going to highlight what I consider to be the top five vaccine marketing mistakes and how they have negatively impacted public perception where COVID-19 vaccination is concerned get back to life!” How majestic and powerful those words – until you skip to the evening CNN news broadcast and hear Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus from the World Health Organization saying “There will be no return to the old normal for the foreseeable future.” That could be interpreted to mean either that COVID-19 will be with us for the foreseeable future or that we’ll be under COVID-19 protocols for the foreseeable future the COVID-19 vaccines don’t seem to impact the prediction In countries with very high vaccination rates the popularly spoken of ‘herd immunity’ is yet to kick in so if we are awaiting the total absence of the virus for normality we might be waiting till the Second Coming The only thing that seems to be standing in the way of “getting back to life” is the suite of policies that prevent it there seems to be an end in sight to the Disaster Risk Management Act based on the prime minister’s recent announcement Many who saw their vaccine as a bus ticket back to normality have been lamenting that they haven’t got to frolic about as was promised I imagine the health minister’s recent announcement of a calendar of events for only the vaccinated may have been an attempt to quell the frustration so clearly the rationale is not primarily a medical one 2) The best vaccine is the one that’s available Surely at least a few persons who have repeated this must have heard themselves as they were sounding out the words and realised the person(s) on the other end of the comment were wondering if they really look that dunce One can accept that getting vaccinated quickly is better than waiting to get the crowd-favourite vaccine brand that is totally different from suggesting all the COVID-19 vaccines are equal I would have assumed this tagline was a little joke meant to evoke a friendly chuckle here and there but it has been used as a serious response to the question of which vaccine is best It is especially insulting against the backdrop of a pause in the distribution of one vaccine brand last year (pending CDC and FDA reviews) due to suspicions that it increased the risk of thrombosis and within a context in which another brand with an initial efficacy rate of over 90% against symptomatic infection has managed to become the only brand recommended for children all vaccines do not carry the same efficacy and carry different levels and types of risk so why continue to repeat yet another messy marketing slogan that only breeds more opposition The best vaccine has nothing to do with being available The vaccine does not prevent individuals from contracting and passing on the virus and it is still unclear how different the likelihood of passing on the virus is for the vaccinated as opposed to the unvaccinated What the data shows is that the vaccinated benefit from greater personal protection from COVID-19 because the vaccines reduce the likelihood of serious illness and death from the virus The “Do it for your loved ones” or “Do it for your neighbour” kind of narrative is way off-centre The only reason one would need to consider his/her neighbour on this matter is within the context of limited hospital space most of which is occupied by the unvaccinated the majority of COVID-19 hospital patients will naturally be unvaccinated since the vast majority of the population is unvaccinated but the difference in the proportion of vaccinated persons within the hospitals in contrast to that of the general population needs to be the selling point Why not speak to that instead of repeating sensationalist but misleading stuff 4) This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated sounds cool and is guilt-inducing but the takeaway many have got from this is that unvaccinated people are the ones perpetuating the pandemic not everyone who is hesitant is an anti-vaxxer I had nothing to do with the formulation of the anti-vaxxer membership code but I know intuitively that something is off when the label is thrown at people (vaccinated and unvaccinated) who have only opposed mandates questioned scientific assertions and claims or simply asked questions about the vaccines It might be felt that it is easier to convince people to get their COVID-19 shots through the repetition of these sweet nothings I think the effect has quite been the opposite Many are only raising their eyebrows at some of these misleading and exaggerated claims packaged as taglines embellishments only make a negative difference If the aim is to reach persons who have hesitations a fine-tuning of arguments to exclude things that are clearly erroneous would be good Kristen Gyles is a free-thinking public affairs opinionator. 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Read our policy By 2018-04-23T09:45:20 BMW Group has officially inaugurated its autonomous driving campus and development facility at Unterschleissheim This ‘centre of excellence’ is close to BMW’s existing Research and Innovation Centre and it enables the bringing-together of all its work on vehicle connectivity and automation at a single location To continue reading this article and others like it, please SIGN-IN or REGISTER FREE today Register free now to stay up-to-date with the latest industry developments to find in-depth reports and intelligence and to connect with your peers Gain access to our exclusive content and features register today Non-registered users are able to access two AIT exclusive articles per week. You have now used your allocation.To continue reading this article and others like it, please SIGN-IN or REGISTER FREE today together with the adaptation of new technology will lead some major players to play a bigger role in overall vehicle development cycles especially in shaping customer user experiences As OEMs look to reduce production costs and manage more complexity many have the opportunity to grab a larger piece of the pie both for manufacturing and supply chain management The new average fleet targets that came into force in Europe on January 1st 2020 are having big impacts on vehicle development and technology pushing OEMs to produce and sell more hybrids and EVs But the rules are complex and varied by brands Here we provide a summary of the key rules and terminology automotiveIT International brings you tactical insights and intelligence on the innovations and transformational strategies being driven across the automotive value chain globally Site powered by Webvision Cloud World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) former president who heads the commission into corruption and doping in athletics gestures at a news conference in Unterschleissheim near Munich You must be logged in to post a comment the car-maker’s board member for development said today The centrepiece of BMW’s hopes to morph into a tech company the 23,000 square-metre Autonomous Driving Campus opened today concentrating 1000 connectivity and autonomous-driving developers in one location Fifteen months in the making, the Unterschleißheim site will eventually host 1800 developers, with BMW ramping up as the 2021 launch of the Level 4-capable i-Next electric car approaches “Welcome to the new Silicon Valley here in Bavaria,” the BMW’s Group’s senior vice-president for mobility autonomous vehicles (AV) is one of the most important challenges in the auto industry It’s about bringing a completely new system to the street “We tackled extreme challenges - challenges we have never faced in the automotive industry It’s open plan with a large-scale scrums and we need the ability to cooperate with the best technology partners.” BMW is already recruiting more IT specialists machine learning boffins and data analysts to fill up the rest of the campus “We need the best software developers in the world especially people who are experts in Artificial Intelligence,” BMW’s board member for development Klaus Fröhlich said “We need further generations of chip development We need this startup culture and we need to invest in this as a startup culture “We need to identify the weak spots and develop a safe process and a car that will always work with all customers in all conditions not only in Arizona where there are no pedestrians.” That wasn’t the first shot Fröhlich has fired across Uber’s bows having previously lambasted the Silicon Valley ride-hailing firm’s self-driving development program during BMW’s annual accounts conference last month MobilEye and the HERE digital mapping system it part owns and the AV research group has more recently been joined by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Now BMW has moved to create a new working culture for its tech boffins that it insists is more akin to Silicon Valley than a structured German operation “The benefits for the development experts employed here are clear: flexibility a high level of autonomy and short distances,” that a software developer working at the new campus can immediately test out freshly written code in a vehicle that is just a short walk away “We have to think like a startup and act like a grownup “We are not doing an IT project for four years We will then learn whether we are on the right track or not We will do them here and translate this to the rest of the group.” Level 4 and Level 5 autonomous prototypes and has promised to double that before the middle of this year “With the i-Next in 2021 we will not only offer the most innovative generation of EV but we will have a connected car and we will use this for pilots to test fully AV driving (where the framework conditions exist) “We will use it in these regions for fully automated driving then we will roll it out into our portfolio “We have already more data volume stored here compared to my whole development in the Fiz (BMW’s technical development centre in Munich) “Forty cars have generated double the data compared to the rest of the entire new vehicle test fleet.” Fröhlich warned to expect everything to change in the car industry in the next decade as electric cars and automated-driving technologies converged “Autonomous driving in all its facets will change the auto industry as will the electrification We’ve always said it will come and we don’t know when “In the last three years we’ve invested a lot in this topic and we have the same mindset (as with electrification) “You need to put in a lot of effort until something moves and now we’re opening this campus “This is a project where we can show the digital expertise and without that we cannot implement this project.” It is looking at automated driving the same way it viewed electric cars “This is the goal we are pursuing in a systematic way The project i was with respect to electrification and now there is project 2.0 and that’s AV,” Fröhlich insisted “Our senses are quite well trained and all this needs to be substituted “You need the framework conditions but it will happen anyway Safety is key to achieve better and safer driving and the traffic will also improve.” Melita FC youth nursery teams recently travelled to Germany for the Munich Summer Cup and returned home with two titles after winning their respective tournaments in Unterschleissheim A total of 38 teams from 11 countries took part in the KOMM-MIT International-organised youth football festival played in unusual scorching weather conditions at the Hans Bayer Stadium KOMM-MIT was founded in 1983 and is a cooperation partner of the German football federation in the field of youth football Melita U-13 won all their qualifiers but had to negotiate a penalty shoot-out before reaching the final flowing football to win 2-1 after coming back from a goal down Jake Engerer was the top scorer in this tournament The U-17 team also had a remarkable run and won all their qualifying matches with relative ease Young Melita players proudly showing their trophies The semi-final against Swiss side Camoghe was a balanced affair though and Melita showed great resilience to eliminate their opponents on penalties Melita were tactically disciplined in the final and held on for a 0-0 draw Penalties were required to determine a winner and goalkeeper Zak Mousu proved to be Melita’s hero when stopping two spot-kicks in the shoot-out The Melita U-17 boys scored all their four penalties to claim a hard-earned title Melita lost 2-1 in the final to Union Oberneukirchen while a second Melita team in the same competition did not make it to the final stages One Melita U-11 player who will remember this tournament for a long time is Kurt Chircop He topped the scorers’ list in his category The Melita U-15 team drew their first match but failed to qualify for the knock-out stages Melita FC president Paul Zammit said the club had reached their objectives in Munich Melita youth nursery players and officials pose for a group photo in Unterschlessheim “These results made us proud as they were beyond expectation given the high level of competition in the tournament,” he said “Participation in the Munich Summer Cup was all about giving our young teams experience in a competitive and friendly environment overseas I would like to congratulate all players and coaches not just for the results but also for their commitment and contribution even when our boys were on the losing end.” please register for free or log in to your account The Melita Youth Nursery U17 and U13 teams have won the respective categories in the Munich Summer Cup 2015 organised by KOMM MIT at Hans Bayer Stadium in Unterschleissheim Speaking on the club‘s return from the Munich Summer Cup 2015 Melita Club president Paul Zammit said that “although the results in Munich made us proud as they were beyond expectation given the high level of competition participation in this tournament was all about giving our young players the experience of participating in a competitive and friendly environment overseas I would like to congratulate all the players not just for the results but for their commitment and the level of play even when they were on the losing end.”