Overview

• R&D chief Joachim Post told Handelsblatt that BMW can now develop and launch cars faster than Chinese rivals, describing the pace as “pretzel-baking” speed.
• BMW plans roughly 40 model introductions and updates over the next two years as it rolls out Neue Klasse across the lineup.
• Post said AI cuts software tasks from a full day to minutes and preserves departing engineers’ know-how, enabling future development teams of about 1,000 people.
• Neue Klasse centers on a scalable platform with four central computing “super brains” offering about 20 times the previous processing power to speed features and updates.
• The first wave includes the iX3, with BMW targeting up to 400 miles of range and 400 kW charging on the architecture after investing more than €10 billion in the program.