BMW Group DesignworksU vision of a 2025 police veh BY Birgit Sauer, BMW Group EDITOR: At the Los Angeles/ Munich 2012 Autoshow, BMW introduced its concept of what police vehicles would look like 13 years in the future. We aren’t quite there yet, but here’s the article that appeared along with the futuristic sketches. The L.A. Autoshow is not just the place to inspect new models of automotive companies. For the 9th time, it is also the place where the design teams of the top automotive companies enter a creative competition of the most exciting kind when presenting visionary concepts around the topic of individual mobility. In 2012 the challenge for the design teams was to create the ultimate 2025 highway patrol vehicle. The solution delivered by BMW subsidiary DesignworksUSA demonstrates that BMW´s design think tank has more to offer than a rich 40-year history of product design. The visionary concept ePatrol gives a glimpse into the forceful power of innovation and future thinking that the mother company BMW Group as well as external clients from manifold industries may expect from DesignworksUSA in the 40 years to come. DESIGN CHALLENGE In 2012 the design teams were tasked with exploring creative solutions for futuristic patrol cars based on a set of criteria which included: future needs for advanced technology; speed and agility on future freeway systems; creativity of the solution; and meeting a specific region's emission standards and environmental sensibility (including maintenance and recyclability). Furthermore, the teams 74 The Blues - November ‘24
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