The Auto Channel
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
Official Website of the New Car Buyer

BMW i Joins Forces With TED In Search Of Powerful New Ideas About Mobility - TACH ANSWER - E.T.H.A.N.O.L - Perfect For A Driving Machine


PHOTO
Herr Krueger Takes Aim


PHOTO

But First Snide's Remarks: WTF, why is BMW empowering the mobility disrupter sycophants to discover a "visionary solution" to replace problematic, poisonous, terrorist friendly, monopolistic, ecologically disastrous, Cartel run, old fashioned and inefficient petroleum based mobility fuels, when one already exists and is plentiful and cheap everywhere in the world...and can help BMW's drive even better?


PHOTO (select to view enlarged photo)

The most ironic thing about BMW supporting a replacement for the historic concept that made BMW, BMW “The Ultimate Driving Machine” is that BMW among many car makers can benefit most from a corporate mindset, utilization and maximization of renewable, green, and readily available high octane ethanol fuels for their wonderful driving machines...the electric hucksters (even within BMW) are fashioning a future that presupposes the end of automobiles and our freedom to drive to where and when we choose to go.

So Herr Krueger become a true visionary and lead BMW to minimize the EV bull shit and wake up and smell the distiller's grain...it's time to get some balls and stop empowering and encouraging the new age digital i boys and their anti driving mantra from screwing up our wonderful mobility options...oh yes, for those who hate to drive; call a taxi. msnide@theautochannel.com



PHOTO (select to view enlarged photo)

MUNICH/VANCOUVER/NEW YORK - April 26, 2017: With its all-embracing approach to sustainability extending far beyond electric vehicles alone, the BMW i brand has established itself as a pioneering influence in the future face of mobility. And now BMW i is teaming up with TED, the non-profit organization dedicated to Ideas Worth Spreading whose conferences have earned a worldwide following. The alliance was announced yesterday during the annual TED Conference in the Canadian city of Vancouver. BMW i is launching a unique, global search for ideas with TED entitled “NextVisionaries”. Here, pioneers, strategists and creatives from around the world are invited to outline their ideas for mobility. Applications can be submitted now at the www.nextvisionaries.com microsite. During a multi-phase selection process over the next four months, a panel of mentors will choose the most impressive, most promising and most groundbreaking proposals. The winning entrant will be given the opportunity to present their visionary idea from the TED stage in New York in November 2017.

BMW i and “NextVisionaries”: aiming to completely rethink personal mobility.

BMW i sees the collaboration with TED as presenting a unique opportunity to help bring visionary ideas for personal mobility to the world’s attention. With BMW i Ventures, the brand already helps selected initiatives and start-ups to develop and implement trailblazing ideas in the organisation of personal transport. And now, “NextVisionaries” is providing a platform that is open to everyone and has been designed to enable free exchange of ideas. “Ever since the founding of project i ten years ago, BMW i has been a visionary pioneer. This spirit of visionary thinking and pioneering action unites BMW i and the TED community. For all pre-thinkers of inspiring and iconic visions around the mobility of tomorrow, we offer a great stage with this unique cooperation,” explains Hildegard Wortmann, Senior Vice President Brand BMW. Lisa Choi Owens, Head of Global Partnerships at TED, adds: “TED Talks give the most creative minds and their most fascinating ideas a way to reach curious audiences around the world. The collaboration with BMW i gives us the chance to unearth some of the most exciting new thinking in the field of mobility.”

Wanted: visions that will move tomorrow’s world.

The “NextVisionaries” ideas competition is aimed at a creative community engaged with various aspects of future mobility. The competition theme of “Visionary Mobility” has been formulated to attract the broadest possible spread of pioneering ideas and concepts. Entrants are asked to propose vehicle and technological concepts, hardware and software solutions, and ideas for products and services that have the potential to shape the face of personal transport in tomorrow’s world. Visions can likewise be based around environment-friendly mobility-related processes that conserve resources, or on strategies for creating a society geared towards personal mobility requirements.

Information on the conditions for participation can be found on the www.nextvisionaries.commicrosite set up jointly by BMW i and TED, as well as on social media channels such as Twitter and YouTube. The microsite also serves as a platform for exchanging ideas about new forms of personal mobility. The entries submitted will first be edited for composition and content, before being narrowed down to a smaller selection. The resultant short-list of six visionaries will then have the opportunity to refine their concepts and ideas with the help of experts from BMW i and TED. The best visions will be presented in public for the first time at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt in September 2017, and a panel of experts will subsequently choose the overall winner of the competition.

From visionary to TED speaker.

Thanks to its alliance with TED, BMW i will help to ensure the winning “NextVisionaries” idea reaches an audience that extends far beyond the company and even the car industry as a whole: the victorious vision will be presented at a TED event in New York in November 2017. First, though, the competition winner will undergo a comprehensive public speaking coaching.

About TED Founded in 1984, the first TED conferences were held in Monterey, California. In 2006, TED experimented with putting TED Talk videos online for free – a decision that opened the doors to a radically new model for sharing ideas: today there are more than 2,400 TED Talks available for free on TED.com, which are viewed about a billion times a year. Thanks to the support of thousands of volunteer translators, there are close to 100,000 published translations of TED Talks in over 110 languages. TEDx, the licensing program that allows communities to produce independently organized TED events, has seen 21,500 events held worldwide.