The BMW Podcast | Changing Lanes BMW

Hi, I’m Dee. I am BMW's vision of the digital mobility of the future and your host for the brand-new podcast series of BMW. Whilst I am obviously the star of this show, I will be accompanied by very inspiring human guests. Together, we will dive deep into the true relationship between human and machine by discovering the human senses in the real world and the virtual one. How will our digital future feel? How will it taste? How will it smell or look? My job is not only being your podcast host. My job is being your companion. Curious? Then join us on this journey and listen to DEE MY GUEST.

You can find more information about our host DEE here

The home stretch on CHASING THE GREENEST CAR. Today’s episode is the end of the line for Anne Therese. Time to say goodbye! The search for the greenest car will continue, because if there is anything that Anne Therese, you, and we have learned from the previous episodes, it’s that we are a long way from our destination. The greenest car doesn’t exist yet, but there are ideas and visions of how it could look, feel, sound, and be produced. And there are people who have made this vision their mission. In the last episode of CHASING THE GREENEST CAR, Anne Therese meets two of them, and together they look into the next few years, decades, and centuries. Are you ready for one last glimpse into the future?

03:50 Ideas of the future of mobility

05:00 Mobility sharing

08:50 Fulfilling the mobility needs

10:40 Lighthouse cities

15:00 The car of the future

19:15 The purpose of technology

“The ‘greenest‘ electric car will be made by BMW.” – this is the company’s mission for the future. Is this future already within our grasp? What are the challenges that arise in trying to achieve this goal? We will find out in this eight-part audio documentary. Together with our reporter, Anne Therese Gennari (The Climate Optimist), we will go on a journey through the BMW universe and take an authentic look behind the scenes.

Read more about our search for the greenest car here.

You can find more information about our host Anne Therese Gennari here.

BMW Protagonists: Frank Hansen, Maik Schwalm

Editorial: Julia Niedermeier

Author: Robert Valentine

Sound and Music: Kontrapunkt Agency

Art: Lucas Lemuth, Madita O'Sullivan, Caroline Wabra

We are almost at the end of our journey, but only almost. On the search for the greenest car, constant innovation is an important part of the BMW philosophy. The development of new ideas, new processes, new materials, and new solutions. We have plans and ideas for a sustainable future, of course, but which ideas haven’t we thought of yet? And which ideas are on the way? As you can see, there are still plenty of open questions, and Anne Therese is looking for answers. To find them, she calls Los Angeles from Munich, visits BMW Welt, and immerses herself in the history of sustainability at BMW at the BMW Museum. Join her and tune in!

02:00 What does ‚innovation‘ mean?

04:50 Aesthetics of the future

10:30 The chances and challenges of innovation projects

16:00 Sustainability and the concept of health

19:00 The digital twin

22:50 Recycling of batteries and battery cells

27:00 RE:THINK, RE:DUCE, RE:USE, RE:CYCLE

“The ‘greenest‘ electric car will be made by BMW.” – this is the company’s mission for the future. Is this future already within our grasp? What are the challenges that arise in trying to achieve this goal? We will find out in this eight-part audio documentary. Together with our reporter, Anne Therese Gennari (The Climate Optimist), we will go on a journey through the BMW universe and take an authentic look behind the scenes.

Read more about our search for the greenest car here.

You can find more information about our host Anne Therese Gennari here.

BMW Protagonists: Markus Seidel, Wesselka Mandowa-Maier, Annette Connor

Editorial: Julia Niedermeier

Author: Robert Valentine

Sound and Music: Kontrapunkt Agency

Art: Lucas Lemuth, Madita O'Sullivan, Caroline Wabra

Welcome back! In previous episodes, you have joined Anne Therese in a wide variety of places, met all kinds of BMW employees, and learned about their roles and projects. These all deal with sustainability at BMW. But this issue is so much bigger than the BMW universe in Munich. In a world where we increasingly face new social challenges, it is more important than ever that global companies recognize and embrace their social responsibility. It is simply not possible to act and produce completely sustainably in the future without an awareness of this responsibility and the action that needs to result. Social sustainability goes hand in hand with sustainable production. Anne Therese digs deeper.

02:40 Social sustainability

04:45 How is BMW socially responsible?

08:00 A united humanity: BMW ethics and social responsibility

10:40 Raw materials: Mica (More info here and here)

25:00 Organic materials in production

27:55 The first FSC-certified tyre (More info here)

37:00 PowerUp: Energy for education (More info here)

“The ‘greenest‘ electric car will be made by BMW.” – this is the company’s mission for the future. Is this future already within our grasp? What are the challenges that arise in trying to achieve this goal? We will find out in this eight-part audio documentary. Together with our reporter, Anne Therese Gennari (The Climate Optimist), we will go on a journey through the BMW universe and take an authentic look behind the scenes.

Read more about our search for the greenest car here.

You can find more information about our host Anne Therese Gennari here.

BMW Protagonists: Milena Pighi, Nils Heimes, Vanessa Buchberger, Sabrina Kolbeck, Jacob Hamar

Editorial: Julia Niedermeier

Author: Robert Valentine

Sound and Music: Kontrapunkt Agency

Art: Lucas Lemuth, Madita O'Sullivan, Caroline Wabra

Where does a circle begin? When you’re producing an audio documentary about sustainability and BMW, there’s no avoiding the topics of RE:THINK, RE:DUCE, RE:USE, and RE:CYCLE. These are the four principles of the circular economy and, as such, also form the core elements of this audio documentary. The circular economy’s aim is that existing materials and products are maintained, recycled, repaired and shared for as long as possible. Anne Therese wants to dive deeper into how this works and how close – or how far away – BMW already is to the goal of a circular economy. What might a “circular” vehicle look like? Let’s find out.

02:16 RE:THINK, RE:DUCE, RE:USE, RE:CYCLE

10:10 The importance of closed loops

19:21 What means remanufacturing?

21:16 What does a fully circular supply chain look like?

“The ‘greenest‘ electric car will be made by BMW.” – this is the company’s mission for the future. Is this future already within our grasp? What are the challenges that arise in trying to achieve this goal? We will find out in this eight-part audio documentary. Together with our reporter, Anne Therese Gennari (The Climate Optimist), we will go on a journey through the BMW universe and take an authentic look behind the scenes.

Read more about our search for the greenest car here.

You can find more information about our host Anne Therese Gennari here.

BMW Protagonists: Anna Goldhofer, Christopher Degenhart

Editorial: Julia Niedermeier

Author: Robert Valentine

Sound and Music: Kontrapunkt Agency

Art: Lucas Lemuth, Madita O'Sullivan, Caroline Wabra

The search continues! Of course, vehicles are also about aesthetics, design – and love at first sight. But how much room for creativity is there when the goal is minimalism? We have to look into the future of vehicle design with fresh eyes. Anne Therese meets some of the creative minds who create a new aesthetic and design from the first lines on the page. She wants to learn from them how sustainability can be built into the design of a vehicle and the materials that are the most difficult to replace when creating the car of the future. What aesthetics lie behind radical reduction? And what responsibility do designers bear when it comes to a sustainable future? We will find out in this episode.

02:23 Rethinking mobility

07:30 What is the luxury of the future?

18:13 Circular design principles

27:11 Mirum as a possible leather alternative?

28:02 Design for circularity

31:28 Sustainable car design

“The ‘greenest‘ electric car will be made by BMW.” – this is the company’s mission for the future. Is this future already within our grasp? What are the challenges that arise in trying to achieve this goal? We will find out in this eight-part audio documentary. Together with our reporter, Anne Therese Gennari (The Climate Optimist), we will go on a journey through the BMW universe and take an authentic look behind the scenes.

Read more about our search for the greenest car here.

You can find more information about our host Anne Therese Gennari here.

BMW Protagonists: Daniela Bohlinger, Matthias Junghanns, Jessica Dettinger

Editorial: Julia Niedermeier

Author: Robert Valentine

Sound and Music: Kontrapunkt Agency

Art: Lucas Lemuth, Madita O'Sullivan, Caroline Wabra