BMW hits 1 million vehicles moved by in-plant automated driving

BMW said its Automated Driving In-Plant (AFW) technology has been used on one million vehicles across its factories. The LiDAR-based system handles around 3,500 vehicle movements daily, with the Spartanburg plant in the US set to adopt it in 2027.

• AFW runs at Dingolfing, Leipzig, Regensburg and the Mini Plant in Oxford
• The system performs about 3,500 automated vehicle movements per day
• BMW's Spartanburg plant in the US will deploy AFW in 2027
• LiDAR sensors and cloud architecture let vehicles avoid people and obstacles