Translogic pays a visit to BMW’s Tech Office in Silicon Valley where they are working on the ActiveE and its integration. In addition to the creation of the actual EV’s, a lot of work still needs to be done in the area of smart charging grids. We have to be able to charge all of these cars without overwhelming our power distribution infrastructure. That’s what they’re working on here with smart appliances, solar trees and smart phone integration.
Follow along as the Team Rahal Letterman Lanigan BMW M3 GT’s take a lap around the ALMS Baltimore Sports Car Challenge. The temporary street course is 2 miles long and has 12 turns. It looks pretty challenging with the concrete walls, technical turns and bumps from manhole covers, concrete slabs and train tracks.
The guy who made the wonderful Golden Years of DTM video is back with a new DTM tribute that focuses on its emotion and intensity:
BMW is celebrating the 40th anniversary of their M division this year. They put together this video documenting the start of the division with the M3 3.0 CSL, the M1 and the E30 M3 used in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM).
Cycle World rounded up the the current crop of superbikes and took them for two days of testing at Miller Motorsports Park with Eric Bostrom. They first tested the “workhouse” bikes that cost under $20,000 and then pitted the winner up against the “exotics” that were over 20 grand. This year has been pretty interesting in the motorcycle industry because just about all of the big companies are introducing traction and stability control. Eric Bostrom says this shootout is really about who was able to best tame the power and inertia of the 1000cc engines.