BMW CEO puts digital trends at center of strategy review - Business Insider
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BMW's new Chief Executive Harald Krueger plans to overhaul the carmaker's strategy to make it fit for the digital future of driving, he said on Tuesday. BMW teamed up with Germany's other two premium carmakers to buy Nokia's high-definition mapping business for 2. 5 billion euros ($2. 7 billion) this week to protect its access to key technology for connected and self-driving cars. Krueger, who took over in May, said the strategy the company adopted in 2007 that was designed to guide it until 2020 needed to be updated. Above all, digitization and the associated technical possibilities are set to change the automobile and its fundamental role in our society," he said. "Based on this, we are currently conducting a comprehensive update of our strategy. BMW has been exploring cooperation with U. S. consumer technology giant Apple. Last year, BMW's top brass took part in closed-door meetings with senior Apple managers to discuss vehicle manufacturing. Source: www.businessinsider.com
