Welcome to BMW Today!
My name is Joy and today’s episode is all about the Urban Suite.
Hello Mr. Dukec, how are you doing?
Perfect!
Seems like you are really relaxed?
I’m enjoying and I’m having a great time in our i3.
So, this car is produced under the banner of sustainability, right?
So, the community watching us is wondering: the seats and the fabric is made out of PET bottles,
is that correct?
Yes somehow. I mean we recycle bottles and then we create again a fabric, a synthetic
fabric which we then use for the seats and for the door panels.
Is it comfortable sitting on PET bottles?
I believe so. Do you want to try?
Well, yeah let me try it.
Okay, cool.
Now, how does the fabric feel?
It’s really comfortable, really!
Sitting on plastic bottles.
Yeah, I’m sitting on plastic bottles, fantastic!
And there’s even a light with touch sensors. I feel like in my living room.
That was the idea!
I can relax, I can maybe work. Is there also a table possible maybe,
so, I can put my laptop on?
You have the table there. You have also storage for you bag and also for your jacket.
So, it should really feel like in a boutique hotel, like in a modern boutique hotel.
I like it, I like it!
Yeah, we believe just that people who would like to use on-demand mobility and they don’t have
to focus on driving themselves, they should enjoy the time in the car
like at home, there should be no break.
And…what is this remote control about? Where is the screen?
Look, do you see this triangle, the button where you…?
Yeah, exactly, the triangle?
This one?
Look, there we have like a rear seat entertainment.
So, therefore you know this maybe from the Amazon Fire stick?
So it works like “Hey Alexa, I want to watch an action movie!”
Okay but when I watch an action movie while driving the driver gets disturbed, right?
No, we created a sound bubble, which is like when you just put up the volume,
you hear the sound?
Yes.
I can’t hear it but just you.
You don’t hear what I’m hearing?
Also for phone calls, it would just create like a very intimate space on a very small footprint.
Oh wow, so I can really work here or watch a movie and don’t disturb anybody?
No, especially not the driver.
What about the future?
Are we going to have the driver seat still there in this i3 maybe or maybe in another car?
No, in the future it could be the same experience for you just without the driver.
So, you have even more privacy because there is no foreign person inside.
A very often asked question in the community is:
Is this car able to drive? So, can we drive this car around?
Sure. We built 20 cars, if you are lucky you can see them also here in Munich on the street.
Right now?
Yes.
There you got it, this can actually drive around!
I would say thank you for your time, thanks for watching
and now I’m going to watch a movie. Can you please close the door?
Of course. I’m happy if you are! So, have a good time!
Thank you, bye!
Bye.