Press Release: HERE makes hands-free driving possible for BMW |

• BMW launches new head unit for SAE Level 2 automation with HERE HD Live Map.
• The BMW 7 Series is their first vehicle to introduce SAE Level 2+ with a speed of 130 km/h in the US and Canada. The functionality will be extended to other models based on the same technical platform.
• HERE provides the BMW 7 Series with predictive routing and real-time traffic information.

Amsterdam and Munich – HERE Technologies, the leading location data and technology platform, today announced that the BMW Group is using the HERE HD Live Map, HERE’s high-resolution map, to enable hands-free driving in the United States and Canada. HERE is one of the first companies in the world to provide high-resolution maps for Level 2+ automated driving functions in production vehicles. This is the result of a long-standing collaboration between BMW and HERE on next-generation map features.

7er is the first bmw series production vehicle to use HERE HD live map for speakerphone…