Sheer surfing pleasure in the ScienceClub of the BMW Group

Cross-reference: photos were sent via satellite and areavailable at: http://recherche.newsaktuell.de/story.htx?nr=218531&action=bigpic&att =6284 http://recherche.newsaktuell.de/story.htx?nr=218531&action=bigpic&att =6283 Caption 1: http://www.bmwgroup.com/scienceclub: The BMWScienceClub is online: more information about the world of BMWscience and research. Caption 2: http://www.bmwgroup.com/scienceclub: The newscience portal of the BMW Group offers a wide range of excitingand up-to-the-minute information. Munich, Germany (ots) - Under the slogan "researching for our automobile future", thenew science portal of the BMW Group offers a wealth of exciting,up-to-the-minute news and background info on science, researchand transportation policy Will the vision of a hydrogen age soon become everydayroutine? Will telematics allow us to avoid all traffic jams? Doesour society possess unlimited mobility or does mobility placeunexpected limitations on us? The new ScienceClub of the BMWGroup provides knowledge-hungry surfers with a comprehensiveinsight into the exciting world of BMW research and development."It is a great tradition of our company not only to findinnovative solutions but also to communicate them," says DetlefFrank, head of Science and Transportation at BMW. The quarterly press service "Science, Research, Development"has already been in operation since 1994, providing journalistsand university professors with an important information andresearch resource. "But since subjects such as 'Sustainablemobility' or 'Transportation and the environment' areincreasingly attracting broader interest," says Frank, "we aregiving this science forum a new online home atwww.bmwgroup.com/scienceclub . In addition to this, we will alsobe continuously expanding the range of information available inthe Science&Mobility area." As well as ScienceNews, which provides users with currentbackground reports from A as in Active Safety to Z as in ZeroEmissions, the SciencePool provides a top quality onlinereference resource with over 150 articles from the press service"Science, Research, Development". The range of informationprovided by the new BMW science portal also includes a number ofinteresting science links and a preview of themes and dates. "The aim of our Science Club is to respond on the World WideWeb to the growing interest of the public at large in innovativesolutions from the field of science and transportation policy -beyond the BMW horizon, too," explains Gubitz, head the Productand Technology Division of BMW Group Communication. In this way,the BMW Group not only demonstrates its innovation expertise butis also meeting its social responsibilities as an automobilemanufacturer."

ots Originaltext: BMW Group Internet:http://recherche.newsaktuell.de For questions please contact:Corporate Communications Andreas Klugescheid, TechnologyCommunications, Technology and Innovation Telefon: +49 89 382-25506, Fax: +49 89 382-27563 Thomas Gubitz, Product andTechnology Communications Telefon: +49 89 382-23504, Fax: +49 89382-27563 Internet: www.press.bmwgroup.com e-mail: presse@bmw.de

Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug"PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to bepublished under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial serviceproviding distribution of press releases from clients, who areidentified in the text of Protext reports and who bear fullresponsibility for their contents.

PROTEXt