Our autonomous BMW i3 in Berlin - When the driver becomes a passenger Since the first BMW’s market debut in 1929, sheer driving pleasure has been transformed many times over. Advances in technology such as collision and pedestrian warning systems, steering and lane control as well as speed assistants, relieve the driver of his driving task. In the future ,we will be able to choose if we want to drive, or be driven. At a closed test circuit recently in Berlin, our self-driving prototype of a BMW