00:00From a combustion engine to an electric motor, it's quite a challenge.
00:13There are millions of ways to build electric motors.
00:19We have found one that is extremely torque-dense, extremely efficient.
00:31My name is Jochen Huber.
00:33I am an employee in research at BMW.
00:37I have spent my entire professional life with new technologies.
00:42That's why I always had the idea to go to DAA and to screen what is on the market.
00:48I am Felix, a founder and managing director of Deep Drive.
00:51We have developed an engine that is designed for the large series, for high volumes,
00:56and at the same time is the most efficient on the market.
00:58I noticed the wheel drive and that DAA and Deep Drive are working on this topic.
01:05The first big milestone was the IAA, the International Automobile Exhibition here in Munich.
01:10There were always interesting people coming by.
01:14One of them was Jochen from BMW, who found it super exciting.
01:18We had an incredibly good exchange.
01:20That was the first core with which we started together.
01:24For us, the BMW Startup Garage was a very early start,
01:29because it helped us to understand the processes in the complex jungle of a large corporation.
01:36What are the processes? What are the people we have to talk to?
01:42The BMW Startup Garage offers us an excellent opportunity to get in touch with these startups.
01:47And we continue to work with the best startups, including Deep Drive.
01:51We have a cooperation project, and we are also planning to check their good technology for BMW applications,
01:57so that the potential for us really arrives in the series.
02:00Virtually everyone we talked to at BMW is open-minded.
02:04This can be seen in the BMW Startup Garage and in the programs.
02:07This can be seen in BMW Adventures.
02:09BMW has understood, I have to invest in startups, but it has to be a completely independent investor.
02:14Otherwise, this construct will not work.
02:16Otherwise, this startup company will not grow.
02:18If it binds too early to just one partner,
02:21this cooperation on very different levels has shown us that BMW is a pioneer.
02:30The most important feature is the efficiency, i.e. electric range for a customer.
02:35It is known that this is a topic for e-mobility.
02:39These values were exceeded and this in the first measurement without iterations.
02:45And then, of course, it was a knock on the door for us that BMW actually said,
02:50hey, we trust your results, we can test the project on your control room.
02:54Most of the time, their technology and their sample parts have exceeded what they announced.
02:59And that is actually unusual in such a first phase with a completely new technology.
03:05For us, the last one and a half, two years have been absolute madness.
03:09It really went up steeply, where BMW were the first to look at Deep Drive.
03:14Many have now moved on.
03:16We have intensified our cooperation.
03:18We are currently working together with eight of the ten largest automotive manufacturers in the world.
03:21In the future, if all the criteria are met,
03:25it is possible to save 100 to 150 kilos of weight.
03:30You will get a much higher electric range.
03:34And the vehicle can also become a little more expensive.
03:40The next big milestone for us is to get into the first series
03:43and we are looking forward to achieving this in the next year and a half.
03:46Startups are important to us because they show us new perspectives with unconventional out-of-the-box thinking,
03:52which also make it much faster for us to bring innovations into the cars.
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