Using real-time data to shape the future of connected cars with Tassilo Wirth & Christian Hummel

In this episode of Driving the Future, Christian Hummel - Executive Vice President, Global Head of Automotive at Capgemini Invent - shares with us how excited he is about the future of the automotive as he believes it to be the industry which has seen the most change within the last 20 years, with everything from energy, technology and digitalisation all changing and presenting new challenges and ideas. Christian is joined by Tassilo Wirth - Head of Data Analytics & Business Intelligence for the Connected Car at BMW - and talks in depth about how he’s helped shape an established brand to be more reflective of the future, with teams and talent recruited far and wide to bring new ideas, innovation and be able to work at speed based on real time feedback. In this conversation, both Christian and Tassilo discuss when BMW first joined the connected car market and how the offering and capabilities have changed as the products have grown and developed. Tassilo demonstrates how Data is treated to ensure it’s quality from over 20 million cars around the world, to ensure customers are seeing real time updates to their driving experience, security and entertainment offerings. We learn more about how BMW is now more reflective of a tech organisation and how this has widened the talent pool and experiences for people wanting to work within the automotive industry. So, what are BMW looking for when recruiting? What tools and packages do you need to know? In this episode, we learn the answers and how good coffee is important too.

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Using real-time data to shape the future of connected cars with Tassilo Wirth & Christian Hummel is an episode from Driving the Future by Capgemini.

This episode is 27:32 long.

This episode was published on May 22, 2025.

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