From Fall 2011: "Hands-free tailgate opening" for BMW 5 Series Sedan and Touring

At the Paris Motor Show, BMW is previewing a new innovation part of the BMW ConnectedDrive development philosophy. The new feature plays a cardinal part in loading convenience and the first ones to accept advantage of this are the BMW v Series Sedan and Touring. Dubbed, "easily-free tailgate opening", the innovative part is allows customers standing backside the vehicle to open up the luggage compartment automatically with a movement of their foot.

The feature becomes user-friendly when conveying items that require placing them on the ground in order to free up your hands and push the remote button for tailgate opening. The new convenience characteristic uses 2 sensor strips placed on dissimilar planes in the bumper, somewhat similar to the Parking Distance Control technology. The placement of the sensors makes it possible to identify the customer's pes move without any take a chance of disruptive it, for example, with a brawl rolling under the car.

Furthermore, to prevent unauthorized access to the car, the opening mechanism can simply be activated if the control unit of measurement too identifies the car fundamental.

The "hands-complimentary tailgate opener" volition be available for the new BMW v Series Touring and new BMW v Serial Saloon from Fall 2011 as part of the BMW ConnectedDrive Comfort Access option.

Press and the public will be able to examination the new characteristic at the Paris Motor Show and we will take a video for y'all illustrating its functionality.

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Source: https://www.bmwblog.com/2010/09/20/from-fall-2011-hands-free-tailgate-opening-for-bmw-5-series-sedan-and-touring/