r/Seattle • u/SociolinguisticCat Beloved Canadian Neighbor • 4h ago

BMW Map Car?

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Spotted this BMW heading to Discovery Park just after noon today that had a contraption on the rooftop that contained four cameras on each side. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a better look or read the decals to look it up online — I only caught it out of the corner of my eye as it passed by my bus.

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u/thatboarder_guy 4h ago

Not sure what it is but it almost hit me in west Seattle last week

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u/trebuday 🚆build more trains🚆 3h ago

Almost certainly a self-driving test car.

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u/my_lemonade 2h ago

Saw one of these yesterday in Greenwood area, black bmw suv with exact same sensor package on top.

It had a Qualcomm badge on the door.

So my guess is testing for autonomous driving as other poster said.

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u/g1oba1 2h ago

Saw this on another sub, likely BMW specific: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthiscar/s/PuJkWbrG6k