BMW has introduced a new carbon footprint tracking feature to its My BMW and MINI smartphone apps, allowing drivers to view detailed CO2 emissions data based on their vehicle usage. The update is now available in Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, and supports internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric models.
The new function appears in the apps’ “My Trips” dashboard, analyzing individual journeys and calculating emissions based on energy or fuel consumption. For EVs, the feature estimates CO2 output using the average national energy mix and compares it to values assuming renewable electricity usage. For ICE vehicles, emissions are based on fuel consumption. BMW also includes emissions data from the vehicle’s production, covering materials, logistics, and manufacturing.
BMW’s Dirk Wiedmann, Senior Vice President Sales Steering and Strategy of Digitalisation, explained the reasoning behind the feature’s development: “Our usage research shows: The information in My Trips is one of the most popular features in the app. We are now expanding this successful function with carbon footprint calculation, giving our customers simple and straightforward access to sustainability-related information via a popular and widely used channel.”
In addition to the new function, the My BMW App continues to offer the “Electric Vehicle Analysis” tool. According to BMW, “Once the combustion engine model has made at least 200 journeys and covered a distance of 2,000 kilometres, the analysis shows the journeys the user could have completed on a single charge with the electric vehicle selected, and also flags up charging stations close to frequently visited destinations.”