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A cloud-based service that uses continuously updated data from numerous sources to quickly warn drivers of potential hazards on their route, such as sudden fog or black ice is now being used in millions of different cars and commercial vehicles around the world the Bosch Group said today. New vehicles from the BMW Group are it. Bosch plans to roll out the service gradually in additional BMW vehicles over the next few years.*
“The road hazard service from Bosch increases road safety while also increasing the ease of driving. Our cloud-based service is a tangible win for our customers because it predicts and informs drivers, whether they are in a car or a truck, of hazards on the route and helps them avoid critical situations,” said Dr. Markus Heyn, member of the board of management at Bosch and chairman of the Mobility business sector.**
The road hazard service from Bosch was released in June 2024. and went live with a European vehicle maker. Six months later, a large commercial vehicle manufacturer also integrated the service, which Bosch has been gradually rolling out since then. The cloud-based software solution is now available in millions of vehicles in Europe and the U.S.
The service has also been part of the BMW Group’s vehicle fleets since March 2026. Some of the models using the road hazard service include the BMW iX1, iX2, iX3, and X3, as well as several Mini models. One claimed “unique selling point of the Bosch technology” is that vehicle manufacturers can set the sensitivity of the system – meaning the point at which the system triggers a warning – to their exact specifications and in line with their own market philosophy.
“This includes notices about accidents and abandoned vehicles, for instance in construction zones. The service can also warn drivers of heavy rain that could lead to hydroplaning, heavy snow, and strong wind. In addition, Bosch is the only provider to offer a cloud-based wrong-way driver warning, which is, among others, used by a European high-volume manufacturer. Vehicle manufacturers can choose whether to purchase the wrong-way driver warning as part of the road hazard service package or as an individual feature. This technology provides drivers with an early warning and gives them crucial seconds to respond, often long before the wrong-way driver is even visible” Bosh said in a release.
The wrong-way driver warning is shown either directly on the display in the cockpit or on a smartphone if the driver does not yet own a vehicle with an integrated wrong-way driver warning. The feature can be used in a variety of smartphone apps from Bosch partners. Simply download one of the partner apps and activate the feature to use this Bosch service. In total, these apps have already been downloaded more than 100 million times.
How Road Hazard Warnings Work
Bosch says it combines anonymized real-time data from a worldwide fleet of millions of connected vehicles with information from third-party providers such as weather services and road operators. “These sources together provide a highly precise, current overview of the road conditions, which forms the basis for reliable warnings. Driver assistance systems such as adaptive cruise control (ACC) and emergency braking assist can also use the predictive warnings to respond even more safely and precisely.”
In practice, an algorithm continuously analyzes and combines the incoming vehicle data, such as control interventions by the electronic stability program (DSC) and the activity of the windshield wipers. If the system determines, for example, that many vehicles in one region are using the windshield wipers on the highest setting and weather data is reporting heavy rain, the system concludes that there is a risk of hydroplaning. Affected drivers then receive an early warning and can adjust their speed in time. The quality of the predictions is continuously validated by Bosch’s own test fleet, which is equipped with special sensors. In addition, external sources such as webcams along the roads verify the emitted warnings.
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**Mobility is the largest Bosch Group business sector. It generated sales of 55,8 billion euros in 2025, and thus contributed around 61 percent of total sales. This makes the Bosch Group one of the leading mobility suppliers of technology and services. Bosch Mobility pursues a vision of mobility that is safe, sustainable, and exciting. For its customers, the outcome is integrated mobility solutions. The business sector’s main areas of activity are electrification, software and services, semiconductors and sensors, vehicle computers, advanced driver assistance systems, systems for vehicle dynamics control, repair-shop concepts, as well as technology and services for the automotive aftermarket and fleets. Bosch is synonymous with important automotive innovations, such as electronic engine management, the ESP anti-skid system, and common-rail diesel technology.
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 413,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2025). The company generated sales of 91 billion euros in 2025. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, digitalization, electrification, and artificial intelligence. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in hardware, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture intelligent, user-friendly, and sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 500 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. Bosch employs some 82,000 associates in research and development.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
Bosch Supplied Cloud-Based Driving Safety Alerts is Growing
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A cloud-based service that uses continuously updated data from numerous sources to quickly warn drivers of potential hazards on their route, such as sudden fog or black ice is now being used in millions of different cars and commercial vehicles around the world the Bosch Group said today. New vehicles from the BMW Group are it. Bosch plans to roll out the service gradually in additional BMW vehicles over the next few years.*
“The road hazard service from Bosch increases road safety while also increasing the ease of driving. Our cloud-based service is a tangible win for our customers because it predicts and informs drivers, whether they are in a car or a truck, of hazards on the route and helps them avoid critical situations,” said Dr. Markus Heyn, member of the board of management at Bosch and chairman of the Mobility business sector.**
The road hazard service from Bosch was released in June 2024. and went live with a European vehicle maker. Six months later, a large commercial vehicle manufacturer also integrated the service, which Bosch has been gradually rolling out since then. The cloud-based software solution is now available in millions of vehicles in Europe and the U.S.
The service has also been part of the BMW Group’s vehicle fleets since March 2026. Some of the models using the road hazard service include the BMW iX1, iX2, iX3, and X3, as well as several Mini models. One claimed “unique selling point of the Bosch technology” is that vehicle manufacturers can set the sensitivity of the system – meaning the point at which the system triggers a warning – to their exact specifications and in line with their own market philosophy.
“This includes notices about accidents and abandoned vehicles, for instance in construction zones. The service can also warn drivers of heavy rain that could lead to hydroplaning, heavy snow, and strong wind. In addition, Bosch is the only provider to offer a cloud-based wrong-way driver warning, which is, among others, used by a European high-volume manufacturer. Vehicle manufacturers can choose whether to purchase the wrong-way driver warning as part of the road hazard service package or as an individual feature. This technology provides drivers with an early warning and gives them crucial seconds to respond, often long before the wrong-way driver is even visible” Bosh said in a release.
The wrong-way driver warning is shown either directly on the display in the cockpit or on a smartphone if the driver does not yet own a vehicle with an integrated wrong-way driver warning. The feature can be used in a variety of smartphone apps from Bosch partners. Simply download one of the partner apps and activate the feature to use this Bosch service. In total, these apps have already been downloaded more than 100 million times.
How Road Hazard Warnings Work
Bosch says it combines anonymized real-time data from a worldwide fleet of millions of connected vehicles with information from third-party providers such as weather services and road operators. “These sources together provide a highly precise, current overview of the road conditions, which forms the basis for reliable warnings. Driver assistance systems such as adaptive cruise control (ACC) and emergency braking assist can also use the predictive warnings to respond even more safely and precisely.”
In practice, an algorithm continuously analyzes and combines the incoming vehicle data, such as control interventions by the electronic stability program (DSC) and the activity of the windshield wipers. If the system determines, for example, that many vehicles in one region are using the windshield wipers on the highest setting and weather data is reporting heavy rain, the system concludes that there is a risk of hydroplaning. Affected drivers then receive an early warning and can adjust their speed in time. The quality of the predictions is continuously validated by Bosch’s own test fleet, which is equipped with special sensors. In addition, external sources such as webcams along the roads verify the emitted warnings.
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**Mobility is the largest Bosch Group business sector. It generated sales of 55,8 billion euros in 2025, and thus contributed around 61 percent of total sales. This makes the Bosch Group one of the leading mobility suppliers of technology and services. Bosch Mobility pursues a vision of mobility that is safe, sustainable, and exciting. For its customers, the outcome is integrated mobility solutions. The business sector’s main areas of activity are electrification, software and services, semiconductors and sensors, vehicle computers, advanced driver assistance systems, systems for vehicle dynamics control, repair-shop concepts, as well as technology and services for the automotive aftermarket and fleets. Bosch is synonymous with important automotive innovations, such as electronic engine management, the ESP anti-skid system, and common-rail diesel technology.
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 413,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2025). The company generated sales of 91 billion euros in 2025. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, digitalization, electrification, and artificial intelligence. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in hardware, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture intelligent, user-friendly, and sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 500 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. Bosch employs some 82,000 associates in research and development.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.