Case Study: BMW achieves faster, more reliable connected vehicle APIs with Kong

BMW cuts API latency by 50% with Kong

BMW, a major German automotive manufacturer, faced significant challenges scaling its backend infrastructure for over 24 million connected vehicles. Its centralized, on-premise API gateway created a single point of failure, could not scale quickly for traffic surges, and hindered the company's ability to innovate. This legacy system was operationally expensive and resulted in high latency for driver requests.

The solution implemented by Kong was a complete rearchitecture to a decentralized API gateway model. BMW deployed over 140 Kong gateways, giving each internal product team control over its own API management. This eliminated bottlenecks, improved resilience, and cut latency in half from 200ms to 95ms. The migration, completed in just seven weeks with zero downtime, also reduced operational costs by 50% and dramatically increased release cycles. Kong empowered BMW's developers and provided a modern foundation for future AI-driven services.

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