The corporate introduced a transparent image of the model’s future as a sedan with the BMW Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse at IAA 2023. The most recent Imaginative and prescient Car now illustrates how BMW sees the way forward for its X fashions. The BMW Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse X stands for an lively life-style, environment friendly dynamics and a assured stance. Its design combines a transparent exterior design language with a brilliant and spacious inside. Particular lighting and sound results enabled by the subsequent era of BMW iDrive improve the intuitive digital person expertise. The three predominant traits of the Neue Klasse – electrical, digital and round – are expanded right here to incorporate a fourth dimension. The driving pleasure that types the core of the BMW model is taken to the subsequent stage with drive and chassis management developed specifically for the Neue Klasse and with the sixth era of BMW eDrive know-how. Its sustainability idea additionally ensures accountable manufacturing, operations, disassembly and recycling.
A brand new kind of drive and chassis management delivers a superior driving expertise that’s tailor-made to particular person wants. It’s based mostly on a brand new software program stack developed in-house by the BMW Group that can assist the autos of the Neue Klasse assure a easy drive always. Two out of 4 new super-brains will take the driving expertise within the Neue Klasse to a brand new dimension.
Together with the two-box design of a BMW X mannequin, the pared-down design language developed for the Neue Klasse additionally represents a serious leap ahead in each exterior and inside design. With its elevated floor clearance, the fully-electric car structure presents new potentialities for an much more spacious inside. It permits for an extended wheelbase, brief overhangs and traditional BMW proportions. Giant window areas and the panoramic glass roof flood the inside with pure gentle, creating an ethereal spaciousness that’s complemented by textiles in heat colors.
The brand new model search for the BMW X fashions additionally contributes to the Imaginative and prescient Car’s sturdy presence. Vertically aligned LED items supply a contemporary interpretation of BMW’s hallmark gentle signature. Entrance and centre is the BMW kidney grille, reimagined as a three-dimensional sculpture with vertically aligned and backlit contours. Collectively, the headlights and kidney grille create a lighting impact that’s activated as the motive force approaches the car and continues within the inside.
The rear part is highly effective and athletic. Hind lights that attain far into the centre present a horizontal interpretation of the acquainted BMW L form. Its 3D-printed components are individually managed with variable gentle depth to convey a very expressive depth impact. Flush glass surfaces and the intense “Coral Silver” exterior paintwork give the BMW Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse X a sure lightness. Within the rear portion of the facet home windows, the model’s signature Hofmeister kink is realised not by chrome edging, however with a “reflective print” that types a clear or reflective floor, relying on the viewing angle.
The marginally elevated seating place ensures a assured driving expertise. The redesigned steering wheel with multifunction buttons, Central Show with intuitive contact management performance and BMW Panoramic Imaginative and prescient, along with the superior voice management of the BMW Clever Private Assistant, function the easy and intuitive interfaces for human-car interplay. BMW Panoramic Imaginative and prescient tasks key data throughout the total width of the windscreen. It is going to be complemented in manufacturing fashions of the Neue Klasse by the improved BMW 3D Head-Up Show.
Within the BMW Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse X, the Central Show is elegantly built-in into the instrument panel, offering each entrance passengers with optimum entry to all infotainment features. The colors proven will not be solely transferred to the ambient gentle, but in addition to the backlit textile surfaces of the instrument panel.
The Private Sound Expertise, introduced for the primary time with the brand new HYPERSONX WHEEL, opens up additional potentialities. With this digital operate, automotive occupants can get pleasure from their favorite sound on any journey. The sound, generated in actual time and adjusted with the faucet of a finger on the HYPERSONX WHEEL, is an progressive contribution to the immersive and holistic person expertise that transforms the inside of the BMW Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse X into a private expertise house.
n the Neue Klasse, total car effectivity reaches a brand new stage. The most recent, sixth era of BMW eDrive know-how is essential to this. Along with improved e-drive items, it additionally options new and now spherical lithium-ion battery cells, with a volumetric vitality density greater than 20 % increased than that of the prismatic cells beforehand used. Together with the transition to an 800-volt system, this can enhance charging velocity by as much as 30 % – permitting autos to cost sufficient for a 300-kilometre vary in simply ten minutes. The sixth era of BMW eDrive additionally delivers as much as 30 % extra vary. In relation to aerodynamics, the BMW Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse X boasts a powerful new prime determine: with drag decreased by 20 % to a comparable mannequin within the present line-up. New tyre designs and a particular brake system for fully-electric autos assist enhance total car effectivity by as much as 25 %.
A very plant-based, mineral-based and petroleum-free floor materials “Verdana” was developed for the inside. It is going to be used within the BMW Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse X within the decrease portion of the door panelling and within the centre console. Maritime plastics are additionally being utilised for the primary time for injection-moulded components. In chosen parts, this secondary uncooked materials, which is obtained, for instance, from discarded fishing nets, already accounts for 30 %.
The selection of supplies and development methodology allow simpler disassembly of parts and improved recyclability. The facet skirts and entrance and rear apron attachments are additionally produced from recycled mono-materials. On this, the brand new design idea follows the precept of the BMW i Imaginative and prescient Round introduced in 2021, which relied extensively on mono-materials to optimise recyclability. The Neue Klasse additionally heralds a brand new chapter in manufacturing historical past. BMW Group Plant Debrecen in Hungary was deliberate and developed as an iFACTORY.
4 months after launching manufacturing of the combustion-engined MINI Countryman, the all-electric model is now rolling off the traces at Leipzig as effectively. After phasing out manufacturing of the BMW i3, the birthplace of electrical mobility on the BMW Group has welcomed one other totally electrical automotive to its vary. The MINI Countryman Electrical represents a serious step within the MINI model’s transition to full electrification by…
5 March 2024
After a joint ground-breaking ceremony with Milan Nedeljković, Board Member for Manufacturing, representatives of the Thai authorities and the German ambassador to Thailand Ernst Reichel, development work is underway for the BMW Group’s personal native manufacturing facility for Gen-5 high-voltage batteries. With that, the BMW Group is readying one more manufacturing facility to fabricate totally electrical autos, with…
5 March 2024
The all-electric MINI Cooper SE stands for emission-free mobility and concrete driving pleasure. The brand new 3-door mannequin is now out there within the John Cooper Works Trim as effectively. With 218 electrically generated hp (160 kW) and 330 Nm of most torque, the MINI Cooper SE is means out in entrance with zero emissions, particularly with its potential to dash from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.7 seconds. The high-voltage battery put in within the…
8 December 2023
BMW introduced the second era of its X2 Sports activities Exercise Coupé (SAC), which for the 2024 mannequin 12 months will embrace an all-electric mannequin – the BMW iX2 xDrive30. The worldwide market launch will get underway in March 2024 and in the summertime of 2024, a second totally electrical variant will probably be added to the line-up. The BMW iX2 xDrive30 has two extremely built-in drive items – one on the entrance axle and one on the rear…
11 October 2023
The BMW iX1 eDrive20 has been unveiled at the moment because the second all-electric mannequin variant of the compact SAV after the BMW iX1 xDrive30. It’s a cost-effective entry into the world of premium electrical mobility and will probably be out there from the beginning of manufacturing in November 2023 at a really helpful retail value of 47,900 euros (incl. VAT). Each fashions are manufactured on the BMW Group plant in Regensburg. BMW iX1 eDrive20 makes use of…
5 September 2023
With its newest design idea, the BMW Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse, the BMW Group is showcasing what the subsequent era of autos from its core BMW model will appear to be. The Imaginative and prescient Car, which will probably be unveiled for the primary time in public on the IAA Mobility 2023 Worldwide Motor Present in Munich, embodies a transparent design language, with expansive surfaces and only a few distinctive traces, that has been pared all the way down to…
2 September 2023
With a complete of 1,071,326 autos delivered to clients within the first six months, the BMW Group reported stable year-on-year gross sales progress of +5.4% – and likewise elevated its second-quarter deliveries considerably. The BMW model’s gross sales progress was, to a big extent, because of its fully-electric autos. The BMW model’s gross sales progress was, to a big extent, because of its fully-electric autos. The quantity of…
3 August 2023
The Elec experiences that Samsung SDI plans to develop the manufacturing of batteries in its Goed, Hungary gigafactory and embrace the manufacturing of 46210 cells. In line with the media sources, it’s BMW who requested such cells from Samsung SDI. In the meantime, BMW is constructing an EV manufacturing facility in Debrecen, which is a 3-hour drive from Goed. The enlargement would require an funding of 500 billion received for 2 manufacturing traces with…
11 July 2023
BMW broke floor for a brand new high-voltage battery meeting plant in Woodruff, South Carolina. Named “Plant Woodruff,” the BMW facility will produce sixth-generation batteries to provide totally electrical autos at close by BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg. Greater than 300 jobs will probably be created onsite at Plant Woodruff with the chance to develop. As a part of the BMW Group’s “native for native” method, the corporate will…
28 June 2023
New mannequin variants and improvements within the areas of electrification and digitalization are set to additional enhance the enchantment and variety of the BMW product vary from summer season 2023. On the pinnacle of the mannequin portfolio, the arrival of a 3rd variant of the all-electric BMW i7 expands the model’s providing within the luxurious phase. On the similar time, the Multi-Contract Plug & Cost and MAX RANGE features will now be…
24 Might 2023
BMW has simply introduced its new BMW 5 Collection Sedan lineup. This contains the 2024 BMW i5 eDrive40 and the 2024 BMW i5 M60 xDrive. The market launch of the brand new BMW 5 Collection Sedan will start in October 2023. Like all earlier mannequin generations, the brand new BMW 5 Collection Sedan is produced on the BMW Group Plant Dingolfing, the place the electrical motors and high-voltage batteries for the BMW i5 are additionally manufactured. The…
24 Might 2023
BMW will proceed to broaden its electrified product portfolio with the introduction of a number of new fashions in the summertime of 2023. The i4 line will construct on its success with the addition of a brand new all-wheel drive variant, the 2024 BMW i4 xDrive40. Positioned beneath the 536-horsepower i4 M50, the i4 xDrive40’s twin electrical motors produce a complete of 396 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque – enough to propel the…
22 Might 2023
MINI gives a primary glimpse of the trend-setting design of the upcoming all-electric mannequin household: Charismatic Simplicity known as the decreased design language that focuses on the necessities. Every new MINI mannequin good points its personal sturdy particular person character that’s expressed in distinctive design options, whereas exuding individuality with a transparent model affiliation. Sustainable supplies are one other important a part of…
9 Might 2023
The subsequent era of the MINI household is now being launched with the MINI Cooper Electrical. The brand new version of the long-lasting MINI 3-door is geared in direction of electrical driving enjoyable and is on the market at two energy ranges. With its thrillingly agile drive, the MINI Cooper Electrical stands for domestically emission-free premium mobility of the longer term. Initially launched in 2020, the all-electric MINI Cooper SE noticed a 25.5 per cent…
3 Might 2023
2024 Porsche Macan 4
Doorways: 4, Seats: 5Length: 188.3 in / 4784 mmWidth: 76.3 in / 1938 mmHeight: 63.9 in / 1622 mmCurb weight: 5302.12 lb / 2405 kgLocation: RearLocation: FrontBattery: 100 kWh, Voltage: 800 V
2024 Porsche Macan Turbo
Doorways: 4, Seats: 5Length: 188.3 in / 4784 mmWidth: 76.3 in / 1938 mmHeight: 63.8 in / 1621 mmCurb weight: 5302.12 lb / 2405 kgLocation: RearLocation: FrontBattery: 100 kWh, Voltage: 800 V
2024 Xiaomi SU7 RWD
Doorways: 4, Seats: 5Length: 196.7 in / 4997 mmWidth: 77.3 in / 1963 mmHeight: 57.3 in / 1455 mmCurb weight: 4365.15 lb / 1980 kgElectric motor: 220 kW, 400 Nm, Location: RearBattery: 73.6 kWh
2024 Xiaomi SU7 AWD
Doorways: 4, Seats: 5Length: 196.7 in / 4997 mmWidth: 77.3 in / 1963 mmHeight: 56.7 in / 1440 mmCurb weight: 4861.19 lb / 2205 kgElectric motor #1: 275 kW, 500 Nm, Location: RearElectric motor #2: 220 kW, 400 Nm, Location: FrontBattery: 101 kWh, Voltage: 871 V
2024 Volkswagen ID.7 Professional
Doorways: 4, Seats: 5Length: 195.3 in / 4961 mmHeight: 60.5 in / 1536 mmCurb weight: 4788.44 lb / 2172 kgElectric motor: 210 kW, 550 Nm, Location: RearBattery: 77 kWh
2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ Luxurious 2
Doorways: 5, Seats: 7Length: 224.3 in / 5697 mmHeight: 76.1 in / 1934 mmElectric motor: 505 kW, 1064 Nm, Location: RearLocation: FrontBattery: 200 kWh, Voltage: 800 V
2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ Sport 2
Doorways: 5, Seats: 7Length: 224.3 in / 5697 mmHeight: 76.1 in / 1934 mmElectric motor: 505 kW, 1064 Nm, Location: RearLocation: FrontBattery: 200 kWh, Voltage: 800 V
2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ Luxurious 1
Doorways: 5, Seats: 7Length: 224.3 in / 5697 mmHeight: 76.1 in / 1934 mmElectric motor: 505 kW, 1064 Nm, Location: RearLocation: FrontBattery: 200 kWh, Voltage: 800 V
2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ Sport 1
Doorways: 5, Seats: 7Length: 224.3 in / 5697 mmHeight: 76.1 in / 1934 mmElectric motor: 505 kW, 1064 Nm, Location: RearLocation: FrontBattery: 200 kWh, Voltage: 800 V
2023 BMW i7 xDrive60
Doorways: 4, Seats: 5Length: 212.2 in / 5391 mmWidth: 76.8 in / 1950 mmHeight: 60.8 in / 1544 mmCurb weight: 5820.2 lb / 2640 kgElectric motor #1: 190 kW, 365 Nm, Location: RearElectric motor #2: 230 kW, 380 Nm, Location: FrontBattery: 105.7 kWh, Voltage: 376.4 V
2024 BMW iX M60
Doorways: 5, Seats: 5Length: 195.0 in / 4953 mmWidth: 77.4 in / 1967 mmHeight: 66.8 in / 1696 mmCurb weight: 5862.09 lb / 2659 kgLocation: RearLocation: FrontBattery: 111.5 kWh, Voltage: 330.3 V
2024 BMW iX xDrive50
Doorways: 5, Seats: 5Length: 195.0 in / 4953 mmWidth: 77.4 in / 1967 mmHeight: 66.8 in / 1696 mmCurb weight: 5698.95 lb / 2585 kgLocation: RearLocation: FrontBattery: 111.5 kWh, Voltage: 330.3 V
2024 BMW i4 xDrive40
Doorways: 4, Seats: 5Length: 188.3 in / 4783 mmWidth: 72.9 in / 1852 mmHeight: 57.0 in / 1448 mmCurb weight: 5048.59 lb / 2290 kgLocation: RearLocation: FrontBattery: 83.9 kWh, Voltage: 398.5 V
2023 BMW i4 M50
Doorways: 4, Seats: 5Length: 188.3 in / 4783 mmWidth: 72.9 in / 1852 mmHeight: 57.0 in / 1448 mmCurb weight: 5048.59 lb / 2290 kgElectric motor #1: 230 kW @ 8000 – 17000 rpm, 365 Nm, Location: RearElectric motor #2: 190 kW @ 8000 – 17000 rpm, 430 Nm, Location: FrontBattery: 83.9 kWh, Voltage: 398.5 V
2023 BMW iX M60
Doorways: 5, Seats: 5Length: 195.0 in / 4953 mmWidth: 77.4 in / 1967 mmHeight: 66.8 in / 1696 mmCurb weight: 5862.09 lb / 2659 kgLocation: RearLocation: FrontBattery: 111.5 kWh, Voltage: 330.3 V
2023 BMW iX xDrive50
Doorways: 5, Seats: 5Length: 195.0 in / 4953 mmWidth: 77.4 in / 1967 mmHeight: 66.8 in / 1696 mmCurb weight: 5698.95 lb / 2585 kgLocation: RearLocation: FrontBattery: 111.5 kWh, Voltage: 330.3 V
2024 Volvo EX90 Twin Efficiency (E2)
Doorways: 5, Seats: 7Length: 198.3 in / 5037 mmWidth: 77.3 in / 1964 mmHeight: 68.7 in / 1744 mmCurb weight: 6197.19 lb / 2811 kgElectric motor #1: 190 kW, 490 Nm, Location: RearElectric motor #2: 180 kW, 420 Nm, Location: FrontBattery: 111 kWh, Voltage: 400 V