25.3.2019. Prototypes of the next all-electric models from BMW i will complete your overall vehicle testing together in the winter test center Arjeplog – intensive development programs for the preparation of the market launch in 2020 and 2021.
Munich. BMW i is preparing the launch of the next-Generation pure electric powered models. In the winter test centre of the BMW Group in the Swedish Arjeplog three future E-vehicles of the fire are currently in a crucial Phase of your production development process. Together with the BMW iX3, which is already used in the coming year in the trade, it also starts the BMW i4 and BMW iNEXT, whose market launch in 2021 to an intensive test program is subjected to.
In the context of the total vehicle testing their drive and suspension components under extreme Weather and road conditions put to the test. The test areas on the edge of the Arctic circle, offer ideal conditions. On the ice of frozen lakes, in the snow and in the freezing cold and make both the E-motor, the high-voltage batteries and the power electronics of the BMW eDrive technology, as well as the chassis and suspension control systems, their efficiency and reliability.
Is heralded the latest Chapter in the electrification strategy of the BMW Group from a Sports Activity Vehicle. In the BMW iX3 the fifth Generation of the BMW eDrive technology already comes from the next year, for the first time. A particularly powerful electric motor and a High-voltage battery with the latest battery cell technology allow pure electric driving pleasure in a new Dimension.
With a range of more than 400 kilometres,* and the possibility of DC fast charging stations with a power of 150 kW to Recharge his energy to use memory, the first purely electric SAV outstanding everyday – and long-distance capability. The BMW iX3 will be the first model manufactured by the Joint Venture BMW Brilliance Automotive, the Chinese production site in Shenyang for the entire world market.
BMW iX3 (photo: BMW AG)
In a particularly sporty expression of the joy comes at the locally emission-free Driving in the BMW i4. The four-door Coupé for the Premium Segment of the middle class combines dynamic Design with thrilling performance and a high level of fitness to travel. The BMW eDrive technology of the fifth Generation of the BMW i4, a range of more than 600 kilometres*. In addition, the spontaneous onset of force of the electric motor, particularly for a dynamic driving experience. For the sprint from a standstill to 100 km/h, the BMW i4 requires only 4.0 seconds, and its maximum speed is more than 200 km/h. the BMW is Produced i4 by the year 2021 at the BMW plant in Munich.
BMW i4 (photo: BMW AG)
With the proportions and dimensions of a luxurious Sports Activity Vehicle, the electric drive of the fifth-Generation systems for highly automated Driving, the BMW iNEXT embodied in a particularly comprehensive way, the future of driving pleasure.
As a future kit of the BMW Group, he combines the latest innovations in the company’s strategy NUMBER ONE > NEXT defined action fields of Design, Automated Driving, Connectivity, electrification and Services (D+ACES). BMW eDrive drive ensures a range of more than 600 kilometres*. In addition, it is equipped with the latest networking technology and for automated Driving on Level 3 designed. The new technology-the flagship of the BMW Group, wants the plans to be produced by 2021 at the BMW plant in Dingolfing.
BMW iNEXT (photo: BMW AG)
For all information on performance, emissions and range are provisional values.
* Values under the WLTP test cycle.
Further information on official fuel consumption and official specific emissions of CO2 can be taken from car emissions of new passenger cars to the ‘guide on the fuel economy, CO2-emissions and power consumption of new Passenger’ charge at all sales outlets, the Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH (DAT), Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, 73760 Ostfildern-scharnhausen, Germany and online under https://www.dat.de/co2/ available-for-free.
