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September 02, 2023 04:31 AM

BMW Neue Klasse EV gets futuristic design, 'skips a model generation'

BMW will preview the EV concept at the IAA Mobility auto show in Munich.

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    BMW says the concept has a design that has been “pared down to the essentials.”

    The design of the BMW’s first Neue Klasse all-electric car is futuristic enough to “look like we skipped a model generation,” said the automaker’s design chief, Adrian van Hooydonk.

    BMW is previewing the EV with the Vision Neue Klasse concept at the IAA Mobility auto show in Munich from Sept 5-10.

    The concept has a design that has been “pared down to the essentials,” BMW said in a statement on Saturday when it released pictures of the Vision Neue Klasse.

    Classic BMW features such as the Hofmeister kink on the rear pillar, the kidney grille and the so-called shark nose reverse-angled front end are retained but updated to give a more progressive look.

    The large windows, blocky body shape and swollen wheel arches help “create a new aesthetic,” BMW said.

    The concept is “close to standard production” of the 3 Series-sized sedan due in 2025, BMW CEO Oliver Zipse told analysts on the company’s earnings call in July.

    BMW will initially produce a midsize sedan and SUV on the Neue Klasse [German for new class] architecture. The cars will use BMW’s sixth-generation eDrive electric technology that the company says will increase overall efficiency by up to 25 percent compared to its current electric cars.

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    Neue Klasse cars will use new cylindrical batteries said to give 20 percent more energy density than its current prismatic cells, helping to boost driving range by 30 percent.

    Their interiors will avoid the use of chrome or leather to improve their environmental credentials.

    Neue Klasse cars initially will be built at BMW’s new factory at Debrecen, Hungary, where the company says production will be completed without use of fossil fuels.

    Neue Klasse production will follow at BMW’s home plant in Munich from 2026, and in Shenyang, China, in the same year.

    Production of cars using the new underpinnings will start in 2027 at BMW’s factory in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

    The Neue Klasse platform is the “biggest investment in the company’s history,” BMW’s head of development, Frank Weber, said in the statement.

    “We are not just writing the next chapter of BMW; we’re writing a whole new book,” he said.

    The Vision Neue Klasse’s interior reduces operating controls to a minimum, with interaction with the car coming via the central display screen, steering wheel buttons and voice control.

    Information will also be delivered by the BMW Panoramic Vision strip that complements the head-up display and runs the length of the windscreen to include the passenger. The strip’s color changes based on the mode selected by the driver.

    The front seats are attached to the floor by a single bracket, freeing up additional legroom in the rear compartment, which has been split into two individual seats.

    BMW will also debut two new plug-in hybrid versions of the BMW 5-Series large sedan in Munich, while BMW’s Mini brand, is launching the second-generation Cooper electric hatchback and electric Countryman SUV.

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