On october 1st, bmw, according to it house, has not ruled out the possibility that its neue klaste product line would introduce a first-rate electric racer, which would allow the german brand to invest $18 billion (it house note: the current exchange rate is approximately rmb 128,258 million) to cover more vehicles。
This electric racer may be filling the upcoming market gap caused by the shutdown of four and six-cylinder z4 convertibles. In the first half of next year, z4 convertibles will stop production simultaneously with their "sister car" - toyota gr supra (both sharing core technology)。
Neue klasse is the common name of a series of future bmw models that will follow the brand's new design style, configuration and technology. It was named after a series of cars that helped bmw out of the bankruptcy crisis in the 1960s. While all future bmw models will be based on neue klasse technology, the first application will be a series of small and medium-sized pure electric vehicles (the first of which will be brand new ix3), which will be based on a new platform dedicated to battery power。
When asked whether this brand-new infrastructure supported the construction of a sports car, joachim post, a board member of the bmw research board, said to the australian media, drive: "it works."
When asked further whether the bmw could be expected to develop its own running vehicles without external partners by sharing new electric platforms between multiple models, the executive did not make a clear statement。
According to post, "the idea of bmw has been what we call `modularization ' , i. E. The use of generic parts for different types of vehicles and different sub-markets. For example, electronic control units, battery cores, etc., have the same core technology but are differentiated and integrated according to the needs of different vehicle types. Therefore, for bmw, thinking about how to develop parts and apply them to all models remains at the core of our thinking. It is through this concept that we will be able to extend this new technology to 40 derivative models within two years; from the point of view of commercial viability, this scalable combination also provides realistic conditions for technology to land. We'll see what models will be introduced in the future.”
The rendering attached hereto, published by the italian designer luca serafini, shows the possible appearance of a brand-new z4 car using the design style of neue klasse。
In july 2024, the cameraman photographed a small, lined double-door car (as shown above). The vehicle had bmw neue klasse design features and used the same disguise stickers as other bmw prototypes. Since then, the car has not appeared in the test scene, either on the open road or at the private test site where the photograph was taken, nor has any comment been made by the bmw on the photograph。
In december 2024, bmw blog reported that bmw's r & d plan for the bmw electric super-drive “was close to approval and was expected”, but was eventually set aside for fear of a low sales volume and faced “profitability and technical feasibility challenges”。
