BMW guarantees its upcoming “new class” EV fashions will function considerably extra vary, quicker charging, and improved effectivity. Forward of its debut subsequent 12 months, BMW’s first Neue Klasse EV fashions at the moment are rolling off the meeting line at its Hungary plant.
It’s been over a 12 months since BMW unveiled the Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse EV, a preview of its high-tech future.
BMW’s Neue Klasse, or new class of automobiles, is “the most important funding within the firm’s historical past.” Underpinned by a brand new platform, BMW claims the upcoming EV fashions will function “30% extra vary, 30% quicker charging, and a 25% general enchancment in automobile effectivity.”
Forward of its debut subsequent 12 months, BMW’s first Neue Klasse fashions at the moment are formally rolling off the manufacturing line.
BMW introduced on Wednesday that it had produced the primary take a look at fashions at its Debrecen, Hungary plant.
“The manufacturing of the primary take a look at automobiles in Debrecen is a crucial milestone in commissioning the brand new plant,” BMW board member for manufacturing Milan Nedeljković stated after the milestone.
BMW’s first Neue Klasse EVs roll off the meeting line
BMW is now making ready for the beginning of sequence manufacturing in late 2025. Supplies and automobile components at the moment are being persistently delivered to its Debrecen plant as BMW scales manufacturing.
Over the subsequent few months, BMW workers members will bear “intensive coaching” on the equipment and processes as the corporate prepares for a profitable launch.
You’ll be able to see BMW’s new design theme, which might be utilized in upcoming fashions. Adrian van Hooydonk, head of BMW Group Design, stated the Neue Klasse is “so progressive it seems to be like we skipped a mannequin technology.”
New parts just like the shark-nose upfront differentiate the next-gen EVs from BMW’s present electrical lineup.
The Neue Klasse fashions may even function the next-gen BMW iDrive with Panoramic Imaginative and prescient, a 3D head-up show.
BMW’s first Neue Klasse mannequin might be a crossover SUV, whereas 5 extra are anticipated to launch by 2028.