At the company’s annual press conference overnight, BMW car teases its upcoming pure electric variant 5 series roadster. Like other EVs in its range, the electric 5 Series will be called the i5.
The new 5 Series sedan, codenamed G60, and potentially i5, will be launched in October 2023. It’s unclear when the i5 will be available in Australia, including Europe, the US and South Korea. was the original focus of this model.
This i5 sedan will be joined by a wagon — BMW-speak — Touring Edition in 2024. Additionally, joining the 5 Series in 2024 will be two plug-in hybrid powertrains.
When the i5 Touring launches, it will join the sparsely populated wagon segment of the ever-growing EV market. Currently, the only other participant from the western brand is Porsche Taycan wagon, available in both regular and upgraded Sport Turismo remote areasCross Turismo variants.
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Although the new Taycan wagon and i5 Touring are about the same length, the BMW should be more spacious thanks to the more upright tailgate and taller bodywork.
The regular 5 Series, i5 sedan and i5 wagon have been spotted undergoing testing.
Oliver Zipse, CEO of BMW, said today the i5 will include “an all-electric Performance model from BMW M GmbH”. He noted i4 The M50 is the M division’s best-selling model in 2022.
The i4 M50 has a two-motor all-wheel drive setup with a combined output of 400kW and 795Nm. The i4 M50 has the ability to accelerate from 0-100km / h in 3.9 seconds, faster than the standard rear-wheel drive M3 (4.2 seconds), the ball with 375kW / 650Nm M3 Competition (3.9 seconds), but slower than the four-wheeled M3 Competition (3.5 seconds).
For comparison, the i4 eDrive40 250kW/430Nm and i4 eDrive35 209kW/400Nm both have a rear-wheel drive motor.
As with i4 “four-door coupe”, and i7 sedan, the i5 will run on the CLAR architecture supporting gasoline, diesel, plug-in hybrid and all-electric powertrains.
If BMW’s latest round of electric vehicles is anything to go by, the visual differences between the 5 Series models with internal combustion engines (ICE) and i5 EVs will be limited to the grille, wheels, and wheels. , badges and possibly bumpers.
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