The German automaker’s most legendary high-performance vehicle, the BMW M3 sports sedan is going to be electric. The information has been delivered in an interview in Portugal recently. While BMW’s product development chief, Frank Weber, approved the rumors.
Also, as the rumors have been broadening with respect to an electric M3 for months, that gradually makes the predictions to be true. As reported by Weber at the global launch of the BMW i5, the first electric BMW M3 will arrive tentatively by 2027, as per Carsales.com.au. While this high-performance EV is supposed to ride on BMW’s next-gen Neue Klasse platform.
BMW also disclosed its “Vision Neue Klasse” initial this month. This definitely gives us an idea with respect to its high-tech, efficient future. The term is in reference to BMW’s compact, sporty cars of the 1960s era that assisted in structuring up the brand. Along with this, Weber also verified that the Neue Klasse architecture “was designed for four independently operating electric machines up to one megawatt.”
The comments echo remarks made by BMW M CEO Frank Van Meel. By the time of his visit to Australia. The performance brand leader remarked on the potential of a megawatt (1,000 kW) sports sedan built on the next-gen platform. For those who are not aware of the units then, a megawatt would translate to roughly 1,340 horsepower.
BMW M3 sports sedan
As stated by Weber, “You can go crazy” with the new EV platform. Furthermore, he explained, “And then you have some settings where you can go deeper into something that is more and more rear-wheel drive biassed with the control possibilities that you have with electric machines.”
At the start of this year, BMW disclosed its fastest, and most powerful EV model the i7 M70 xDrive electric sedan with up to 660 hp. BMW has also showcased its quad motor i4 electric model. While, when it comes to the i4 M50, presently it is the company’s top-selling M model. The price of it starts from $69,700 with a dual electric 536 hp drive system.
At the same time, the performance brand appears to top it with its first electric BMW M3 model. “We want to come with something where we show Neue Klasse is already very ambitious,” Weber explained.
“But this is doing something far above what people are used to today. This will come with M3 and will not be too far away from the initial launch of the Neue Klass as a product line.”
Fall out in 2025, the Neue Klasse platform will feature “30% more range, 20% faster charging, and a 25% overall improvement in vehicle efficiency.”
With the increase in demand among M customers, “the highest and best performance.” Revealed by Weber, an EV packed with almost one megawatt in performance will certainly change your thinking.
I can guarantee to you there might be something wrong with the engine sound if they still miss this, but definitely not how the car behaves. It’s incredible.
BMW’s motive to come up with the electric M3 immediately after the start of production of the Neue Klasse as “people want to have what M can do best also in the battery-electric world.”
