Recently, the BMW Group in 2020 earnings online press conference, BMW officially confirmed, the new 7 Series will be equipped with four kinds of power systems: gasoline, diesel fuel, plug-in hybrid and pure electric version. BMW CEO Oliver Zipp policy (Oliver Zipse), said: “This means that the BMW 7 Series pure electric vehicle, will be the most direct competitor Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles EQS.” It is reported that the new car is expected to launch in 2022.
[previous exposure of pure electric version of the BMW 7 Series models mule spy photos]
“All 7 series drive system will use a single architecture.” Zipp policy in a statement said, “the most powerful 7 series will be fully electric!” According to foreign media prediction, which means that the BMW 7 series will give up or M760li models, the car equipped with a 6.6-liter twin-turbo V12 engine, the maximum power of 610 horsepower and peak torque of 800 Nm, 0-100km / h acceleration just 3.7 seconds. Since the vehicle mass of the car close to 2.2 tons, once the large lithium-ion battery pack in which the quality of vehicle which will be at least 2.5 tons.
[previous exposure of pure electric version of the BMW 7 Series models mule spy photos]
Zipp policy then said, BMW’s strategy means “different the technology will drive long-term coexistence. ” He said that in addition to the 7 Series models, BMW also plans to BMW X3 is equipped with four kinds of power systems. In addition, BMW will launch a new iX3 this year, BMW i4 and BMW Gran Coupe 4-based models.
[above the trailer for the new generation 7 Series Fuel version mule; below for the next generation 7-Series hybrid version of the mule train]
According to the plan, BMW then add two-year plan 500,000 sales, and 25 to achieve the layout of new energy vehicles in 2023 (over half of which will be pure electric vehicles), achieved two years ahead of schedule. By 2025, the BMW Group expects sales of electric vehicles will maintain a high growth rate, with an average growth of around 30 percentage every year.