iX3
BMW’s design language seems to be moving in the right direction with the unveiling of the Vision Neue Klasse X Concept (a mouthful), which previews the first production Neue Klasse model. It’s the second concept…
Andrei Nedelea / March 21, 2024
News
BMW hosted the world premiere of the Vision Neue Klasse in early September at the IAA Mobility Show in Munich. Since the luxury brand decided to skip the Los Angeles Auto Show hosted last month,…
Adrian Padeanu / December 7, 2023
Tech
“There is one more thing.” The iconic phrase of Steve Jobs echoed through the halls of Motorworld in Munich during the BMW Vision Neue Klasse presentation last week. Just before concluding the event, BMW’s CEO,…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 5, 2023
News
BMW offered a sneak preview of its Neue Klasse architecture at the beginning of the year at CES in Las Vegas with the i Vision Dee concept. However, it won’t be until 2025 when the…
Adrian Padeanu / March 15, 2023
News
BMW Neue Klasse EVs To Get Tesla-Like Short And Long Range Versions: Report
by Adrian Padeanu
/ Date: December 19, 2022
i3
Even though the first electric vehicles on the Neue Klasse platform won’t arrive until 2025, BMW has been quite generous in sharing details about its all-new architecture. The round cells will boost range and charging…
Adrian Padeanu / November 4, 2022
News
BMW aims to slash battery costs for electric vehicles by 30 percent with the introduction of the Neue Klasse platform featuring cylindrical cells. The disclosure was made a few weeks ago when insiders assumed the…
Adrian Padeanu / May 28, 2022
3 Series
Little by little, more pieces are falling into place about the hugely promising Neue Klasse platform. Debuting in 2025 on a 3 Series-sized EV, the bespoke electric car architecture will be inaugurated at the newly…
Adrian Padeanu / May 11, 2022
3 Series
BMW announced the return of the Neue Klasse in March 2021, but we haven’t heard much about it since then. Rather than representing a series of models as was the case in the 1960s and…
Adrian Padeanu / May 7, 2022
News
The BMW Group has inked a deal with Qualcomm to use the chip supplier’s next generation of automated driving technology. Specifically, future models will rely on the Snapdragon Ride vision system-on-chip (SoC), vision perception, and…
Adrian / November 16, 2021
BMW i
There seems to be some confusion in Munich, over the direction in which to take its future of electrified vehicles. Or at least some difficulty communicating that direction. According to a recent report, BMW is…
Nico DeMattia / March 29, 2021