{"id":30582,"date":"2022-09-01T10:08:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=30582"},"modified":"2022-09-01T10:08:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:08:16","slug":"electric-bmw-m-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=30582","title":{"rendered":"Electric M Car “Will be worth the wait,” Says M Division Head of Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Electric M cars are coming sooner than you might think. The M Division recently teased a higher-performance electric M car, with a quad-motor, tank-turning unnamed prototype<\/a>. However, it didn\u2019t say what that car was going to be, if it would ever even end up as a production car, or what its specs were. However, BMW M\u2019s head of technical development Dirk H\u00e4cker wants to reassure M fans that whatever the first electrified M vehicle is, it \u201cwill be worth the wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

During an official interview with BMW M Magazine, H\u00e4cker gave up some info about BMW\u2019s plans for electric M cars and how they\u2019ll work their way into the lineup. And while they\u2019re on their way, we\u2019ll have to wait a little while before we see a fully-electric M car, as hybrids will come first.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are talking here about mild and plug-in hybrid systems that are currently being developed for high-performance models and these will be successively brought to market over the next few years. All of this, of course, with a view to also offering a fully electric vehicle in this category at a later date.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, when electric M cars do arrive, they\u2019re going to be intense. H\u00e4cker is an old-school BMW M guy. He daily drives a BMW M4 and owns several classic M cars. So he understands what makes a good M car. BMW M has always had among the best powertrain technology in the world and that isn\u2019t going to change when it switches to electric motors. Which is why the next-generation of EV M cars are going to get four motors or, in the words of H\u00e4cker, \u201cone motor per wheel!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means that not only does each individual wheel generate propulsion, but also that it can be braked independently of the others. We can thus implement the driver\u2019s wishes more precisely, faster, and more independently than ever before \u2013 and with the fantastic power of four motors.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

H\u00e4cker does explain that there are battery challenges with four electric motors, though. The larger, more rapid energy draw from four motors at the same time requires improved battery technology. Same goes for the regenerative braking, as four motors push far more energy back into the battery at once than two.<\/p>\n

He also says that electric M cars will certainly look the part. Flared wheel arches and wider wheel tracks will always be a part of BMW M\u2019s DNA, as they\u2019re both forms that follow function. BMW M will always create more dynamic suspension setups than the standard cars on which they\u2019re based.<\/p>\n

Perhaps more importantly, H\u00e4cker says that electric M cars will need to perform on track, under higher loads and temperatures, just as well as internal combustion M cars. \u201cThat\u2019s also our very personal aspiration in the team, and let\u2019s be honest: Without a racetrack capability, the model wouldn\u2019t be an authentic BMW M either.\u201d<\/p>\n

BMW M is currently hard at work, developing an electric concept car but a full production car is still a few years out. H\u00e4cker, though, tells M fans that their patience will be rewarded. \u201cWe will need a little more time before the vehicle is ready for series production. But I promise: What we make will be special. It will be worth the wait.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Electric M cars are coming sooner than you might think. The M Division recently teased a higher-performance electric M car, with a quad-motor, tank-turning unnamed prototype. However, it didn\u2019t say what that car was going to be, if it would ever even end up as a production car, or what its specs were. However, BMW […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":30583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}