{"id":74027,"date":"2024-07-06T12:05:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74027"},"modified":"2024-07-06T12:05:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T16:05:08","slug":"1143722_bmw-neue-klasse-electric-sports-car-spied-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74027","title":{"rendered":"Potential BMW Neue Klasse electric sports car spied for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW is out testing a prototype for what appears to be an electric sports car, though it isn’t clear where the car might sit in the automaker’s lineup.<\/p>\n

The prototype is in the shape of a largish coupe with a wedge profile, and features a relatively tall ride height.<\/p>\n

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The prototype is also fitted with in-wheel motors with integrated braking systems, a technology BMW is known to be developing with automotive supplier Continental and electric motor startup DeepDrive.<\/p>\n

It’s possible the mystery sports car is a demonstrator model for the new in-wheel technology. The car is far from production ready. Right now there’s no external charging port, leaving the engineers to plug the charging cable to a port under the front hood.<\/p>\n

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BMW Neue Klasse electric sports car spy shots – Photo via Baldauf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

BMW has built such demonstrator models before. There was one in 2015<\/a> which featured a sports car-like design similar to the prototype here. That demonstrator was for hydrogen fuel cell technology.<\/p>\n

If production is planned, we may be looking at a future member of BMW’s upcoming Neue Klasse family of electric vehicles. Neue Klasse, German for \u201cNew Class,\u201d is a reference to BMW’s next-generation EV family. The vehicles will be based on a dedicated EV platform, and the first is due in 2025. It will be an electric compact crossover likely badged an iX3<\/a>. It will be followed in 2026 by an electric compact sedan likely badged an i3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Neue Klasse family will eventually feature a coupe to replace the current 4-Series coupe, though the prototype seen here is likely too radical for a future 4-Series coupe. Instead, the prototype may be for a Neue Klasse sports car to fill the void of the i8 plug-in hybrid sports car.<\/p>\n

The BMW M performance division was planning just such a model a few years back and even designed one<\/a> before killing the project. That design also featured a wedge-like profile and thin LED strips for the taillights. Perhaps the project has been revived for a flagship model in the Neue Klasse family, though for now nothing has been confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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