{"id":82622,"date":"2025-05-27T12:56:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82622"},"modified":"2025-05-27T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:56:32","slug":"bmw-m3-electric-frank-van-meel-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82622","title":{"rendered":"BMW M CEO on Electrification: \u201cIt\u2019s Going to Be a Typical M\u2014Just Much Quicker\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Widespread electrification of the automobile is a divisive subject in the auto enthusiast community. On the one hand, electric cars offer effortless acceleration. On the other hand, taking the internal combustion engine out of the equation leaves many believing driving an EV hardly qualifies as \u201cmotoring\u201d at all. It\u2019s a topic that is impossible to ignore as an automaker \u2014 but especially when you\u2019re BMW M, a marque that leans on its motorsport heritage so hard it\u2019s literally<\/em> the name of the brand. But electrification doesn\u2019t have BMW M CEO Frank van Meel worried. Words he shared with the press at Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este<\/a> indicated quite the opposite.<\/p>\n

BMW M Has Always Been More Than Just a Drivetrain<\/h3>\n