The electric sports sedan will also be offered in an M version

The CEO of BMW M revealed that in 2021 the M version of the all-electric sports sedan i4 will be presented.

BMW is preparing hard for the transition to the electric age, having set itself high goals. One of the most eagerly anticipated models is the BMW i4, which is expected to be delivered before the end of the year.

The electric-only sports sedan will be based 85% on the i4 Concept and according to some leaked information, it will have very impressive technical specifications.

For example, it is said to be given two electric motors which will do together 523 horsepowerallowing him to do his routine 0-100 km/h in about 4 seconds. As for the battery part, it is expected to be capacity of 80 kWhwhen the i4’s independence will be reached up to 600 km.

The M version is coming in 2021!

The disclosure was made by the CEO of BMW M, Markus Flasch speaking to Car Advice. “Next year we will present the first M electric car, which is based on the i4. in addition we are working on plug-in functionality and high-performance models, but it is too early to provide more details“, he said.

Recently, British Car wrote that within the next three years the German brand will put into production an electric version of the M5, which will produce 1,000 horses!

Flasch, however, insisted that those ordinary M3 and M4 They will still be high-performance models, with electricity i4 M be one step down. And that, he noted, is because BMW does not have the battery technology to run the internal combustion engine (ICE) M car.

“Regarding battery technology for electric cars, we still need time until our technology reaches a level where it can cope with a high performance car like the M3 or M4 for example. It will take time, but we are working on it».

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