Once upon a time, people also scoffed at the three words "new energy", believing that the world of fuel vehicles could not be replaced by electric vehicles. But within a few years, I really punched my face. Today, electrification is like an unavoidable wave that is violently impacting the entire automotive industry.
For car companies, whoever follows the trend has a future. Stubborn resistance, in the end can only be eliminated by the times. This is not only realized by many independent and joint venture brands. Even the once proud luxury brands have a sense of compromise that people have to bow their heads under the eaves. Take BMW, in recent years, the BMW brand should be the fastest in the three BBA electrification process, from the beginning of the ix3, and then to the later ix, i4 and other models, bmw brand electrification camp gradually improved.
But not only that, but even flagship products are already on the string. Recently, some overseas media revealed that the BMW brand may make a global debut for the new generation of the 7 series and the electric version of the BMW i7 on April 20. After this news was exposed, it attracted the attention of many people. Previously, BMW technicians also said in an interview that the most powerful BMW 7 Series in the future will be an electric version. Therefore, the attention of the i7 this time is obviously higher than that of the new generation of the fuel version of the 7 series.
Regarding the i7, in terms of appearance, I think it is a great subversion of it, and we can see it as an electric version of the new 7 series. However, in terms of appearance, it has changed considerably compared to the current 7 series. First of all, it is the most classic "double kidney" air intake grille. It uses a huge grille similar to the 4 Series model, and as a flagship model, its central net will also be equipped with a luminous function, which looks more classy. In addition, its most noteworthy is the new split headlights. Above is a two-stage LED daytime running light, while below is a new LED crystal headlight set.
In terms of interior, although there are no pictures of the interior of the i7 flowing out at the moment. However, according to the information previously released, the internal configuration level of i7 and the degree of technological advancement are indeed quite high. It is said that it will be equipped with the BMW cinema mode in-car entertainment system released at this year's CES 2022 exhibition, and there will be a 31-inch through-screen large screen on the rear roof, as for the internal functions, there is no need to worry, such as intelligent voice interaction, The Internet of Vehicles.
Conclusion: In terms of power, it is said that BMW will launch the xDrive60 configuration model on April 20, and the power version of this car has a certain probability that it will be the same as the power of the ix xDrive 50 version. However, according to the current distribution of ix and i4 models, the xDrive60 version of the first release may not be the strongest version of the i7, and perhaps there will be a configuration similar to the "M" high-performance version on the i7, so let's look forward to its debut.