At the annual financial report meeting held on March 16, the BMW Group announced that the electrification process will be accelerated again: during the year, the BMW Group will mass-produce and trial-produce 15 pure electric vehicle models, covering about 90% of the market segment. In addition to the innovative BMW iX, innovative BMW i4, BMW iX3 and other models that have already been launched, there are also pure electric models of the BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series, BMW X1 and other series.
The first of these models is the innovative pure electric BMW i7 that debuted in the world in April together with the new generation BMW 7 Series, and today let's talk about why BMW has chosen the BMW i7 to take the lead in so many cars?
In the words of BMW Group Chairman Chiptzer: "The all-electric BMW i7 will take the BMW electric model to new heights, and it will be an important part of our continued success and leading change," he said, adding that the new bmw 7 Series is the next trump card in our successful growth strategy in the luxury car segment, which will be the first luxury car in the BMW luxury segment to offer an internal combustion engine, plug-in hybrid and pure electric drive.
What makes Chiptzer so confident is the strength of the BMW i7, and here's what we've summarized as a result of the currently consistent product information:
The first model of the i7 to be unveiled will be the four-wheel drive version of the xDrive60 model
In the power section, the BMW i7 xDrive60 is expected to be equipped with a 120 kWh battery pack and an EPA range of about 482 km. At the same time, the future high-performance version of the model will be equipped with a three-motor power system, and the maximum output will exceed 552 kilowatts.
In terms of appearance, the BMW i7 and the fuel version of the new 7 Series model is not much different, equipped with a huge size of the luminous double kidney grille, equipped with a newly designed split headlight set, the slender daytime running lights above are very recognizable after lighting, I don't know if you like the BMW i7 squinting headlights.
In the interior part, the BMW i7 will be equipped with the BMW cinema mode in-car entertainment system released at this year's CES2022 exhibition, equipped with an integrated suspended curved screen and a surrounded interactive light strip that runs through the entire front dashboard and doors, and a newly designed panoramic star orbit canopy, and the rear of the new car is also equipped with a 31-inch suspension giant screen to meet the entertainment needs of rear passengers.
It is worth mentioning that BMW technicians have said that the future flagship model of the full series of 7 series will be pure electric drive, and many foreign media speculate that the xDrive60 unveiled this time is not the strongest version, and BMW may launch a more powerful i7 model in the future.
Foreign media revealed that the pure electric version of the BMW i7 will be launched worldwide on April 20. From his current product information, we can infer that after its listing, competitors will point directly to the Mercedes-Benz luxury electric vehicle EQS, the two tigers meet, do not know who can be better, let's look forward to it.