The first electric vehicles based on the Neue Klasse — or new class — architecture are set to enter production in 2025.
German automaker BMW on Saturday launched a hotly anticipated electric concept car, saying the so-called « Vision Neue Klasse » represents the dawn of a new era for the company.
BMW’s latest design showcases a platform that will underpin the brand’s next generation of electric vehicles. The first electric vehicles based on the Neue Klasse — or new class — architecture are set to enter production in 2025.
The new line-up of electric vehicles includes BMW’s sixth generation of battery cells, which the company says will improve both the charging speed and range of the Neue Klasse platform by up to 30%. As a result of these measures, BMW said the overall vehicle efficiency would increase by up to 25%.
« With the BMW Vision Neue Klasse, we put every innovative force that BMW has on the electric side, on the digital side and, of course, that car will also be prepared for the industry of circularity, » BMW CEO Oliver Zipse told CNBC’s Arabile Gumede.
