BMW’s all-electric, high-voltage i4 sedan is ready for landing in Australia early subsequent 12 months with two variations, priced from a inexperienced invoice lower than $100,000 earlier than on-road prices.
Two variations – the i4 eDrive40 at $99,900 plus on-roads and the primary emissions-free BMW M automotive, the i4 M50 at $124,900 plus prices – arrive within the first quarter of 2022 to spice up BMW’s new-generation EV line-up to 3 fashions following the iX3 and iX SUVs.
Constructed on a novel platform made for EVs, the i4 will come outfitted for Australian prospects with M Sport adaptive suspension and M Sport brakes.
The eDrive40 is a rear-drive sedan powered by a single 250kW/430Nm electrical motor driving the rear wheels and fed by an 80.7kW/h lithium-ion battery. BMW claims a 0-100km/h time of 5.7 seconds and a variety of 590km on the WLTP take a look at.
It may be recharged to 80 per cent inside 31 minutes utilizing a 200kW DC charger, which may feed 164km of vary into the battery inside a claimed 10 minutes.
The i4 competes with the Tesla Mannequin 3 Efficiency that prices $102,012 earlier than on-roads and has claimed outputs of 335kW/640Nm and a 507km vary.
In contrast with the eDrive40, BMW’s first EV from the M division – the M50 –has two electrical motors for 350kW/730Nm or for a 10-second overboost, 400kW/795Nm.
BMW claims a 0-100km/h time of three.9 seconds, the identical because the petrol-fuelled M3 Competitors.
It has a variety of 510km and charging takes 31 minutes to 80 per cent and a 10-minute cost will realise as much as 140km, in line with BMW. Most recuperation energy below braking is 116kW within the BMW i4 eDrive40 and 195kW within the BMW i4 M50.
BMW has loaded the eDrive40 variant with a heap of ordinary package together with leather-based upholstery, park help, auto boot opening, 12.3-inch driver display and 14.9-inch touchscreen on the newest iDrive 8 software program, 10-speaker audio, 19-inch alloys, adaptive dampers and LED headlights.
It additionally comes with BMW’s ‘Iconic Sounds Electrical’ that enables integration of latest drive sound variants created as a part of BMW’s collaboration with legendary movie and music composer Hans Zimmer.
Commonplace package features a home charger and a public cost energy cable, and 5 years of limitless use by Chargefox.
There are 40 driver help features fitted as commonplace or out there as choices for security. These embody Steering and Lane Management Assistant, Energetic Cruise Management and Velocity Restrict Help.
As commonplace, there’s autonomous emergency braking, ahead collision warning, pace restrict recognition, lane-departure warning, park-distance management, reverse digital camera and help, and parking help with 360-degree cameras.
The M50 provides gear together with 16-speaker Harman Kardon audio, sunroof, heated entrance seats, high-performance tyres and laser headlights.
Each i4 variants have a curved digital display that teams the instrument panel with a 14.9-inch management show behind a glass floor angled in direction of the motive force.
A typical three-zone computerized local weather management system makes use of ‘nanofibre’ filter expertise to purify the air contained in the automotive, with management by way of a touchscreen show. Temperature is adjusted utilizing the intelligently coordinated activation of airflow, seat heating and steering wheel heating.
The i4 makes use of a slim high-voltage battery with a cell top of solely 110mm which is ready low within the platform to place the centre of gravity 53mm decrease than the equal BMW 3 Collection sedan.
BMW says the i4 additionally has a extremely inflexible physique, low physique weight, large tracks for dealing with stability and is aerodynamic with a cD of 0.24. The bags space has a capability of 470 litres and as much as 1290 litres.
The i4 can be made at BMW’s plant in Munich. The manufacturing facility makes use of electrical energy sourced from hydroelectric vegetation in Bavaria, which is a part of BMW’s plan to scale back its emissions by 80 per cent by 2030.
