This Is Our First Look At BMW's 435-Mile EV Concept

BMW has confirmed that this concept will be unveiled later this year, complete with an electric drivetrain and a 435-mile driving range

Matt Kimberley

Updated: 10 Oct 2024

This Is Our First Look At BMW's 435-Mile EV Concept

BMW has confirmed a new, pure electric car concept for a reveal later this year. The project currently dubbed iNext will be renamed in line with BMW’s ‘Vision’ structure, but here’s what we know so far.

This is your first teaser. It carefully avoids giving away any hints as to its true body style; it could be a shooting brake but it’s likelier to be an SUV. This one is being developed alongside an ‘i4’ electric saloon concept, so a high-riding body style seems the obvious one to go for.

The iNext will have a driving range of 435 miles, apparently, when it makes production in 2021. Naturally it will be brimful of Internet-connected systems and mid-level autonomous driving capability for part-time hands-free trundling.

BMW is planning 25 electrified models by 2025, 12 of which will be pure EVs. Every model line will be electrified in some way. The iNext’s technology will even benefit Rolls-Royce and Mini, so the next few years in Munich, Goodwood and Oxford should be very interesting indeed.

Comments

The windows are basically shaped like the front grille of a Kia

Kia: “Hey BMW, can I have Albert Biermann for making a hot hatch?”

BMW: “Ok, but don’t make it RWD or AWD. And, I want something from you too.”

Kia: “What is it?”

BMW: “We want to make our kidneys look like the tiger nose.”

Kia: “You can use it but not in the front.”

BMW: “Ok then, got it.”

The kidney grille is just keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Sooner and later, they might outpace Lexus in the “who got the biggest grille” game. XDDD