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This is BMW"s brand new Formula E car. And if you"re not yet excited about motor racing without engine noise, then focus instead on the fact it"s heavily linked to BMW"s road cars. Specifically, its electrified i cars. That works both ways, too. So this car the unsexily titled BMW iFE.18 has had its electric innards developed and built by the same people as the BMW i3"s plug-in powertrain, but its clever construction could filter back to the next i sports car. It"ll have a bit more power than an i3, mind. While BMW hasn"t released firm numbers, we"re promised double the performance in a setup that"s half the weight. With an electric i3 rated at about 170bhp, and next season"s Formula E cars set to produce around 335bhp in qualifying, the maths certainly checks out.
Date written: 17 Sep 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13353
This is BMW"s brand new Formula E car. And if you"re not yet excited about motor racing without engine noise, then focus instead on the fact it"s heavily linked to BMW"s road cars. Specifically, its electrified i cars. That works both ways, too. So this car the unsexily titled BMW iFE.18 has had its electric innards developed and built by the same people as the BMW i3"s plug-in powertrain, but its clever construction could filter back to the next i sports car. It"ll have a bit more power than an i3, mind. While BMW hasn"t released firm numbers, we"re promised double the performance in a setup that"s half the weight. With an electric i3 rated at about 170bhp, and next season"s Formula E cars set to produce around 335bhp in qualifying, the maths certainly checks out.
Date written: 17 Sep 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13353
