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The car we"ve been calling the BMW i5, or at least the concept version of it, has come out from under the sheet at Frankfurt. The concept is called Vision i Dynamics. The production car will be out in 2021.BMW"s chief engineer, Klaus Frohlich, told us that it really will make production without much alteration. The real-world range is a claimed 600km, or about 400 miles. Improvements in battery cells and management, and the electronics will enable that sort of range. The battery and its case are just 100mm thick. In a taller crossover with a thicker battery, it could be as much as 700km, he says."It uses the actual KLAR platform," Frohlich tells Top Gear. In BMW-speak, that"s what underpins todays 5 Series and 7 Series, and indeed everything from the next Z4 to X7 and 8 Series, all of which we"ve seen as concepts recently.
Date written: 12 Sep 2017
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ID: 9159
The car we"ve been calling the BMW i5, or at least the concept version of it, has come out from under the sheet at Frankfurt. The concept is called Vision i Dynamics. The production car will be out in 2021.BMW"s chief engineer, Klaus Frohlich, told us that it really will make production without much alteration. The real-world range is a claimed 600km, or about 400 miles. Improvements in battery cells and management, and the electronics will enable that sort of range. The battery and its case are just 100mm thick. In a taller crossover with a thicker battery, it could be as much as 700km, he says."It uses the actual KLAR platform," Frohlich tells Top Gear. In BMW-speak, that"s what underpins todays 5 Series and 7 Series, and indeed everything from the next Z4 to X7 and 8 Series, all of which we"ve seen as concepts recently.
Date written: 12 Sep 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9159