BMW to launch i4 and iNext in 2021
- BMW has announced that it will launch in 2021 its new battery electric vehicles (BEVs), the i4 sedan and the iNext SUV, in addition to the i3 sedan and iX3 SUV currently marketed by the carmaker.
- The i4 model is a D-segment sedan, equivalent to a 4 Series Gran Coupé that it is presumably intended to replace. At 4.70 m long, it targets the Tesla Model 3 which is currently the best-selling electric car in the world, the best-selling in the United States and China, and one of the best-selling in Europe. Vowed to a maximum range of 450 km, the i4 sedan will be produced at the Bavarian site in Munich, alongside the 3 Series and 4 Series equipped with thermal engines. The i3 sedan (B-segment) seems threatened, as its specific shell in carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) put it at a too high price level. The price of the BMW i4 will be in the order of 75,000 euros.
- The second electric model announced by BMW is the iNext which finally comes as an SUV and no longer in the form of a minivan as it had been envisaged for a time. This model seems to duplicate the BMW iX3 even if the iNext will be placed above in terms of price, at 93,000 euros (20,000 euros more than the iX3).
- At this price, the iNext will not make big sales scores, but it reflects the strategy of the Bavarian carmaker (as well as that of Audi and Mercedes) to enter the category of electric cars from the top of the range.
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