The Maker Tomcat offers only vague promises about driver assistance features, but there’s little doubt that the interior is designed around a more comfortable “lounge-style ambience” than BMW’s often sporty aesthetic. There are no center tunnels and your view has a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster as well as a 14.9-inch control touchscreen. It’s not like everything will be in your face – BMW adopts a “shameful technology” strategy where features only manifest themselves when used. It is also billed as the first premium car with built-in 5G. Despite the hype, tech should help the IX connect to other cars and grids.
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IX should be available by the end of 2021. BMW has not discussed pricing, although initial forecasts BMW Blog high is the highest model priced at over 100,000. If so, high-end electric SUVs like Tesla’s Model X will be more competitive than ‘entry’ models like the iX, Model Y and Volvo’s XC40 Recharge.
It’s not that BMW is too worried. Its event outlines a comprehensive electrification strategy where it expects to sell millions of EVs by the end of 2021 or double by the end of 2019. There should be IX and more mainstream I4 sedan headliners.
The company significantly expanded the types of vehicles that you will also see on the road. It is testing three of its fifth pay-generation motors in a modified 5-Series, while using torque vectoring (thanks to two of the two motors on the rear axle) to assist handling, generating a total power over 720HP. You can also expect a new electric scooter, the Definition CE04. And if you like compact cars, the Mini Vision Urbanout concept is set to unveil on November 17th. BMW has a clear interest in EVS – it’s just a question of whether it keeps pace with competitors.
