BMW is working on an electric 7-Series and new details about the upcoming model are starting to emerge. According to Car Magazine, the i7 will arrive in 2023 and have a 100+ kWh battery pack, which will reportedly enable it to travel more than 483 km on a single charge.
The publication goes on to claim the i7
will have two electric motors that give it all-wheel drive and a combined
output of 536 hp. If that’s the case, the i7 won’t be much of
an improvement over the i4, as BMW has previously said that the latter will
have around 523 hp.
While additional specifications are
unknown at the moment, the i4 will be able to accelerate from 0-100
km/h in approximately four seconds and hit a top speed in excess of 200 km/. Given the extra weight of the i7 and its modest performance
advantage, if the aforementioned info is correct, the car would likely be a bit
slower than the i4.
The i7’s reported range also seems
somewhat questionable as the i4 will have a battery pack with a capacity of
approximately 80 kWh. Despite being roughly 20 kWh smaller, the i4 is slated to
have a range of around 600 km in the WLTP cycle – and the
difference might (or might not) be explained by the extra size and weight of
the i7. Of course, BMW’s all-electric luxury sedan is still some time into the
future, so any rumored specifications should be taken with a grain of salt.
