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CTOnews.com August 4 news, according to foreign media motor1.com reports, BMW Chairman Oliver Zipse said in the company's quarterly statement conference call: "BMW concept car Neue Klasse model is close to the standard production stage, will soon be on the road." Foreign media also said that the concept car will be unveiled on September 2 this year, which is likely to replace the cash BMW i3.

▲ Touyuan Motor1CTOnews.com Note: Neue Klasse "New Generation" is BMW's new electric vehicle platform, not a single product line. BMW plans to start production of its first Neue Klasse electric car in Debrecen, Hungary in 2025, with six other models based on the pure electric platform within 24 months of its debut.

▲ source Motor1 reported that the new car released this time is roughly the same as the previously exposed rendering. The new car changes the "double kidney" air intake grille to a more obvious black bright panel and hides the headlights, while the engine bonnet is split in two by an inner groove, making the whole front face more BMW's ID design.

The side of the car body also uses the same design concept of BMW at the same time, removing the redundant lines of the car body, making the whole car look more athletic, and black panels are used under the window to make it look more integrated.

▲ Tuyuan Motor1 BMW also said it had designed a sixth-generation cylindrical cell for pure electric models on the Neue Klasse platform, which is said to "increase battery life by 30 per cent (WLTP) and reduce costs by as much as 50 per cent". BMW claims that its goal is to reduce the manufacturing cost of all-electric models to the same level as fuel vehicles.

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