BMW is busy testing the all-electric i7. The top sedan can now prove itself in extreme heat and luckily BMW is kind enough to shoot some pictures.
It has only been two weeks since BMW itself showed an image of the fully electric i7 in the freezing cold. Now the Germans have kicked their upcoming showpiece on the tail under extreme heat. All in the context of reliability tests, of course. We know that EVs lose some range in cold conditions, but performance is also compromised in hot conditions. Everything must of course remain sufficiently cooled to be able to work, just like a car with a fuel engine.
The BMW i7 is subjected to many demanding tasks. For example, the car goes up hills at high speed, trailers are hung behind it to put a heavy load on it and test drivers set out at high speeds for a long time. Not only to test the performance, but also to identify any looming problems. However, that is not the only purpose with which BMW is testing the i7 under the blazing sun. The manufacturer also wants to get a good picture of the power consumption under different circumstances in order to be able to come up with a realistic average consumption. BMW reports again that it provisionally assumes a consumption of 19.5 to 22.5 kWh per 100 km (WLTP).
BMW i7
The BMW i7 is still well packed, so unfortunately we don’t really get to see more of the appearance than we saw before. In any case, it is clear that the i7 will have a special front with headlights positioned much lower in the nose than the 7-series. We don’t call the 7 Series for nothing, because the i7 will essentially be the electrically powered version of the next generation 7 Series. Both models will see the light of day next year.
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