BMW iNext (EV SUV)

I was shocked (yet not fully surprised) BMW SA secured units & brought it to SA so soon after the world launch.

Obviously the car is being pitched as a halo model & showcases their ultimate level in EV engineering.
 
Do you like the BMW iX now that it has 610bhp?

The iX M60 has arrived to try and make you forget about that face

Yep, this is what BMW M cars look like these days, get used to it people. This is the BMW iX M60 – a 610bhp SUV that apparently blends the worlds of BMW i, X and M. Fusion cooking at its, er, finest?

It’s the most powerful version of the iX yet, with two electric motors sending that aforementioned 610bhp and a maximum of 811lb ft of torque (in Sport mode) to all four wheels. Rather astonishingly for something so portly, the 0-62mph sprint is dispatched in 3.8 seconds and it’ll run on to a limited top speed of 155mph. That’s no doubt helped by the slippery drag coefficient of 0.26.

But what does all that extra power do to the range? Well, the M60 is supplied by the same 105.2kWh battery pack as the mid-level 523bhp xDrive50. That car claims 380 miles on a single charge, but BMW reckons you’ll still get 357 miles from the M60. Just don’t use all 800 torques all of the time.

The M60 also gets launch control and M-tuned air suspension, which BMW says helps with “outstanding cornering dynamics and handling”. You get blue brake calipers, plenty of metallic M badging and optional 22-inch aero wheels too.

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Do you like the BMW iX now that it has 610bhp?

The iX M60 has arrived to try and make you forget about that face
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BMW iX M60 revealed as 460 kW and 1 100 N.m electric SUV

CAR sampled BMW’s latest marmite car, the iX, towards the end of 2021 on a drive from Munich towards the picturesque Tyrol region in Austria – the Driven review can be found in the January 2022 issue of CAR – and we were hugely impressed by quite a lot.

The latest variant of the iX has just been announced, and just in case you thought that the iX in xDrive50 flavour needed a bit more oomph than its 385 kW and 765 N.m, BMW have answered your call with the iX M60.

M Performance’s first ever electric SUV
The only other fully-electric M Performance product in BMW’s stable is the i4 M50, however that makes use of the CLAR platform in modified form for an electric powertrain. Touted as the first ever M Division product to make use of BMW AG’s all-electric architecture, the iX M60’s dual synchronous motors produce 455 kW and a mind-boggling 1 100 N.m, enough to deal with the 0-100km/h sprint in 3,8 seconds. Erm…

An important thing to note, before we get too excited, is that those figures are only available for a short period of time, while using the SAV’s launch controlfunction. The rest of the time, power outputs of 397 kW and 1 016 N.m haul the M60 around.

www.carmag.co.za

BMW iX M60 revealed as 460 kW and 1 100 N.m electric SUV

The latest variant of the iX has just been announced, and just in case you thought that the iX in xDrive50 flavour needed a bit more oomph than its 385 kW and 765 N.m, BMW have answered your call with the iX M60.
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BMW reveals colour-changing car, in-car cinema and more

Host of innovations unveiled at CES shows digital future for German firm

Called the BMW Theatre Screen, this concept transforms the rear seats into a cinema with a 31in ultra-wide display, surround sound and 5G connectivity.

By selecting a mode in the car called ‘My Mode Theatre’, the theatre screen lowers from the headline and lighting and sunblinds are adjusted “to get passengers in the mood for the one-of-a-kind immersive entertainment experience,” claimed BMW.

The large screen with smart TV function extends from the headliner on request by a rotary movement on two articulated rails at the sides. This motion is accompanied by sound created exclusively by renowned composer Hans Zimmer, which ends at the moment the screen reaches its final position. At the same time, the roller sunblinds for the side windows and the rear window are closed and the lighting in the rear of the vehicle is dimmed.

The screen, which reaches horizontally over almost the entire interior and in height from the headline to the backrests of the front seats, can be controlled by touch operation or using touch pads integrated in the rear doors. The tilt of the display can also be adjusted and the touch controls for both screen format and volume are on the right and left edges of the display so they can be used easily by all rear passengers.

www.autocar.co.uk

BMW reveals colour-changing car, in-car cinema and more | Autocar

Host of innovations unveiled at CES shows digital future for German firm
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Somebody Tell BMW It Made An iX That Changes Shades, Not Colors

The BMW iX Flow has a wrap made of E-Ink; it'll also provoke objection from any grade school art teacher.

Almost a month ago, BMW teased a “color-changing car” for CES. Today, we got to see that car: it’s an iX with a wrap that can go from black to white, partially or completely. Black and white are not colors, as an elementary school art teacher will tell you, but rather shades, so I’d say BMW didn’t quite deliver what it promised here. That’s not to say the result isn’t neat, though.

Look closely at the body of this concept — the BMW iX Flow — and you’ll see thousands of little lines arranged in triangular forms. These lines are microcapsules that can be electrically stimulated to change pigment. The wrap is effectively a giant E-Ink display, the same tech that powers many e-readers. BMW explains:

Achieving this effect on a vehicle body involves the application of many precisely fitted ePaper segments. Generative design processes are implemented to ensure the segments reflect the characteristic contours of the vehicle and the resulting variations in light and shadow. The generative design algorithms enable the necessary formability and flexibility required to tailor the ePaper exactly to the design lines of the vehicle.
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Somebody Tell BMW It Made An iX That Changes Shades, Not Colors - Jalopnik

Almost a month ago, BMW teased a “color-changing car” for CES. Today, we got to see that car: it’s an iX with a wrap that can go from black to white, partially or completely. Black and white are not colors, as an elementary school art teacher will tell you, but rather shades, so I’d say BMW...
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BMW iX Flow Concept

Digitisation is delivering an integrated user experience characterised by individuality and emotionalisation in the interior of current BMW models. The My Modes allow the driver to tailor the atmosphere in the interior entirely to their personal mood and the driving experience they want. With the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink being presented on the occasion of CES 2022, the Munich-based premium car manufacturer is offering the prospect of a future technology that uses digitisation to also adapt the exterior of a vehicle to different situations and individual wishes. The surface of the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink can vary its shade at the driver's prompting.

Frank Weber, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Development: "Digital experiences won't just be limited to displays in the future. There will be more and more melding of the real and virtual. With the BMW iX Flow, we are bringing the car body to life."


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Colour-changing BMW iX debuts at CES

Having unveiled its range-topping iX M60 at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), BMW has further showcased an array of future technologies. For example, the idea that the colour of a car’s exterior finish could be changed instantly used to be a pipe dream, but not anymore…

Some of the innovations that the Bavarian brand unveiled, such as new My Mode iDrive settings and accompanying BMW IconicSounds Electric soundtracks/-scapes, will be made available on the brand’s i-models soon, but, the sci-fi-esque BMW iX Flow concept (featuring E Ink technology), which allows users to change the exterior colour of their vehicle at the push of a button, is certainly worth a closer look.

The colour-changing technology (developed by E Ink) is derived from eReader displays; the BMW iX Flow’s surface coating is made up of millions of microcapsules, each of which contains negatively charged white pigments and positively charged black pigments. When they’re stimulated by means of an electrical field, either the white or black pigments collect at the surface of the microcapsules, which is how the colour of the exterior finish can be transformed from white to black (and vice versa, of course).

www.cars.co.za

Colour-changing BMW iX debuts at CES

BMW has showcased numerous future technologies at the 2022 CES... One of them is the ability to change a car's colour at the push of a button.
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Colour changing paint might be available to order sooner than you think - BMW iX Flow

  • BMW's iX Flow concept car can change colour at the flick of a switch.
  • It uses E-Ink technology that's usually found in digital reading devices.
  • The precision process of the electronic coating's application comes with high cost.
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022, which is taking place virtually this year, BMW is presenting a new technology that can adapt the exterior colour of a vehicle to different situations and individual wishes.

If you will, colour-changing paint is coming soon, and this BMW iX Flow concept car is the first vehicle in the world to feature such technology from a major OEM.

The exterior surface of the BMW iX Flow features E-Ink that can vary its shade at the driver's request. The fluidic colour variations are made possible by a specially developed body wrap tailored precisely to the contours of BMW's all-electric Sports Activity Vehicle. When stimulated by electrical signals, the electrophoretic technology brings different colour pigments to the surface, causing the body skin to take on the desired colouration.

www.news24.com

Colour changing paint might be available to order sooner than you think - BMW iX Flow | Life

BMW is showing off fancy new technology at the Consumer Electronics Show 2022 (CES 2022) that "magically" alters the exterior colour of a car using E-Ink.
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BMW’s intriguing Digital Art Mode debuts at CES 2022 in Las Vegas

The term ‘NFT’ is being thrown all over the show at the moment and with digital art seeming to form a significant part of non-fungible tokens, it was only a matter of time before someone thought it a good idea to incorporate some form of digital art into an automobile, right?

It would seem as though BMW are on a veritable technology roll at the moment with the unveiling of iX M60, followed by iX Flow and now their digital art thing. Dubbed ‘Digital Art Mode” it has been created by well-known Chinese multimedia artist, Cao Fei. Sound familiar? That’s probably because it is she, of 2017 M6 GT3 art car fame and what she has created is what BMW defines as “a holistic user experience featuring both a functional and an emotional level.”

In essence, the iX M60’s drive control, steering control, mood lighting, and sound become one with Fei’s digital artwork with the BMW Curved Display’s colour scheme and graphics also being synchronized with the visual experience. The showcase of this technology at CES 2022 has been called the Quantum Garden (no this isn’t a field full of minibus taxi’s) and depicts visual spaces filled with dots, light beams, as well as nebulae which constantly move towards and away from one another at varying speeds, while growing and shrinking again and again, too.

https://www.carmag.co.za/news/bmws-digital-art-mode/

 
FiestaST said:
I was shocked (yet not fully surprised) BMW SA secured units & brought it to SA so soon after the world launch.

Obviously the car is being pitched as a halo model & showcases their ultimate level in EV engineering.
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That is what I was thinking too...saw one plugged into the charging station at the local dealership this morning
 
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