iX M60 Unveiled at CES 2022 in North America with a Guide Price of 996,900 RMB
iX M60 is the first BMW car model with torque of over 1,000 N·m, and the fastest pure electric car in BMW’s current production line. iX M60 uses M-exclusive electric drive system that outputs a power of 455 kW and peak torque of 1,100 N·m. It can complete acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h within 3.8 seconds, and maintain acceleration almost constant during the entire process of acceleration up to 250 km/h electronic speed limit.
Regarding the battery, iX M60 is equipped with a high-voltage battery pack with a total capacity of 111.5 kWh, enabling a WLTP range of 566 km and comprehensive energy consumption of 24.7-21.7 kWh/100 km. Considering its outstanding dynamic performance and the vehicle weight of over 2.5 tons, its range capability can be regarded as excellent.
At the same time, the luxurious chassis configuration injects M brand’s sports genes into iX M60. It uses double-wishbone suspension and five-link suspension at the front and rear respectively, paired with M-exclusive adaptive two-axle air suspension and electronic controlled shock absorber, and also supported by rear active steering and M Sport brakes, ensuring outstanding performance and balanced handling.
It is worth noting that iX M60 is the first car to be equipped with the automatic parking assistant system Pro, which not only has remote smartphone-controlled parking function, but also extends the reversing guidance from 50 meters to 200 meters and adds memory route function, which can store up to 10 parking routes.
Other technological highlights include self-healing intelligent front grille, adjustable panoramic sunroof, all-new BMW iDrive, integrated floating curved screen, 5G, automatic driving assistance system Pro and four-zone automatic air conditioning, as well as up to 23 other functional configurations.
It is worth mentioning that BMW iX also showcased a body color-changing technology at CES, which had a very cool demonstration effect.
According to BMW, by simply pressing a button, the appearance color of the vehicle can be changed, but the specific technical details remain to be supplemented. It is speculated that the principle is to electrically activate a special coating on the surface of the vehicle body, causing it to change color. The video exposed on site shows that the body color can be switched from light white to dark gray in the blink of an eye, and it can quickly achieve continuous color changes and transitions, giving it a futuristic effect.
🔗Source: BMW Group
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