• The high-voltage battery system that comes as part of sixth-generation BMW eDrive technology has been developed from scratch.
• The revolutionary drive concept with new 800V technology will be deployed in the Neue Klasse for the first time in 2025 and will power the BMW Group’s entire fully electric vehicle range in the future.
• The BMW Energy Master developed in-house at the BMW Group is the highly intelligent control centre that manages the system and utilises its full potential.
• Both charging speed and range will increase by 30 per cent – with some models seeing an even greater increase.

• The high-voltage battery fundamentally newly developed by the BMW Group owes its performance to an innovative concept: cylindrical battery cells.
• Compared to the prismatic cells used previously, the BMW cylindrical cell achieves a 20 per cent increase in energy density. 
• The housing of the high-voltage battery is part of the body structure of the Neue Klasse. During production, the cylindrical cells are fitted in the housing directly.
• The new BMW iX3 50 xDrive, the first Neue Klasse vehicle, achieves a range of up to 805 km (500 miles, WLTP) thanks to the Gen6 drive system. A maximum charging rate of 400 kW enables users to add 372 km (231 miles) of range in just ten minutes.*
• Bidirectional charging functions mean that the new BMW iX3 can be used as an energy storage device – as a mobile powerbank that supplies electrical devices with power while on the move or as a temporary storage device for solar power generated in homes with a photovoltaic system. Customers can also hook their car up to the energy market and earn money in the process.

* BMW iX3 50 xDrive: WLTP energy consumption combined: 17,9 - 15,1 kWh/100 km; WLTP CO₂ emissions combined: 0 g/km; CO₂-class: A; WLTP electric range: 679-805 km.