BMW Might Axe X4, Replace It With All-Electric IX4, Report Says | Carscoops carscoops
, reports that BMW’s original plans called for both combustion and electric versions of the X4. The gas-powered crossover was to be based on an updated version of today’s CLAR architecture, while the electric version would get the Neue Klasse platform, and that’s apparently what will also happen to the 3-Series and X3 to allow BMW to offer both combustion and electric powertrain options.
But now it looks like only the electric iX4 will make it to the finish line. It’s expected to arrive some time in 2026, one year after the launch of the first cars to use the Neue Klasse platform.an electric equivalent to the 3-Series potentially called the i3 and aimed at the Tesla Model 3 , and the iX3.
Unlike some other premium brands that are throwing everything behind electric, pledging to ditch gas engines altogether by the end of the decade, BMW is acting more cautiously. It has committed to EVs making 50 percent of its cars by 2030, which still leaves space for plenty of combustion vehicles in dealer showrooms. But it seems there might not be quite enough space
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