Opinion: New BMW 7 Series shows Munich's long-distance vision
But that strip of bodywork shows just how quietly brilliant this new car is and how, arguably, is much better suited for the next decade and more than any number of dedicated EVs currently rolling off the production lines.
Engineering an architecture that can be produced as an EV, a plug-in hybrid, a 48V mild-hybrid and a pure-ICE vehicle is a huge achievement. No surprise then, that BMW bosses told me that work on the new platform began around six years ago. That would been a few months after the Dieselgate affair blew up in Europe in September 2015. It would have become quickly obvious to BMW’s philosopher-engineers that EU legislation would inevitably pivot away from being mostly concerned about fuel economy and towards the California-led concerns about air quality.
Other impacts aside, that pivot would clearly mean a bigger emphasis on electric vehicles. The firm has been ahead of the pack with the
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