BMW has no big debut on the Hype at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Nevertheless, it can still organize a show. The Vision Driving Experience (VDX) is for the preview of the future of purely electric M -cars. Although the VDX does not take into account, the learned teachings are applied to hot electric vehicles that will occur later in this decade.
It still looks beyond the world, just like it when we saw it for the first time in April Shanghai in China. It bears the same fluorescent color with light -sensitive pigments that charge in daylight. As soon as it gets dark, the color of the body shifts from whitish yellow to neon yellow. On the back, the electric super limousine has a special film that changes from yellow to orange to pink depending on the UV light load.
But the VDX is not about the appearance alone. As the saying says, what is inside counts. BMW quotes astonishing torque of 18,000 Nm (£ 13,276), although it is conveniently left out that this number represents the wheel torque. The four engines produce a combined output between 1,300 and 1,700 hp, but the upcoming electric M3 does not come close. Our sources indicate that it delivers around 800 to 900 hp.
We cannot see the five fans under the car during the hill climb, but we know their role. The additional hardware sucks the car onto the road and produces 1,000 kilograms (£ 2,204), even if the VDX is stationary. The concept also contains Active Aero and adds another 200 kg downforce.
If the first gas -free M3 has been arriving for a few years, it won’t be nearly as radical as the VDX. It will certainly not match the performance or performance of the concept. So why make the trouble? The driving experience of the vision divert serves as a test bed for what BMW calls the heart of joy. It is a new central computer that takes place in all NEE class models.
If the so-called heart of joy can deal with this power and lateral forces of up to 3G, it will have no problems to manage the requirements of a regular production car.
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