BMW has launched the “Imaginative and prescient Driving Expertise,” a check automobile designed to push the bounds of driving dynamics and effectivity. Though not deliberate for manufacturing, this high-performance prototype serves as a rolling laboratory for BMW’s next-generation Neue Klasse fashions, testing the capabilities of the “Coronary heart of Pleasure,” a brand new drivetrain and dynamics management unit.
Examined on the BMW Efficiency Driving Heart in Spartanburg, U.S., the Imaginative and prescient Driving Expertise showcases how the Coronary heart of Pleasure transforms electrical mobility. This superior system processes knowledge ten occasions quicker than earlier iterations, guaranteeing exact management over acceleration, braking, steering and vitality recuperation. Developed in-house, the Coronary heart of Pleasure is one in every of 4 central computing models in Neue Klasse autos and will probably be built-in into future BMW EVs.
The Coronary heart of Pleasure optimizes driving by way of BMW Dynamic Efficiency Management, guaranteeing seamless traction and dealing with even underneath excessive circumstances. With an astounding 18,000 Nm (13,269 lb-ft) of torque, the check automobile proves the system’s functionality to deal with substantial energy whereas sustaining stability and precision.
Effectivity sees a major enhance with built-in vitality recuperation, lowering reliance on conventional braking. In line with BMW, 98 p.c of day by day braking might be dealt with by recuperation alone, enhancing effectivity by 25 p.c and increasing the automobile’s vary.
This next-generation know-how permits smoother acceleration, exact cornering and near-seamless stopping. Moreover, the Imaginative and prescient Driving Expertise’s illuminated wheel rims visually point out acceleration (inexperienced), recuperation (blue) and traditional braking (orange), providing real-time suggestions on system operations.
Whereas the Imaginative and prescient Driving Expertise itself gained’t attain manufacturing, the Coronary heart of Pleasure will debut within the first Neue Klasse mannequin set for launch later this yr at BMW’s Debrecen plant in Hungary.
