The electric version of the BMW 3-Series sedans can be a rival Tesla Model 3 Bashny.Net

Original new midsize electric car of the American company Tesla Motors was going to be called Model E, but since Ford has already by this time had patented that name, the model became known to the world as Model 3.

This is to some extent similar model to the 3 Series BMW on the technical characteristics, dimensions and price. Model 3 aims to segment the main customers of the Series 3. For BMW 3 Series cars are the main sources of profit of the company. They occupy approximately one third of the total sales volume of BMW. The company plans hardly bear to watch as her clients are crowding around the nearest dealer Tesla, considering the purchase of a new car.





The release of the BMW 3 Series the new generation is expected in 2018. Serial electric cars will have a completely new chassis based on the technology of cluster architecture (CLAR). This technology has been used to simulate structural components of carbon fiber for the last sedans of the 7 Series released this year. Carbon fiber as a material for the manufacture of car body mass production was first used in the BMW i3. This composite was used for weight reduction of the electric vehicle by as much as 91 kg, so the elements a-pillar, door compartment and propeller shaft tunnel are lighter in weight.

Unknown source told British Newspapers that a new chassis was developed with the use of electric actuator. As told the same information source, BMW plans to equip electric car battery capacity of 90kW-h, which will allow to have the run of not less than 483 km on a single charge. The novelty, most likely, will go on sale in 2020.





For comparison, the electric car series Model 3-as the manufacturer says, is able to go 346 km on a single charge with battery entry level with a capacity of 50kW. Its release is expected in late 2017. This is a great incentive for BMW to release their electric cars before they are due in order to keep up with Tesla Motors. published

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Source: autotesla.com/elektricheskaya-versiya-sedanov-bmw-3-series-mozhet-stat-konkurentom-tesla-model-3/#more-12492