BMW iX and i4 EVs given to Actual Madrid first-team gamers – BMW i7 for use as official automobile subsequent yr

On account of its collaboration with BMW, Actual Madrid’s first-team soccer gamers and its ladies’s first-team in addition to its basketball gamers are actually driving absolutely electrical autos from the Bavarian automaker. Even the crew’s coaches have obtained EVs after a dedication by the Spanish membership to have a completely electrical fleet.

The crew’s gamers have been given both the iX fully-electric SUV or the i4, whereas the brand new i7 will likely be used as an official automobile subsequent yr after its market launch. The BMW i4 examples introduced to Thibaut Courtois, David Alaba, Karim Benzema and supervisor Carlo Ancelotti are of the M50 variant, whereas gamers similar to Luka Modric, Daniel Carvajal, Eden Hazard and Toni Kroos obtained the iX.

The handover of the BMW iX and i4 fashions is simply a style of what’s to return, as Actual Madrid gamers will finally have the ability to select from BMW’s full fleet of electrical autos, together with the BMW iX3, iX1 and i7.

The BMW i4 M50 is priced from RM415,210 in Malaysia and in contrast to the rear-wheel drive eDrive40e, the M50 will get a twin motor setup for all-wheel drive capabilities. The electrical motors, that are powered by a 83.9 kWh battery, produce 544 PS and 795 Nm, permitting the i4 M50 to get from zero to 100 km/h in simply 3.9 seconds.

The BMW iX, which can also be accessible in Malaysia ranging from RM361,430, is pushed by two electrical motors which are juiced by a 76.6 kWh lithium-ion battery. The system produces 326 PS and 630 Nm, with an electrical vary of 425 km based mostly on the WLTP cycle.

The BMW i7 made its world debut in April this yr and was subsequently previewed in Malaysia just lately. Accessible as an xDrive60e variant for now, it contains a 101.7 kWh battery and two electrical motors, one every for the entrance and rear axle, which produce 544 PS and 745 Nm of torque.

Native pricing for the i7 – which has an electrical vary of as much as 625 km, based mostly on the WLTP cycle – has but to be introduced, however as an indicator, its UK price ticket of round £110,000 interprets to round RM589k. With additional add-ons, we will count on to see the i7 priced between RM600,000 to RM700,000 in Malaysia.