The company’s CES 2022 display featured the 2023 M60 high-performance battery-electric SUV was joined by a black-to-white shifting demonstration model called the iX Flow enabled by E Ink body wrap.
In an effort to bring more “ultimate driving machine” flavor to the EV market, and perhaps to challenge the Tesla Model X, BMW announced its first high-performance electric SAV (sports activity vehicle) — aka SUV. The German automaker’s new flagship SUV, the 2023 iX M60, is expected to be available in the U.S. later this year, with a U.S. MSRP of $105,100.
The M60 was introduced at CES 2022 in Las Vegas and is intended to stand out from most other EVs in terms of performance and driving excitement. That’s thanks to its total system output of up to 610 bhp (455 kW) and 811 lb·ft (1100 N·m), when Launch Control is activated, and a unique M-enhanced adaptive air suspension. The 0–62 mph (0–100 km/h) acceleration of the M60 is only 3.8 s, getting closer the Model X’s best 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) time of 2.5 s.
The SUV’s two electric motors operate on the principle of a “current-energized synchronous machine” and contain no rare-earth metals. Due to the precisely controllable excitation of the rotor by means of current supply, BMW says that the drive units of the M60 develop a very high output density. The rear-axle motor generates maximum output of 360 kW (489 hp) and 2.59 kW/kg. The second motor on the front axle generates up to 190 kW (258 hp) fo
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