Njengezinye izinhlobo eziningi, iBMW ayizange inyakaziswe ngokuhoxiswa kombukiso wezimoto iGeneva Motor Show futhi yanquma ukugcina uhlelo lokwethulwa kwayo, nakuba wawungekho umbukiso. Ngakho-ke, njengoba bekuhleliwe, namuhla inqume ukudalula i BMW Concept i4.
Ngokusho kwabakwa-BMW, uhlobo olusha lulindele ingxenye enkulu ye-BMW i4 ezofika ngonyaka ozayo kanti iqiniso liwukuthi, uma sithatha “ukweqisa” okujwayelekile kwezimoto ezinomqondo, i-BMW Concept i4 isivele ibukeka iseduze kakhulu nohlobo lokukhiqiza.
Nokho, i-BMW ithi imininingwane eminingi yobuhle ekhona ku-prototype izosetshenziswa hhayi i-i4 kuphela kodwa nangamakusasa kagesi akwa-BMW. Yimiphi imininingwane lena? Bazi emigqeni embalwa elandelayo.
Ngaphandle...
Uma usuka ngaphandle awukwazi ukuthi ungayinaki i-"double kidney" enkulu, isixazululo esibukeka sengathi ngeke sigcine kuphela kuma-BMW anezinjini ezivuthayo.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi kumamodeli anezinjini ezivuthayo i-double kidney grille ithatha imisebenzi yokupholisa, ku-Concept i4 (futhi cishe ku-i4) ivaliwe - ngenxa ye-aerodynamics - ifaka uchungechunge lwezinzwa esikhundleni salokho.
BMW Concept i4
Futhi ngaphandle, amasondo akhelwe ngokukhethekile ukwehlisa ukumelana ne-aerodynamic, imininingwane ehlukahlukene eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka (evele ehlala njalo ku-BMW i, amamodeli afakwe ugesi afana ne-i3 noma i-i8) kanye ne-diffuser yangemuva.
… kanye nengaphakathi le-Concept i4
Mayelana nengaphakathi le-BMW Concept i4, ukubheja komkhiqizo waseJalimane kwakungokulula kanye ne-minimalism,
Okugqamayo okukhulu kufanele kube iphaneli enkulu egobile (ngokumangazayo ebizwa ngokuthi “Isibonisi Esigobile”), ngesikhathi esifanayo esiphinda kabili njengephaneli yezinsimbi kanye nesikrini sesistimu ye-infotainment.
Ngokusho kwabakwaBMW, i-“Curved Display” ngeke isetshenziswe ku-i4 kuphela, kodwa nasohlelweni lokukhiqiza lwe-iNEXT (okwakuxaka ukuthi, ebisivele iveziwe ku-teaser), futhi isivele inesizukulwane sakamuva i-infotainment system yakwaBMW.
Ukusiza ukuqeda imiyalo ebonakalayo, "Isibonisi Esigobile" manje sihlanganisa embalwa, okuhlanganisa nesiphephetha-moya. Okokugcina, okunye okuvelele kwaleli phaneli eligobile “Amamodi Okuhlangenwe nakho” (“Okubalulekile”, “Ezemidlalo” kanye “Nempumelelo”) athonya yonke into kusukela kulwazi olukhona ezikrinini kuya ekukhanyeni kwe-ambient.
Izinombolo zeBMW Concept i4
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngokuphambene nalokho okuvamile, i-BMW isivele yembule idatha eminingana yobuchwepheshe ye-i4 entsha, idatha ngokusobala esebenza ku-Concept i4.
Ifakwe isizukulwane sesihlanu sohlelo lwe-eDrive oluvela kwaBMW, i-Concept i4 inamandla amakhulu angu-530 hp (390 kW). Ukunika amandla injini kagesi ibhethri elinama-80 kWh umthamo, ngokusho komkhiqizo waseJalimane, unesisindo "kuphela" esingama-550 kg.
Ngenxa yalokhu, iBMW Concept i4 iyamemezela ukuzimela okungafika ku-600 km kumjikelezo we-WLTP. Mayelana nokusebenza kahle, isuka ku-0 iye ku-100 km/h iqedwa ngemizuzwana emi-4 kanti ijubane elikhulu elimenyezelwe lingaphezu kuka-200 km/h.
