2019 bmw i3 battery upgrade the.
Bmw i3 battery cell.
The new all electric bmw i3 and i3s will be offered with a larger battery cell capacity and an increased range.
Bmw is announcing today that it is introducing a battery cell upgrade to 120 ah in the 2019 bmw i3 which should result in a range of over 160 miles 260 km.
Doubling in size the new battery on the electric i3 and i3s now has a capacity of 120ah and a gross energy content of 42 2kwh.
If the automotive battery in a bmw ev has had its day after many years service that certainly does not mean that it s time for a final farewell.
Electric motor power electronics and transmission arranged in a central housing for the first time.
With immediate effect the munich based carmaker is increasing the maximum mileage in europe associated with the eight year warranty period from the previous 100 000 to now 160 000 kilometres.
Moreover the new battery cells are already in production at the samsung sdi plant in hungary.
Bmw will announce the new battery for the i3 in the summer.
Now with a 42 2kwh lithium ion battery stashed under the floor the latest version of the standard 168bhp i3 can return up to 189 miles of range under official testing while the corresponding figure for the 181bhp i3s is 175 miles.
With the high voltage battery cell capacity increased to 120 ampere hours ah and a gross energy content of 42 2 kilowatt hours kwh the new generation of high voltage batteries enables the bmw i3 120 ah and the bmw i3s 120ah to achieve a range of up to 153 miles nearly a 30 improvement from the 94 ah model and almost double its original.
That s why the bmw group decided to extend the maximum mileage for its eight year battery guarantee for a bmw i3 in europe from 60 000 to 100 000 miles 100 000 to 160 000 km.
Bmw confirmed that the goal of its upcoming fifth generation battery packs is to provide about 430 miles of range for its pure evs and 60 miles of all electric range for plug in hybrids.
Efficiency boosted significantly compared with the bmw i3 by highly integrated drive system technology.
With 120 ah battery cells the bmw i3 will have a total battery capacity around 42 62 kwh 96 x 120 ah x 3 7 v.
