Gen6 debuts in this year’s Neue Klasse iX3 but Rolls and Mini also get it. We’ve already got a pretty good idea what BMW’s Neue Klasse cars will look like both inside and out thanks to a couple of previous concepts and a Land of the Giants interior mock-up at this year’s CES in Vegas.

At a technical presentation in Germany, BMW explains how batteries, motors and innovative components are transforming its future.

BMW’s ‘Gen6’ sixth-generation BMW eDrive technology is 50-percent cheaper than the old model, and promises more EV range, less recharge time.

It’s all change at BMW. The new M5 was revealed just a few months ago, but it seems Munich’s engineers and designers are already working on a facelift. From the pictures here, we can see the tweaked M5 will benefit from similar treatment to the new iX SUV. In simple terms, it’s getting a Neue Klasse nosejob.

BMW will implement a number of revisions to its latest battery technology, which will show up in the Neue Klasse–based EVs like the next-generation i3 sedan and iX3 crossover. The so-called BMW Gen6 battery – which as its name suggests is the company's sixth iteration of EV technology – will feature a 30 percent longer range than the existing unit found in cars like the BMW i5 and iX,