BMW and its Chinese JV partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings have agreed to team up to develop an electric vehicle for the Chinese market based on the platform of the BMW 5-Series, and a concept version of the new large EV will be displayed at one of the big auto shows in China this year.
There are no further details yet as of now, and BMW’s own EV efforts has so far been contained to smaller vehicles like the MINI EV, with its large vehicles mostly using hybrid technology instead of a pure EV solution. Brilliance has also dabbled with EVs in the past – shown in this story are two EV concepts that Brilliance has exhibited in the past in its own capacity without anything to do with BMW. We also don’t know for sure if the new BMW 5-Series based EV will be sold as a BMW or as a separate brand.
BMW 5 Series
from RM340,800 
BMW M3 Touring
from RM898,800 
BMW iX1 L
from RM252,800 
BMW iX
from RM425,800 
BMW X3
from RM325,800 
BMW M5
from RM1,188,800 
BMW M4 Coupe
from RM878,800 
BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe
from RM173,800 
BMW 3 Series
from RM265,800 
Co-developing is a good move as it means shared R&D expense and assured access to the world’s biggest auto market.
the green one look like BLM
blue one looks like proton emas