BMW’s 2025 M5 will be the first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model to arrive, and it’ll be a beefy car: a 4.4-liter V8 sedan with an electric motor and a roadworthy weight of 5,390 pounds. Scheduled for release in Q4 2024.
That makes the new M5 about 1,000 pounds heavier than the previous 2023 model. It’s also heavier than trucks like the 2022 Chevrolet Tahoe (5,356 pounds), the 2024 Lucid Air Sapphire (5,336 pounds) and the 2024 Range Rover Sport (5,090 pounds). Motor 1 Featured todayBut unlike Lucid’s EV, the M5 isn’t weighed down by a battery that’s only big enough to go 25 miles without using gasoline.
The new M5 PHEV will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds and, when equipped with BMW’s M Driver’s Package, can reach a top speed of 190 mph on gasoline power. Using the electric motor alone, it can reach a top speed of around 87 mph. By default, the car runs in hybrid mode, using both the internal combustion engine and electric power. The proportion of power output from each is determined by how the driver sets up the car in the M Setup menu. BMW says that if the battery gets low, the engine will start to output more power to charge the battery.
Future electric BMW M models will use batteries and EV motors developed in-house, says M programme head Franciscus van Meel. Recently said Road and track.
The platform includes a new system developed by the M division that detects sensor data and relays it to the car’s central computer. Van Meel said that BMW EVs equipped with the “Heart of Joy” system will “react 10 times faster” to issues like wheelspin or brake lockup, as well as improve stability control, traction control and overall performance.