BMW's 800V 'Neue Klasse' EV platform to charge 30% faster

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The 6th generation BMW eDrive now uses an 800-volt high-voltage section, is a third faster than the current one and has a greater range.

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BMW's 800V 'Neue Klasse' EV platform to charge 30% faster

A pair of motor types, which Bimmer is calling EESM and ASM, are being tapped to deploy the energy in those batteries. "EESM" stands for "electrically excited synchronous motor," a type of unit actually used in present-day EVs like the aforementioned iX. For use in the Neue Klasse, lessons learned in materials and packaging will be deployed, and guts will be updated to play well with the 800V system. Meanwhile, the ASM units are asynchronous mot…