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 managed to increase the efficiency of its next-generation electric powertrain by 20 per cent versus what's on sale today. As Daft Punk didn't say in their 2001 electro-pop hit, the Neue Klasse series powertrains will be (energy) denser, lighter, faster and smaller.