据外媒报道，下一代宝马i8强搭载三台自家开发的无刷电机和容量大得多的电池，单次充电续航里程超过300英里（约合482公里）。而新车搭载的电机每台功率达到268马力，这样三台电机功率为804马力，不过最终量产版的功率会调低至750马力。现行版i8功率为357马力，而2017款改款车功率为420马力，但下一代车型将暴涨至750马力。新车搭载的三台电机中两台用于驱动后轮，一台驱动前轮，因此i8具备全轮驱动能力。新一代车型不仅具备全驱能力，而且每一个车轮都可以转向，这意味着后轮转向这一运动车最新潮流趋势也将出现在下一代i8身上。而扭矩适量输出可以使车辆在过弯时降低功率输出，使转向操控更容易，而先进的主动悬挂可以扫描前方道路并相应调整悬挂阻尼，这有点类似奔驰的魔术车身控制。下一代i8将于2022年发布，不过也有可能在明年首次亮相。

The next BMW i8 will make 750 hp from three motors and have a 300-mile range

According to Automobile (and as we reported), BMW will still give the i8 three brushless electric motors of its own design and a far more substantial battery, good for 300 miles per charge. While each of the motors on BMW's prototype pump out 268 horsepower – which would add to a total of 804 – Automobile claims the production-spec i8 will get by with 750 hp, and it should be noted that power is not always directly additive in electric and hybrid systems Either way, BMW is making a tremendous performance upgrade for the i8's second generation – the current plug-in hybrid only pumps out 357 hp while a facelifted model due in 2017 should increase that figure to a still-modest 420 hp. Modest by comparison to 750, anyway.

 

The Automobile report fits with our previous story, which puts two of the electric motors on the rear axle and one up front, giving the i8 all-wheel drive. But Automobile goes a step further and claims that not only will the i8 send power to all four wheels, but will use each for steering, too – rear-axle steering, the latest sports car trend item, will be added. Torque vectoring will help put power down in the bends, and help a little more with the steering, while an advanced active suspension will scan the road ahead and adjust the dampers accordingly. kind of like Mercedes-Benz's Magic Body Control.

 

Automobile reports the next i8 is due out in 2022, although it notes that the debut could slip to the following year.