In 2025, Frank van Mile, CEO of BMW M, CEO of BMW M, presented new visions about the brand’s transfer to electricity – and what this means to lead the requirements. The manual transmission, a distinctive component of M. for decades, will not jump to the next generation of M electric models.
Although BMW M is still committed to serving manual gearboxes in the current combustion formation-especially in cars such as M2, as more than half of the American buyers are still choosing three pedals-Fan Mile stressed that traditional evidence does not correspond to the structure or logic of EVS. Despite their enthusiastic attractiveness, Van Meel told us during a round table that the brochures would add sophistication without enhancing performance or efficiency in electrical driving devices.
However, BMW M does not give up sharing. Instead of simulating old devices, the brand develops new ways to provide sensory notes in electric cars. Without engine changes or gear changes, drivers can lose a feeling of speed and connection. BMW actively works on solutions, from sound reactions to simple signals and visual indicators in actual time, to help maintain the emotional relationship between the car and the driver. We have already seen humor a few months ago that showed a preliminary M3 EV that provides an ice sound inside the cabin.
One of the main test family of this new M performance experience is the upcoming electric BMW M3, known internally as ZA0. It is scheduled to arrive in 2027, the next generation M3 will appear on the BMW Neue Klasse platform and is expected to provide at least 850 hp. You can follow more effective versions, M3.
The new BMW structure allows very flexible driving formations, supporting one to four engines. The M3 Electric M3 is likely to have an enthusiastic synchronous engines (ESM) in the back axis for the delivery of the responsive energy, associated with simultaneous engines (ASM) in the foreground, which provides efficiency and reduce clouds when not used. This mixture allows engineers to accurately adjust the performance while reducing the typical parasitic losses in the double EVS.
At an event celebrating the car heritage, the BMW used the Villa d’Este stage to show its location: The manual gearbox may remain alive in ice cars at the present time. Our own sources say that if the Ice M3 (Codename G84) is of the next generation, the six -speed guide will not be part of the package.