---
title: "There’s an Electric BMW M Car in Our Future"
description: "Motorsport division boss Frank Van Meel confirms an all-electric M car is \"unavoidable\""
date: "2017-01-11"
modified: "2017-01-11"
authors:
  - name: "Christian Gilbertsen"
    job_title: "Native Projects Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/christian-gilbertsen"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/6925/theres-an-electric-bmw-m-car-in-our-future"
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  - "News"
tags:
  - "BMW"
  - "Electric Cars"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
---

# There’s an Electric BMW M Car in Our Future

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In an interview with [Auto Express](<https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/94262/fully-electric-bmw-m-cars-on-the-way>), BMW M boss Frank Van Meel revealed that an all-electric M car will be “unavoidable,” showing that even the brand’s hardcore motorsport division isn’t immune to the future of electrification.

Don’t scream blasphemy quite yet, though. Pure electric M cars are still a ways off, and hybrids will have to bridge a gap between current M cars and fully electric models. The hybrids will be focused on performance, a la the Ferrari LaFerrari, using electricity to augment the car’s internal combustion engine and not necessarily increasing fuel economy. That's left for the i brand of BMW.

Apparently, neither is the technology quite there, or up to M standards. Van Meel mentioned, “Currently we still have a power to weight issue with electrification which makes that difficult to fit into a motorsports philosophy.”

Just a few years ago, we would scoff at the idea of hybrid technology finding its way into performance cars. Times have changed, and assuming BMW M can pull it off, we say bring it.

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