Like many EVs, BMW’s current crop of electrified vehicles uses dated prismatic battery technology, which is inefficient and cumbersome to build. With its sixth-generation batteries, BMW is set to take a leap forward.

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.

German carmaker BMW released the initial details of the electric drive system that will go into the Neue Klasse range of electric vehicles.

The company recently revealed that it will begin mass production of its groundbreaking sixth-generation (Gen6) electric vehicle (EV) batteries in China by 2026. BMW is focusing on a new battery architecture that will utilize large cylindrical cells.

BMW will implement a number of revisions to its latest battery technology, which will show up in the Neue Klasse–based EVs like the next-generation i3 sedan and iX3 crossover. The so-called BMW Gen6 battery – which as its name suggests is the company's sixth iteration of EV technology – will feature a 30 percent longer range than the existing unit found in cars like the BMW i5 and iX,

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.