The Thrill of Speed: A BMW M4's Electric Performance Revealed

As we set out on our test drive, one thing was clear: this BMW M4 was not your average car. With its electric motor producing 125 horsepower and a claimed top speed of 155 miles per hour, we were eager to see how it would perform. Our first challenge was the half mile, where we'd be racing against time to reach the finish line.

The starting gun fired, and we were off, the BMW M4 surging forward with ease. We were determined to catch up to our competitor, who had a head start. "I think I can keep up with him," I said confidently. "He tops out at 125 miles an hour, and I can go even faster." The distance ticked by, and we steadily closed the gap. But as we approached the finish line, it became clear that our competitor was pulling away. We were still behind, but only just.

We decided to try again, this time in manual mode with a starting point of third gear. This would give us more control over the car's performance and allow us to push the limits even further. With my hands on the wheel and the clutch pedal firmly pressed, we set off once more. The BMW M4 surged forward, its electric motor providing instant torque. We were gaining ground, but it was clear that our competitor had a significant lead.

As we approached the mile marker, I took a deep breath and focused on the road ahead. "I've started 24," I said to myself, trying to stay calm and composed. The BMW M4's regenerative braking system kicked in, slowing us down slightly. But I wasn't going to give up yet – not when there was still so much to be gained from this car.

With the aid of a clever gearshift technique, we were able to eke out a few extra horsepower and continue our pursuit of the leader. It was clear that we had made some progress, but it seemed like no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't quite close the gap. We decided to try something different, switching to second gear at 30 miles an hour and seeing if we could use the additional speed to overtake our competitor.

The rolling start allowed us to pull away from the pack and slowly build up momentum. As we accelerated through the gears, it became clear that this BMW M4 was capable of incredible things. We were pulling ahead, but only just – our competitor was still within striking distance.

Finally, we decided to put the pedal to the metal with a full emergency stop at the 100-mile mark. The car's regenerative braking system kicked in, slowing us down rapidly and allowing us to come to a stop in record time. It was clear that this BMW M4 had some serious performance credentials – but how did it compare to its electric counterparts?

We compared our results to those of Nabil's electric car, which we'd been racing against throughout the test drive. While his car was clearly faster over longer distances, we were impressed by the sheer power and responsiveness of the BMW M4. Its braking capabilities were also noteworthy – particularly when it came to regenerative braking.

Overall, our experience with the BMW M4's electric performance was a resounding success. The car's instant torque and responsive handling made it a joy to drive, even in manual mode. And while we didn't quite match Nabil's electric car over longer distances, we were impressed by its sheer capabilities – particularly when it came to acceleration and braking.

If you're considering buying an electric car, this BMW M4 is definitely worth checking out. With its impressive performance credentials and practicality, it's a great option for those who want the best of both worlds – power and efficiency. And with our expert guides and reviews, you can make sure that you get the best deal on your new electric car.

But before we go, we'd like to invite you to join us in the world of electric cars. Check out our latest reviews, news, buying guides, and more – all available through our Carwow website. We also have a link to Nabil's channel below, where he works his magic on some of the most incredible cars out there.

In addition, if you're thinking of selling your car or need help with a purchase, don't forget about Carway. Simply upload some photos and a brief description, and we'll do the rest to get you a great price for your vehicle.

And that's it for this video – thanks for watching! Don't forget to like and subscribe for more crazy car videos from our friends at Topaz YouTube.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi how are you malton here from car wow so i'm starting the bmw x7 the tints are really dark on my car i can barely see you okay that voice was actually nabil from topaz detailing so this is his car which i was about to tell you about before he thought it was the right time to talk about the tints on his car i'll be with you in a moment just go tell the people about your car so this is the m50i which means it's got a 4.4 liter twin turbo v8 with 530 horsepower and 750 newton meters of torque it's got an eight-speed automatic gearbox driving all four wheels with launch control and it weighs in at 2490 kilos price-wise it's time for one of these is just under a hundred thousand pounds let's go over to bill now and ask him about his cast if he knows about it hey nobel can you tell me about the ix or the stats and stuff um it's electric that is correct anymore don't try something else i think it's got sports mode as well yes it does have sports mode so this is the first time you have sat in that car isn't it you've never been in one of those before right no it's like i'm sitting on my iphone yeah so let me tell you about it's got two electric motors so you got four wheel drive and combined they put out 523 horsepower so seven horsepower less than your x7 and 50. no wait me i thought this thing was like slow i was expecting it to be like you flying ahead are you serious yup in terms of torque as well it's got 765 newton meters of torque so more torque but surely always less yeah well you see yours it comes in 2 520 kilos so actually it's only 30 kilos heavier that electric car despite all the batteries and stuff price-wise that is 94 000 pounds starting price though that one there is going to be a lot more expensive because it's a bmw press car with all the bells and whistles a bit like your car because you like to spec up a car don't you it's just when i got you in the back i need to make sure that i got comfy seats for you yeah i'm such a diva you know now if you want to compare these cars side by side just pause the video now because we've got a little screen for you which just explains everything now if you'd like to say thanks to nabil for lending us his car to drag race i'll put a link to his channel topaz in the description so go check out there have a look at some of the cars that they work on at topaz and it's just real amazing stuff like real high-end hyper cars although they did want to do a suzuki gymnast which just so happened to be mine also if you're thinking about selling your car you can now do it through car way all you have to do is upload some photos and a brief description and add dealers will bid on your car to make sure you get a great price for it and once you've decided which dealer to sell it to they'll come and pick it up from your house and put the money straight into your account it is dead simple anyway let's get on with this drug race buying a new car then head to car wow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price car wow your one-stop car buying comparison site before we drag race nobel we're going to do a sound check so i'm going to rev up your car there we go give him some v8 soft limiter at four and a half sounds pretty good there is a soft limit at four and a half but now you have to make a noise in your car room bloody room there we go should we raise could you get on with this yes please because i want to see if this thing's faster than my car or not okay what are you betting what do you think which is gonna be quicker i'm betting on the future okay so if this is quicker than your car would you consider swapping this for one of those no it's a bit too ugly for me no right let's do it oh had him off the line oh look at that he's coming back now come on oh come on i got him yes oh no i don't know what was with all my noises i was like frankie howard no no one under the age of 40 will know who that is here's a quick clip of frankie howard there we go nobel i'd be off the line mate then your added skills meant that you came past me it must have been the noises i was making oh look at that oh come on yes i think that's what it is it's made the car go a bit faster can you actually just do your noise again please just just right now i can't i can't replicate it has to be in the moment all right so then what exactly happened well the ix-1 completing the standing quarter mile in 13 seconds the x7 took 13.2 seconds now we have a rolling race from 50 miles an hour i'm in automatic sport mode for the gearbox obviously there's no gears in there so let's see what happens i'm gonna call it in now three two one go quick kick down in this that instant power while this is messing around with gears he's already buggered off he's going to beat me quite comprehensively to the half mile can i catch him up at the mile come on i think he tops out 125 miles an hour 125. that's it and i can keep going to 155. here we are here comes the mile hey soho nabel you dropped me from the start but i steadily then reeled you in once you hit your limit i think i was ahead of you quite a bit actually let's try something else so this time you just do the same thing but i'm going to be in manual mode and i'm starting in third gear so i don't have to worry about the gearbox kicking down i do have to worry about which hands i'm doing what with so switch this over right here we go three two one go oh pickup's good didn't get such a jump on me there did you nab it a little bit earlier than him a tiny bit but the half mile is still pulling on me 23 4 and 5. oh i've started 24. i'm just gonna go through the bar for the satisfaction oh there we go sort of victory but not really victory because that's limited 225. i don't know why they do that it's german they'll be driving down the autobahn surely they'll want to go quicker than that so once again you got a way better than me but it's how it kept on increasing its lead until it hit that limiter like you said electric cars normally tail off don't they the faster you go that just keeps on building i had a slight jump on you i got excited a bit even when you eradicate that i can't believe how it keeps on going and that's the bit that's impressed me the most about this car be totally honest with you okay one last thing to try see if i can get a bit more of an advantage from the from the jump let's find out let's do something else okay for this last time we're gonna do a rolling race from 30 miles an hour in second gear so this should help me three two one go look at it pulling all the way to 100 it's pulling still pulling that i'm talking about the ix not this 124 it slows down 125 and he's coming back he's gone past here we come to the mile now do you know what once again definitely we were so much closer than on initial pickup but that still was just gapping me it was much much closer this time that was the closest for about a split second and then after that was off i just wish they increased the top speed limit i mean 125 is just no good if you're in germany it's fine in the uk but you know german car for german people surely bmw what are you playing planet now we're gonna do a brake test from a hundred miles an hour when we reach the line full emergency stop which car will stop in the shortest distance we are gonna find out with some car wire of science here comes the line come on whatever nabil had in his car has gone flying wow your car is ever slightly heavier but not by much but maybe the regen of the braking effect of the motors as well as your normal friction brakes meant that you had an advantage and that's why you weren't and it's nothing to do with the fact that my reactions on the actual stopping point are poor yeah it has nothing to do with that all about the car right it's definitely all about the car so what do you think of it overall actually to be honest comparing this to electric cars i've driven before it actually is very very impressive the power delivery is totally different and the braking actually for a bmw i have to say it's actually quite good yeah because bmw's aren't known for brilliant braking are they yeah you can say that now if you're thinking about buying an electric car you need to check out the car wow electric car hub page we've got the latest reviews news buying guides and you can see the latest offers on all the newest electric cars as well to make sure you're getting yours for a great price if you want to do that now just click on the pop out button up there for the link in the description below alternatively a later date just simply google wow me car wow and we will wow you anyway i hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like if you want some other videos click on those windows there click on that box there if you're thinking of selling your car because you can now also do that through carway just upload some photos brief description and add a little bit on your car to make sure you get a really good price for it and of course to say thank you to nabil please follow the link in the description to go to the topaz youtube channel and see all the crazy cars that they work on there it will blow your mind see you next timehi how are you malton here from car wow so i'm starting the bmw x7 the tints are really dark on my car i can barely see you okay that voice was actually nabil from topaz detailing so this is his car which i was about to tell you about before he thought it was the right time to talk about the tints on his car i'll be with you in a moment just go tell the people about your car so this is the m50i which means it's got a 4.4 liter twin turbo v8 with 530 horsepower and 750 newton meters of torque it's got an eight-speed automatic gearbox driving all four wheels with launch control and it weighs in at 2490 kilos price-wise it's time for one of these is just under a hundred thousand pounds let's go over to bill now and ask him about his cast if he knows about it hey nobel can you tell me about the ix or the stats and stuff um it's electric that is correct anymore don't try something else i think it's got sports mode as well yes it does have sports mode so this is the first time you have sat in that car isn't it you've never been in one of those before right no it's like i'm sitting on my iphone yeah so let me tell you about it's got two electric motors so you got four wheel drive and combined they put out 523 horsepower so seven horsepower less than your x7 and 50. no wait me i thought this thing was like slow i was expecting it to be like you flying ahead are you serious yup in terms of torque as well it's got 765 newton meters of torque so more torque but surely always less yeah well you see yours it comes in 2 520 kilos so actually it's only 30 kilos heavier that electric car despite all the batteries and stuff price-wise that is 94 000 pounds starting price though that one there is going to be a lot more expensive because it's a bmw press car with all the bells and whistles a bit like your car because you like to spec up a car don't you it's just when i got you in the back i need to make sure that i got comfy seats for you yeah i'm such a diva you know now if you want to compare these cars side by side just pause the video now because we've got a little screen for you which just explains everything now if you'd like to say thanks to nabil for lending us his car to drag race i'll put a link to his channel topaz in the description so go check out there have a look at some of the cars that they work on at topaz and it's just real amazing stuff like real high-end hyper cars although they did want to do a suzuki gymnast which just so happened to be mine also if you're thinking about selling your car you can now do it through car way all you have to do is upload some photos and a brief description and add dealers will bid on your car to make sure you get a great price for it and once you've decided which dealer to sell it to they'll come and pick it up from your house and put the money straight into your account it is dead simple anyway let's get on with this drug race buying a new car then head to car wow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price car wow your one-stop car buying comparison site before we drag race nobel we're going to do a sound check so i'm going to rev up your car there we go give him some v8 soft limiter at four and a half sounds pretty good there is a soft limit at four and a half but now you have to make a noise in your car room bloody room there we go should we raise could you get on with this yes please because i want to see if this thing's faster than my car or not okay what are you betting what do you think which is gonna be quicker i'm betting on the future okay so if this is quicker than your car would you consider swapping this for one of those no it's a bit too ugly for me no right let's do it oh had him off the line oh look at that he's coming back now come on oh come on i got him yes oh no i don't know what was with all my noises i was like frankie howard no no one under the age of 40 will know who that is here's a quick clip of frankie howard there we go nobel i'd be off the line mate then your added skills meant that you came past me it must have been the noises i was making oh look at that oh come on yes i think that's what it is it's made the car go a bit faster can you actually just do your noise again please just just right now i can't i can't replicate it has to be in the moment all right so then what exactly happened well the ix-1 completing the standing quarter mile in 13 seconds the x7 took 13.2 seconds now we have a rolling race from 50 miles an hour i'm in automatic sport mode for the gearbox obviously there's no gears in there so let's see what happens i'm gonna call it in now three two one go quick kick down in this that instant power while this is messing around with gears he's already buggered off he's going to beat me quite comprehensively to the half mile can i catch him up at the mile come on i think he tops out 125 miles an hour 125. that's it and i can keep going to 155. here we are here comes the mile hey soho nabel you dropped me from the start but i steadily then reeled you in once you hit your limit i think i was ahead of you quite a bit actually let's try something else so this time you just do the same thing but i'm going to be in manual mode and i'm starting in third gear so i don't have to worry about the gearbox kicking down i do have to worry about which hands i'm doing what with so switch this over right here we go three two one go oh pickup's good didn't get such a jump on me there did you nab it a little bit earlier than him a tiny bit but the half mile is still pulling on me 23 4 and 5. oh i've started 24. i'm just gonna go through the bar for the satisfaction oh there we go sort of victory but not really victory because that's limited 225. i don't know why they do that it's german they'll be driving down the autobahn surely they'll want to go quicker than that so once again you got a way better than me but it's how it kept on increasing its lead until it hit that limiter like you said electric cars normally tail off don't they the faster you go that just keeps on building i had a slight jump on you i got excited a bit even when you eradicate that i can't believe how it keeps on going and that's the bit that's impressed me the most about this car be totally honest with you okay one last thing to try see if i can get a bit more of an advantage from the from the jump let's find out let's do something else okay for this last time we're gonna do a rolling race from 30 miles an hour in second gear so this should help me three two one go look at it pulling all the way to 100 it's pulling still pulling that i'm talking about the ix not this 124 it slows down 125 and he's coming back he's gone past here we come to the mile now do you know what once again definitely we were so much closer than on initial pickup but that still was just gapping me it was much much closer this time that was the closest for about a split second and then after that was off i just wish they increased the top speed limit i mean 125 is just no good if you're in germany it's fine in the uk but you know german car for german people surely bmw what are you playing planet now we're gonna do a brake test from a hundred miles an hour when we reach the line full emergency stop which car will stop in the shortest distance we are gonna find out with some car wire of science here comes the line come on whatever nabil had in his car has gone flying wow your car is ever slightly heavier but not by much but maybe the regen of the braking effect of the motors as well as your normal friction brakes meant that you had an advantage and that's why you weren't and it's nothing to do with the fact that my reactions on the actual stopping point are poor yeah it has nothing to do with that all about the car right it's definitely all about the car so what do you think of it overall actually to be honest comparing this to electric cars i've driven before it actually is very very impressive the power delivery is totally different and the braking actually for a bmw i have to say it's actually quite good yeah because bmw's aren't known for brilliant braking are they yeah you can say that now if you're thinking about buying an electric car you need to check out the car wow electric car hub page we've got the latest reviews news buying guides and you can see the latest offers on all the newest electric cars as well to make sure you're getting yours for a great price if you want to do that now just click on the pop out button up there for the link in the description below alternatively a later date just simply google wow me car wow and we will wow you anyway i hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like if you want some other videos click on those windows there click on that box there if you're thinking of selling your car because you can now also do that through carway just upload some photos brief description and add a little bit on your car to make sure you get a really good price for it and of course to say thank you to nabil please follow the link in the description to go to the topaz youtube channel and see all the crazy cars that they work on there it will blow your mind see you next time\n"