‘BMW electric wingsuit’ that can fly at 300km/h

The BMW I brand, an electric vehicle made by BMW, has developed a compact Wingsuit that uses electric propulsion. Skydiver Peter Salzmann made his first flight in Austria.

The Electrified Wingsuit, developed after three years of trial and error, is an application of the 5th generation BMW eDrive technology and was created for electric vehicle promotion. Salzmann fell from an altitude of 3,000m, flew across several mountains at a speed of 300km/h, and climbed diagonally using the main jet power. The motor mounted on the ship uses a carbon steel impeller and has an output of 7.5kW on one side and both are 15kW in total. The rotation speed is 25,000 rpm, but the usage time is only 5 minutes.

It is said that this wingsuit was originally developed jointly with Designworks, the design division, as Salzman was in consultation with BMW, and found that it had contact with the BMW I brand. Realizing the dream of flying with renewable energy and electric vehicle promotion went well together. Related information can be found here .