IM L6

The IM L6 is a battery electric compact executive car produced by Chinese automobile manufacturer IM Motors, also known as Zhiji Motors, a joint venture between SAIC Motor, Pudong New Area and Alibaba.

Overview

During its presentation at the Geneva International Motor Show in late February 2024, the Chinese company SAIC Motor not only presented the IM Motors portfolio to the European public for the first time, but also its new, fourth model. It was the mid-size L6, developing the stylistic concept of the LS6 SUV presented a year earlier.[2]

The car is designed with a slim, soaring silhouette with boomerang-shaped headlights, a gently sloping roofline and a characteristic bulge on the rear trunk lid with an additional window under the spoiler. The body was covered with a large, panoramic window that smoothly connected the rear part of the body with the roof.[3]

Powertrain

All variants of the L6 are battery-electric and use a single motor for rear-wheel drive, except for the dual-motor Performance all-wheel drive variant.

At launch, it was available in four variants. The base Standard model has a CALB-supplied 74kWh LFP battery pack and 400V power electronics paired with a 216 kW motor for 618 km of range on the CLTC cycle. The midrange Long Range model has an 83kWh NMC pack supplied by CATL and 800V power electronics paired with a 248 kW motor for 688 km of range. The high-end Ultra Long Range model has a CATL-supplied 100kWh NMC pack and quasi-900V power electronics, paired with a 300. kW motor for 822 km of range. The Performance AWD variant uses an IM-developed Hurricane rear motor, capable of 379 kW and speeds up to 21,000RPM, paired with a 200 kW front motor for a total of 776 hp. It can accelerate from 0–100. km/h in 2.74seconds and has a top speed of 268 km/h.[9][10]

For 2025, the entry variant with a 74kWh battery gets paired with 800V power electronics and a more powerful 245 kW motor for 645 km of range; the 83kWh pack option was dropped from the lineup.[6][8]

Lightyear Edition

At the L6's launch event at the Geneva Motor Show, IM representatives spoke of a variant using a solid-state battery to achieve up to 1000. km (800 km WLTP) of range.[11] At the L6's technology showcase event on 9 April 2024, IM clarified that the battery, a 130kWh pack dubbed Lightyear Battery and marketed as "solid-state", was actually using a semi-solid-state electrolyte.[9][12] On its launch day on May 13, IM said that the Lightyear edition would be available to order later in the year in September 2024, with deliveries beginning in October.[10]

According to information revealed by IM at the L6's April 9 technology event, Lightyear battery uses a ultra-high-nickel cathode and a silicon-carbon composite anode. It uses an IM-developed and patented 'nano-scale' electrolyte, which IM says has high ionic conductivity and temperature resistance. The electrolyte uses a dry-process solid-layer integrated molding manufacturing technique, which IM says reduces the cell's internal resistance for faster charging, and solves silicon-based material's high expansion problem to achieve usable longevity.

manufacturer	IM Motors
aka	MG IM5 (export)
production	2024–present
assembly	China: Shanghai
designer	Central Saint Martins
class	Compact executive car (D)
body style	4-door liftback‡R1R‡ sedan
layout	Rear motor, rear-wheel drive Dual-motor, all-wheel drive
related	IM LS6 / MG IM6 AUDI E5
motor	Rear-wheel-drive (RWD): 1×1XM AC permanent magnet synchronous All-wheel-drive (AWD): 2×1YM AC permanent magnet synchronous
powerout	216-579 kW
transmission	1-speed direct-drive
battery	74 kWh LFP CALB 83 kWh NMC CATL 100 kWh NMC CATL
electric range	618-822 km (CLTC) 575-655 km (WLTP)
wheelbase	2950 mm
length	4931-4937 mm
width	1960 mm
height	1474 mm
weight	2040-2250 kg

Overview

2025 facelift

Powertrain

Lightyear Edition

Safety

Markets

Australia

Singapore

Thailand

Sales

References