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Although there's all sorts of hype about electric vehicles, true electric-only cars are a miniscule amount of car sales at the moment. So personally, I don't see an all-electric M car---or at least many of them---for at least a decade, if not more.
But I do think there could be some value in a hybrid-based M car. My biggest concern with the hybrid approach is the removal of the manual transmission. Not that it's impossible to have a manual in a car with a hybrid drivetrain, they do exist, just in very small numbers. It would be amazing, IMO, to have something the size of the old Z4 coupe, with a manual transmission, and an updated version of the S65 engine with direct injection and a hybrid drivetrain. What a beast that would be! The future doesn't have to be terrible, IMO. It really comes down to the will of the company.
And if BMW's attempt at, say, a hybrid M3/4 is a miss, well, there's always older cars. There's also other brands.
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