BMW launches iX3 electric SUV with 285 mile range

BMW has launched its first fully electric Sports Activity Vehicle, iX3, which has a range of 285 miles (WLTP).

The X3 is also available with a petrol or diesel engine or plug-in hybrid drive system.

New BMW iX3 uses fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology, which has seen major progress made in terms of power density, operating range, weight, installation space requirement and flexibility. Power density of the electric drive system increased by 30 per cent over the BMW Group’s existing fully electric vehicles; gravimetric energy density of the high-voltage battery at cell level up by 20 per cent. Latest versions of the electric motor, power electronics, charging technology and high-voltage battery (all developed in-house) will also be deployed in the BMW iNEXT and BMW i4 from 2021.

A BMW Charging Card provides simple and convenient access to currently more than 450,000 public charging points worldwide and a new Flexible Fast Charger (allowing use of different socket types) and high-output Wallboxes are now available as options. Individual packages offer the optimum charging solution for every customer need.

The new BMW iX3 will be the brand’s first model to also be produced for export at the Shenyang manufacturing facility in China. Market launch will begin in China later in 2020.