The iX is the new name of the BMW Group’s forthcoming all-electric SUV. It’s the first model based on a new, modular, scalable future toolkit developed by the BMW Group.
Its new charging technology enables DC fast charging at up to 200 kW. The battery can be charged from 10 to 80 per cent of its full capacity in under 40 minutes.
The BMW iX will go into production at BMW Plant Dingolfing in China from the second half of 2021.
Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG. says: “The BMW Group is constantly striving to re-invent itself. That is a central element of our corporate strategy. The BMW iX expresses this approach in an extremely concentrated form.”
Frank Weber, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Development, adds: “We are setting new industry standards with the technology in the BMW iX. The iX has more computing power for data processing and more powerful sensor technology than the newest vehicles in our current line-up, is 5G-capable, will be given new and improved automated driving and parking functions and uses the high-performing fifth generation of our electric drive system.”
“The BMW iX shows how we can give new technologies a very modern and emotionally engaging design. The car is technologically highly complex, but it feels very clear and uncomplicated,” says Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President BMW Group Design. “The BMW iX offers a mobile living space in which people will feel at ease and the car’s intelligence is always available without becoming obtrusive.”
BMW says the batteries fitted in the BMW iX are designed as part of a long-term resource cycle and enable an exceptionally high recycling rate. The power used to produce the battery cells and the high-voltage battery as a whole come exclusively from renewable sources.
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