BMW's Electric Future
Overdrive|January 2022
A brief first taste of BMW’s electric future explains why the first allotment of 50 cars is already sold out
Simran Rastogi
BMW's Electric Future

Type Dual electric motors, 76.6kWh battery (gross)

Max power 326PS

Max torque 630Nm

Gearbox Single-speed, AWD

Suspension (f/r) Double wishbone/five-link

Wheelbase 3,000mm

Kerb weight 2,365kg

LxWxH (mm) 4,953x1,967x1,695

Range 372-425km (WLTP)

+ Futuristic interiors, road presence, comfort

- Super polarising looks

There’s no point obsessing, or groaning, over the size and shape of BMW’s kidney grilles any longer — they’re large, make a statement one way or the other, and they’re here to stay. The one on the BMW iX? Especially so, considering it’s been treated with self-healing paint! And that’s especially fitting since it’s BMW’s first all-electric crossover, and the flag bearer of a BMW future that will be increasingly electric — the company hopes to capture half of all global electric car sales by 2030. Ambitious enough but if the BMW iX is any indication of how serious BMW are about that, it’s an ambition to take seriously. The iX is BMW’s technological flagship, built on their first bespoke EV architecture since the i3, and one that likely won’t be adapted going forward making it truly bespoke. It’s all been enough for BMW to sell out its first allotment of 50 cars for India soon after its launch. Is it really that good?

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