BMW starts series production of the new iX
The iX – or more precisely the iX xDrive60 version – is the BMW Group’s longest-range electric model to date with 701 kilometres according to WLTP and ‘the company’s most important all-electric innovation in 2025’, according to BMW. However, the Munich-based company qualifies: “before the ‘New Class’ makes its debut at the end of the year.” BMW has not yet decided whether this only applies to the most important electric innovation or whether the upcoming iX3 will also exceed the 701-kilometre standard range.
Christoph Schröder, Head of the Dingolfing plant, describes the iX as a “special vehicle for us.” “Four years ago, at its launch, it paved the way for many future technologies here on-site,” says Schröder. “It marked the beginning of the all-electric vehicle era in our plant.”
The i7, i5 and their estate offshoots are now also built in Dingolfing – four electric models. In Germany, the Munich plant (currently i4, in future also an electric sedan in the 3 Series segment) and Regensburg (iX1, iX2) still produce electric BMW models.
With the facelift presented in January, BMW has only slightly adapted the polarising design of the iX; the focus was on updates to the technology. Although the 400-volt technology remains, the battery data and performance values of the drives have changed in all three versions.
The base model iX xDrive 40 becomes the iX xDrive 45, which has 60 kW more system power (300 kW) and can therefore accelerate to 100 kph a whole second faster – in 5.1 instead of 6.1 seconds. The iX xDrive 60 (previously with the code number 50) increases its system output from 385 to 400 kW and accelerates from a standstill to 100 kph in 4.6 seconds – these two variants stop accelerating at 200 kph.
| iX xDrive45 | iX xDrive60 | iX M70 xDrive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drive | AWD | AWD | AWD |
| Performance | 300 kW | 400 kW | 485 kW |
| Torque | 700 Nm | 765 Nm | 1,015 Nm |
| Acceleration | 5.1 s | 4.6 s | 3.8 s |
| Top speed | 200 kph | 200 kph | 250 kph |
| WLTP range | 602 km | 701 km | 600 km |
| Battery capacity | 94.8 kWh | 109.1 kWh | 108.9 kWh |
| Charging capacity DC | 175 kW | 195 kW | 195 kW |
| Charging time DC 10-80% | 34 min | 35 min | 35 min |
| Price | 83,500 Euro | 99,900 Euro | 124,900 Euro |
The top-of-the-range iX M70 xDrive model (previously iX M60 xDrive) gets a power boost of 30 kW to 485 kW in future and offers up to 1,100 Nm of maximum torque in ‘My Mode Sport.’ With Launch Control, the BMW SUV should reach 100 kph in 3.8 seconds; with the ‘one-foot rollout’ method it should even be just 3.5 seconds. The M model can reach speeds of up to 250 kph.
As the battery has also been increased in all three model variants, the ranges are increasing (at least according to WLTP). The base model will gain particularly strongly with the facelift, as the energy content will increase by around 30 per cent to 94.8 kWh thanks to new battery cells – previously it was only 74.1 kWh. The changes for the other two models are minimal: the iX xDrive60 has 109.1 kWh (previously 108.8 kWh), while the iX M70 xDrive has 108.9 kWh instead of 108.6 kWh.
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