BMW iX5 Blows Away the Competition with 460-KW Charging, 435-Mile Range

ryanmerket

dang that's nice but what's up with the Elon's X logo on the lights?

beastman82

...except self driving, where Tesla and Waymo have enormous leads

zuzululu

how much is the battery to replace ? did anybody fix that ?

simonbarker87

It’s a shame it’s quite possibly the ugliest car I’ve seen in a long time.

tiahura

Realistically $100k for a 5 series.

nkotov

I own a G90 M5. While definitely a heavy car, I love having best of both worlds on demand. Having driven 7 different Tesla's previously as daily drivers, there is something convenient about being able to fill up extremely quickly when on road trips. My only issue with it is the small gas tank which means I have to refill it once a week currently with the way I drive. I really don't like BMW's direction with Neue Klasse. It just looks stupid for the sake of being different.

t1234s

Is it a better trend to add more and more batteries to increase range or keep a target 250ish mile range and over time remove batteries as they improve in power density?

jeffbee

A scant 6,393 pounds, empty. California needs to outlaw this bullshit immediately.

ricardobayes

The real competition has 1MW charging. BYD has installed some of these chargers in Europe recently. It's really interesting to see the battery charge go up in real time.

Simboo

Nice headline, dumb looking car though. You’re designer definitely takes it in the bellybutton.

rconti

144kWh (!!) to get 435mi range though.

buggeryorkshire

We just bought an Audi A6 Avant Performance which is a year old and about the same spec? Missus is a BMW person and really wanted another, but they were not competitive. I did a 380 mile journey in it at around 85% battery and it was awesome.

drcongo

Headline should be "BMW iX5 Blows Away the Competition in the US ". This is lagging stuff coming out of China.

haunter

€102,800 to €125,000 lol Yeah I know it's a luxury car but still

twistedanimator

Remember when they released the i3? From the company that released some pretty amazing looking cars, that was their first entry into the EV market? They certainly didn't want them to sell and were going to use the low sales as evidence that no one wants EVs. Now I fear it's too late for them as they're going to get their lunch eaten by Chinese EV companies that actually put in a good faith effort.