BMW’s iX3 is the company’s first normal-looking all-electric car
BMW kicked off this week’s Beijing Motor Show with two announcements today. The company unveiled a concept version of the forthcoming iX3 SUV, which is arguably going to be the company’s first serious effort at a mass-produced fully electric car meant for the global market. The other announcement is that the iX3 will be made in China.
The iX3, due out in 2020, is not all that differently styled from the X3 compact SUV that it’s based on (though BMW has toyed with its famous kidney grille a bit). The company says the iX3 packs 270 horsepower and is estimating around 250 miles of range, which means it would last around 10 miles longer on a single charge than the dual-motor Jaguar I-Pace or a base level Tesla Model X. It will do all that...