It’s not often that a car launches an entire new era for a brand, but that’s exactly what BMW says its iX3 represents. The all-electric SUV is the first production model built on BMW’s long-awaited Neue Klasse architecture – a completely new generation of electric technology that will underpin dozens of future BMWs over the next few years.
That’s quite a responsibility for one car, but the iX3 seems more than capable of carrying it. The new model introduces BMW’s sixth-generation eDrive technology, an 800-volt electrical system and a range figure that, at up to 500 miles, immediately places it among the longest-range electric cars on sale in the UK.
