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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Steve Fowler

New electric BMW iX5 promises 525-mile range from huge battery

The new BMW X5 will go for 525 miles on one charge, but needs a 141kWh battery to do so - (BMW)

BMW has taken the wraps off an all-new X5, and the headline act is the first fully electric version of the big SUV, the BMW iX5.

The new X5 is the fifth generation of the car that helped establish BMW’s now hugely important SUV business when it first arrived back in 1999. This latest version brings a much sharper Neue Klasse-inspired look, an entirely redesigned interior and, for the first time, a choice of electric, plug-in hybrid, petrol, diesel and eventually hydrogen power.

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