All-new BMW iX2 driven | Has BMW lost the X-factor? | Electrifying.com

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This is the second generation of , however it's the very first that you can have as a pure electrical automobile. Badged the iX2 it gets a 64.8 kWh battery, two different models– a 201bhp, front-wheel drive eDrive20 model or a rapid, four-wheel drive version in the 309bhp xDrive30. You can likewise have it as a plug-in hybrid, and as a standard mild hybrid fuel cars and truck, however here we're focussing simply on the electrical iX2.

Being a mid-sized family premium electrical SUV priced at around ₤ 52,000 and up, the iX2 has competitors– and a great deal of it. The Tesla Model Y, Kia EV6, Mercedes EQA, Audi Q4 e-tron and Volvo C40 Recharge all count themselves as competitors, not to discuss BMW's own slightly smaller, less expensive and less trendy iX1.

The BMW iX2 gets a range of as much as 283 miles in the eDrive20, or approximately 267 miles in the xDrive30 that we drove, which is adequate however not precisely brilliant given that alternative electrical cars and trucks like the Tesla Model Y and Kia EV6 use a series of over 300 miles. They also charge more quickly; the BMW's quick charging tops out at 130kW, which isn't that remarkable for a new design when you consider that a Kia EV6 has a maximum charging rate of 235 kW and a Tesla Design Y can charge at approximately 250 kW. But, BMW does explain that the iX2's brand-new charging software optimises charging so that it holds a high charge rate for a long period rather than routing off quite rapidly as the battery fills– as a lot of vehicles do. Basically, it has faster general charging speeds regardless of a comparably low charge rate on paper, so it's still said to handle a 10-80% charge in 29 minutes, which does compare to that of Model Y. We'll need to see how that works out in the real life when we get a car to a charging station in the UK.

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31 responses to “All-new BMW iX2 driven | Has BMW lost the X-factor? | Electrifying.com”

  1. @jeremyrogers5103 Avatar
    @jeremyrogers5103

    It’s awful to look at – such a shame

    1. @brianellison7830 Avatar
      @brianellison7830

      That’s mean, I think jinny is lovely 😅😅

    2. @nnnggg5625 Avatar
      @nnnggg5625

      Yep looks like a spanked arse.

    3. @richmaniow Avatar
      @richmaniow

      Looks like a 🐽

  2. @cedarcanoe Avatar
    @cedarcanoe

    I own a 7 year old i3 and yet have to see another BMW EV that matches it.

  3. @jeansilva5261 Avatar
    @jeansilva5261

    This is an eyesore! BMW needs to seriously increase its budget for product design!

  4. @dannyhiggins2584 Avatar
    @dannyhiggins2584

    Is that the 2024 Pontiac Aztek?…

  5. @Dqtube Avatar
    @Dqtube

    It looks to me like BMW has unveiled a posh version of the Enyaq coupé.

    1. @geraldh.8047 Avatar
      @geraldh.8047

      The Enyaq Coupe RS is of course faster than the BMW 😂

    2. @dominicmoloney2621 Avatar
      @dominicmoloney2621

      I’m not sure that it’s a posh version. Perhaps it’s just a more expensive version.

  6. @wfw1103 Avatar
    @wfw1103

    I really like your straightforward way of telling the truth!

  7. @Symmetry77 Avatar
    @Symmetry77

    BMW has been making some of the most fugly cars in recent years 😢 something has gone terribly wrong with their design

  8. @markcornwall8132 Avatar
    @markcornwall8132

    So this week Renault launch the budget 5 and BMW this !

    1. @noelaramis1392 Avatar
      @noelaramis1392

      Renault has not Launched anything yet !!

  9. @DanielZajic Avatar
    @DanielZajic

    I almost choked when I heard the price. This won’t be a big seller.

    1. @jamillikan Avatar
      @jamillikan

      Exactly.

    2. @SDK2006b Avatar
      @SDK2006b

      £570 a month all in (including insurance, maintenance and tyres) isn’t too bad for this (3 years, 12k miles pa)

    3. @DanielZajic Avatar
      @DanielZajic

      @@SDK2006b A lease might make a lot more sense. I only buy cars.

  10. @richard63 Avatar
    @richard63

    Thanks Ginny. I think you said it all. Now onto something a bit better.

  11. @PaulMeier-cu3ds Avatar
    @PaulMeier-cu3ds

    A great review, thank you.

    It did not help that I watched this shortly after seeing the Renault 5 review. The Renault 5 is just so much better and half the price. I rather felt Captain Manwaring, had he been born in the 1990s, might have bought this car.

  12. @anonymouspdg6121 Avatar
    @anonymouspdg6121

    Another good & honest review.

    I’m not a fan of the base grey colour, it just looks like they stopped at the primer and forgot the top coat but that’s just me.

    The car itself looks overweight and a little bit awkward, which is maybe why the price matches it’s lardyness 😂

    I do like coupes but this one seems to have forgotten what it was somewhere as yes, it may look a little more trendy with the sloping roofline but it sacrifices practicality in the rear seats and boot so overall, I have to agree, not one for me.

  13. @returner323617 Avatar
    @returner323617

    Yes, the compromises for a legacy platform s quite evident. As a former BMW i3 owner, I can test the efficiency of their drivetrain, but they are going in the wrong direction with their design language and taking an inordinate amount of time to transition their SUVs to BEVs. I would have loved to replace my i3 with another BMW, but instead, there was nothing available, so I opted for a Smart 1.

  14. @michaelridley2864 Avatar
    @michaelridley2864

    Completely agree on the need for easy-to-activate battery pre-conditioning , particularly in winter. Should be standard in EVs, especially at this price!

  15. @philself1833 Avatar
    @philself1833

    My wife has the ix1 (same battery and drive train as this) and the range is absolutely terrible – we did a journey last week, driving “normally” on a mixture of roads and I calculated a real range from 100% to 0% of 185 miles. I could of slowed the driving a little but it was just normal driving on the UK roads – while I didn’t expect to be actually getting 250+, below 200 was a real shock. @electrifying / Ginny – what do you practically think you’d of got from the ix2 ?

    1. @angela1984a Avatar
      @angela1984a

      What did you expect from an SUV/Crossover with an unnecessarily large frontal area and a rather bad coefficient of drag? Maybe consider something that isn’t an SUV/Crossover? Aerodynamic drag is rather considerable when driving at higher speeds…

    2. @philself1833 Avatar
      @philself1833

      That should of been taken into account when they published their range figures – so I expected something in the realm of what the manufacturer of the car told me it was going to do – not really that unrealistic or unreasonable

  16. @ScotsWhaHae Avatar
    @ScotsWhaHae

    It looks as if 15 different people had to design a separate bit of the car! And only then did they put it together!

  17. @MrMannakin Avatar
    @MrMannakin

    Those panels on the rear 3/4 just look horrible, what’s with the thin wheel arch panel?!

  18. @johnkennedy8363 Avatar
    @johnkennedy8363

    The jittery ride may be from “drive on flat” tyres. My x4 came with them and changing to normal tyre was a huge improvement.

  19. @MrKlawUK Avatar
    @MrKlawUK

    I thought the even numbers were coupes so X4/X6 – perhaps the X2 was the hold out until now, but logically it makes sense to be that style.

  20. @Madonsteamrailways Avatar
    @Madonsteamrailways

    And in this colour, it looks camouflaged against a blue sky and the sea!!

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