BMW’s New EV Battery Tech Is Already Winning Awards In China
The sixth-generation battery technology powering BMW's Neue Klasse EVs has been recognized for its technological innovation at a major Chinese industry event.
The sixth-generation battery technology powering BMW's Neue Klasse EVs has been recognized for its technological innovation at a major Chinese industry event.
Although the electric SUV won best interior and infotainment, it won’t compete for the overall German Car of the Year title.
BMW is now making the iX3 around the clock at the Debrecen factory in Hungary, where beginning this fall, it'll build a second Neue Klasse model, most likely the iX4.
Every second X3 sold in Europe is now the fully electric iX3, which went on sale in September 2025 and has already amassed 100,000 orders.
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BMW continues preparing for the arrival of the first Neue Klasse model at the Regensburg factory, where the next-generation iX1 could hit the assembly line in a little over a year.
The second-generation iX3 made its first public appearance in Brazil, where the 50 xDrive is the longest-range EV sold locally.
The second-generation BMW iX3 electric crossover will gain a single-motor version in the first quarter of next year.
The milestone vehicle is an i5 M60 xDrive heading to a customer from Spain.
BMW's iX3, i3, iX4, iX5, iX7 and an electric M3 are landing right as fuel costs push German drivers toward EVs.
New photos detail the ducktail spoiler, natural fiber panels, and racing seats previewing BMW's electric M3.
Neue Klasse EVs, an M3 special edition, the new X3, and a citywide MINI campaign headline BMW’s Chengdu plans.