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On January 5, the German premium car brand BMW Group announced that the flagship bmw iX family has welcomed two new members: the BMW iX M60 and the BMW iX xDrive 40.
Among them, the iX M60 is priced at 996,900 yuan, and the delivery time is in the middle of this year. The iX xDrive 40 is priced at 746,900 yuan and is delivered in January this year.
At this point, the three members of BMW's flagship pure electric family have been officially assembled, expanding the thickness of the group's existing electric vehicle lineup, and helping the group to fully step on the electrification offensive acceleration pedal.
As a milestone work for the tenth anniversary of the birth of the BMW i brand, the BMW iX vanguard xDrive 50 model was officially launched at the Guangzhou Auto Show last year, raising a high-end brand flagship electric vehicle to the market. With the addition of the iX M60 and iX xDrive 40 and the introduction of more pure electric models, the BMW i brand is ushering in the most vigorous new opportunities for development.
First of all, let's look at the BMW iX M60 model that is difficult to find in terms of performance indicators.
As the first high-performance electric SAV under the BMW M brand, the BMW iX M60 is BMW's first model with more than 1,000 Nm of torque and the fastest speed (250 km/h) of pure electricity production to date.
BMW iX M60 is equipped with M exclusive electric drive system, the front and rear dual motors jointly output 619 horsepower maximum power, 100 km/h acceleration of 3.8 seconds, 100 km /h energy consumption of 21.7 kWh, WLTP standard endurance of 566 km. In Sport mode and with the ejection start function activated, the momentary peak torque of the BMW iX M60 exceeds three digits to reach 1,100 Nm.
If making the book data beautiful is the basic skill that the BMW M brand does not need to repeat, then integrating driving performance with advanced technologies in the fields of design, technology and sustainability is the sum of the 50 years of adjustment skills of the BMW M brand.
In order to make the BMW iX M60 the most violent but quietest, fastest but most comfortable, most flexible but stable electric vehicle in history, engineers from the BMW M brand spared no expense: front double wishbones and rear five-link suspension, M exclusive tuning adaptive air suspension, electronically controlled shock absorbers, xDrive all-wheel drive, rear axle active steering, M sport brake system, etc., so that the blue sky and white clouds consistent driving fun fire can continue in the electric era.
At the same time, with the driver in mind that it provides the driver with sensory enjoyment equivalent to the internal combustion engine, BMW adds more fun to the BMW iX M60 with simulated sound waves from composer Hans Zimmer.
As a performance flagship, the BMW iX M60 has worked hard in the invisible places of electric drive, chassis and sound. As a technology flagship, the BMW iX M60 has never hesitated to use pioneering technology, especially driver assistance.
For the first time, the BMW iX M60 is equipped with the automatic parking assistance system Pro, which supports remote mobile phone remote parking, increasing the length of the track reversing from 50 meters to 200 meters, adding route memory, and storing up to 10 parking paths, which is enough to cope with daily parking needs.
The performance benchmark of high-end electric vehicles has been raised by the BMW iX M60, and the responsibility of broadening the audience of electric vehicles is up to the BMW iX xDrive 40.
Even for the basic model for urban mobility, the BMW iX xDrive 40 has no discount on the pure blood of the iX family: minimalist exterior design, living room interior style, Shy Tech invisible technology and sustainable environmental protection are all absent. 23 features include a self-healing front grille, a dimmable panoramic canopy, an 8th-generation BMW iDrive, an all-in-one floating curved screen, 5G, autopilot assistance system Pro and four-zone automatic air conditioning.
Powered, the BMW iX xDrive 40 is equipped with dual motors with a maximum power of 326 horsepower, accelerating by 6.1 seconds per 100 km/h, consuming 18.0 kWh per 100 km/ h, and cruising range of 455 km/h under CLTC standards. At a 100 kW DC fast charge, charging the battery from 10% to 80% only takes a period of coffee time – 41 minutes.
Strong product launch has promoted an intuitive increase in sales. In December last year, the BMW Group delivered its 1 millionth new energy vehicle worldwide. In the first 11 months of last year, the BMW Group delivered 42,000 new energy vehicles in China, an increase of 65.8% year-on-year.
In order to consolidate the electrification base, BMW has increased the number of dealers that can provide new energy products and services to 554. By the end of 2021, BMW will have access to more than 360,000 public charging piles in China, including 150,000 DC fast charging piles, and dealer charging stations have expanded to 350. The parking and charging integration service covers 9 airports in 5 major cities across the country and more than 10 popular business districts across the country.
In 2022, the BMW Group will make every effort to increase the process of electric vehicles, introducing 5 pure electric models to the Chinese market, in addition to BMW iX, BMW i4, and pure electric BMW 3 series. In addition, the all-electric flagship BMW i7 will be unveiled in the year next year. By the end of 2023, the BMW Group will offer around 13 pure electric products in the Chinese market.
In 2025, the BMW Group will unveil a "new generation" model with a completely redesigned IT and software architecture, a new generation of high-performance electric drive systems and batteries, and a new sustainable concept. By 2025, a quarter of the BMW Group's sales in the Chinese market will be pure electric vehicles.