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A ten-minute coffee break, 363 kilometres of extra range. What sounded like science fiction just a few years ago, BMW demonstrated this week in Laguna Hills, Southern California, in front of international media. The new BMW iX5 60 xDrive drew up to 460 kW at a charging station. Two partners made it possible: the North American charging network IONNA and the South Tyrolean charging specialist Alpitronic. Gen6: The heart behind the record charging power The first all-electric X

BMW has unveiled the most powerful version of the iX3 yet. The new iX3 M60 xDrive is the first fully electric M Performance automobile of the Neue Klasse. It has two electric motors with 450 kW (612 hp) and 875 Nm, sprints to 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds and offers a WLTP range of up to 754 kilometres. It can be ordered from the end of January 2027. Powertrain: Gen6 M eDrive with a new rear motor The iX3 M60 xDrive has one electric motor on each axle. Together they deliver 450 kW

From greenfield site to series production in two and a half years: Gen6 high-voltage batteries are now rolling off the line in Lower Bavaria. The first customer is the Munich plant, where the new BMW i3 is built. The BMW Group has officially opened its new Irlbach-Strasskirchen plant and started series production at the same time. Located in the district of Straubing-Bogen, the site is the central battery plant for BMW's German vehicle plants and a key building block in the r

From October 2026, BMW is introducing a new version of BMW Maps that, for the first time, shows navigation, vehicle surroundings, and driving assistance in a single combined 3D view. This is made possible by the partnership with Mapbox and the new generation of assistance systems in BMW Operating System X. Anyone who has ever had to find the correct lane on a multi-lane motorway exit in heavy traffic while adaptive cruise control and lane guidance were active at the same time

August 2026 was a month of contrasts for BMW and MINI: while the Neue Klasse underlined the brand’s technological future with new safety features and research projects, MINI and classic model updates simultaneously celebrated summer, open-top driving, and British heritage. On top of that came a spectacular showing at Monterey Car Week and, once again, numerous motorsport successes. Here’s our recap of the month’s most important stories. Neue Klasse: Safety and Research in Foc

Two cars with the same name — yet worlds apart. The “old” BMW iX3 (G08, 2020–2024) was the pioneer of BMW’s first E-SUV generation, based on the proven fifth-generation eDrive system. The new iX3 (NA5) is the first Neue Klasse model and, with its sixth-generation eDrive, marks the biggest single technological leap BMW has ever made. Here’s a direct comparison of both generations. Starting Point: Same Name, Different Platform The original iX3 was technically closely related to