THE RANGE OF BMW ELECTRIC CARS AND PLUG-IN HYBRIDS.

You’ve chosen your holiday destination, the suitcases are packed and your BMW iX3 with its purely electric range of up to 500 km is standing in your driveway ready for action. In order to get the optimum out of your electric car from the outset, you have already prepared the interior and the battery for the journey using the BMW Connected App or the settings in the vehicle menu. Thanks to the process known as “preconditioning”, your domestic mains electricity is used to adjust the temperature of the interior and battery while the vehicle is still charging from your BMW Wallbox. As a result, your electric car is ideally prepared, and you can take advantage of the full range. With information on the points of interest around the charging station, you, for example, also know where you can enjoy a coffee while you wait. With the baggage stowed in the luggage compartment with its more than 500-litre capacity, it’s now time to set off – almost in silence, you can savour the journey with all the comforts your vehicle has to offer. Very simple measures even allow the range to be increased during the journey. The route ahead assistant and the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant help you to do so. “Hey BMW. How can I increase my range?” Alongside external environmental factors such as the outside temperature, your personal driving style also affects the efficiency of the high-voltage battery in your vehicle and hence your available range. A generally anticipatory and uniform driving style allows you to extract the maximum from your battery. Reducing your speed on certain stretches of road can therefore bring about a noticeable increase in electric range. Once arrived at your charging stop, you unlock and charge your BMW iX3 easily and conveniently via your BMW Charging Access. You can now continue to your destination, completely free of exhaust fumes and local emissions. Here’s to a well-deserved holiday in the green and pleasant countryside – and to the anticipation of a similarly green and relaxing return journey with your BMW iX3!

There are many ways to get your place of work in the morning. However, few of them make it possible with no local emissions, particularly when the journey is longer than 20 km. A BMW plug-in hybrid masters this challenge. On the previous evening, you connected your plug-in hybrid with the BMW Wallbox to charge up and set the precise time at which it should be preheated and fully charged for the next day and hence ready to set off. Thanks to the process known as “preconditioning”, your domestic mains electricity is used to adjust the temperature of the interior and the battery while the vehicle is still charging from your BMW Wallbox. This means your vehicle is ideally prepared for the journey, and you have its full range at your disposal. Incidentally, this is why daily charging is recommended. While you are at work, you can conveniently find a public charging station in the vicinity with the digital services from BMW Charging or use the AC charging option with the Mode 3 charging cable provided by your employer. From time to time, you can check the charging and vehicle status of your plug-in hybrid at any time via the BMW Connected App. Back at home at the end of the working day, you simply reconnect your BMW  to the BMW Wallbox and enjoy the rest of the evening – while looking forward to that next locally emission-free trip to work.