{"id":28659,"date":"2020-05-22T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T07:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/?p=28659"},"modified":"2020-05-22T09:39:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T07:39:55","slug":"28657","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/2020\/05\/28657\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW iX3, TOWARDS THE ELECTRIFICATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The BMW Group is continuing its electrification strategy by extending its electric vehicle offering to the company&#8217;s main brands. The BMW iX3, presented at the 2018 Beijing Motor Show and ready for production from the summer of this year to hit the roads by the end of 2019, is the second fully electric model from the German premium manufacturer.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042602_bmw_ix3.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[9416ded9f5aa1c12b5c]\" data-title=\"2018042602_bmw_ix3\" title=\"2018042602_bmw_ix3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"796\" alt=\"BMW iX3\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042602_bmw_ix3.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042602_bmw_ix3.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-28650\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27796%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201170%20796%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27796%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042602_bmw_ix3-200x136.jpg 200w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042602_bmw_ix3-400x272.jpg 400w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042602_bmw_ix3-600x408.jpg 600w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042602_bmw_ix3-800x544.jpg 800w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042602_bmw_ix3.jpg 1170w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042603_bmw_ix3.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[621bab5553d2af0b821]\" data-title=\"2018042603_bmw_ix3\" title=\"2018042603_bmw_ix3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"673\" alt=\"BMW iX3\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042603_bmw_ix3.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042603_bmw_ix3.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-28652\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27673%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201170%20673%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27673%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042603_bmw_ix3-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042603_bmw_ix3-400x230.jpg 400w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042603_bmw_ix3-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042603_bmw_ix3-800x460.jpg 800w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042603_bmw_ix3.jpg 1170w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>The future will see the company\u2019s flexible, further developed vehicle architectures accommodating all types of front-wheel, rear-wheel and all-wheel drive. This will pave the way for models from all the company\u2019s brands to be equipped with different drive system variants. The individual components of this new BMW eDrive technology stand out with their lower weight, scalability and extremely compact construction. Added to which, they fit into a flexible modular design structure and can therefore be utilised in a variety of different ways.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042604_bmw_ix3.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[17db6a74a8188f98c17]\" data-title=\"2018042604_bmw_ix3\" title=\"2018042604_bmw_ix3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"877\" alt=\"BMW iX3\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042604_bmw_ix3.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042604_bmw_ix3.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-28654\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27877%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201170%20877%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27877%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042604_bmw_ix3-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042604_bmw_ix3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042604_bmw_ix3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042604_bmw_ix3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042604_bmw_ix3.jpg 1170w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042605_bmw_ix3.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[083e65083c54211cfd0]\" data-title=\"2018042605_bmw_ix3\" title=\"2018042605_bmw_ix3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"719\" alt=\"BMW iX3\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042605_bmw_ix3.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042605_bmw_ix3.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-28646\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27719%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201170%20719%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27719%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042605_bmw_ix3-200x123.jpg 200w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042605_bmw_ix3-400x246.jpg 400w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042605_bmw_ix3-600x369.jpg 600w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042605_bmw_ix3-800x492.jpg 800w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042605_bmw_ix3.jpg 1170w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042606_bmw_ix3.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[c4a517a44a1f6d7d559]\" data-title=\"2018042606_bmw_ix3\" title=\"2018042606_bmw_ix3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"877\" alt=\"BMW iX3\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042606_bmw_ix3.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042606_bmw_ix3.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-28656\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27877%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201170%20877%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27877%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042606_bmw_ix3-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042606_bmw_ix3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042606_bmw_ix3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042606_bmw_ix3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018042606_bmw_ix3.jpg 1170w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>The fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology is distinguished by its extremely compact design. The electric motor, transmission and power electronics are now grouped into a single component, making it much easier to integrate them into different vehicle architectures.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":28648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-24 16:34:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}