Fast Lane: BMW iX to arrive in 2022, Bentley to go fully electric by 2030

About the size of the BMW X5, the largest electric BMW announced so far will be out late 2021. PHOTO: BMW
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BMW says its iNext concept will be called iX. About the size of the BMW X5, the largest electric BMW announced so far will be out late next year, which means it should arrive here by the second half of 2022.

It has a maximum output of more than 500hp, a range of 600km and a century sprint of 5 seconds. BMW says it will consume less than 21kWh/100km. With a high-powered fast charger, the car's battery can be topped up for 100km in 10 minutes.

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