BMW iX3 real-life economy test energy/power consumption kWh/100 km mpkWh city highway range 1001cars

BMW iX3 2021 is a fully electric car (SUV). It has 210 kW (286 HP) and 400 Nm engine with RWD. Batteries: 80 kWh gross (74 kWh net). BMW claims (electric power consumption combined): 19.5 - 18.5 kWh/100 km (31.4 - 29.9 kWh/100 mi | 3.2 - 3.6 mpkWh) and up to 460 km (285 mi) range.
I checked BMW iX3 on a trip with city driving (also with traffic jam), highway (autobahn) and country roads. Finally I achieved such energy consumption: 14.5 kWh/100 km (23.3 kWh/100 mi | 4.29 mpkWh) and used ~25% of the battery (18 kWh in total). In other words: it is possible to achieve ~500 km (310 mi) range with this car! Really efficient!

[@gery4870]

You are the first to do consumption test in the iX3 !!! Congrats mate !! Greetings from Barcelona !!

[@najakacholeretennick]

Jeden z fajniejszy i konkretniejszych kanałów motoryzacyjnych na YT brawo 👏 Bez zbędnego GLĘDZENIA, filozofowania i gadania głupot, które nijak mają się do rzeczywistości. Co do auta muszę przyznać, że zużycie poniżej 15 kWh/100 km w tak dużym samochodzie jak X3 to niesamowicie dobry wynik 👌

[@poxer1]

This car may be better than Model X. Super impressed with what BMW have done! Gread video too! Thanks !

[@steffenkirsamer4688]

yes that is it.. I was getting a shitstorm at Tesla Fans and other E KZbin in Germany.. About ix3 and all Electric of BMW.. I alsways behind BMW and had a lot of BMW Cars.. i also drive an Model S Performance now. And I can tell you that you not can drive much more of range.. that's crazy fantastic can't wait seeing more I products.. my next car is a BMW I

[@d-e-falt]

Tesla Model X is a bigger car. Model Y is about the same size ...

[@poxer1]

@@d-e-falt Yes, my mistake. However, the BMW has somehing in the interior which I prefer compared to the Tesla.

[@maximilianholland]

Model Y is a better match size comparison for this one.

[@steffenkirsamer4688]

@@maximilianholland not in build quality space and tech.. sorry and comfort never ever

[@biachboy]

The instrument cluster is really cool. Lots of info. I really like it. The consumption is really good to. Nice car.

[@theotherbart]

I have my iX3 6 months now, and am averaging at around 20kWh/100km. Always in eco-pro mode an max regeneration (and airco or heating on). I have a moderate driving style, which means I’m no racer but also no slug. Every now and then enjoying the 400Nm torque. Still am absolutely chuffed with this car!

[@outdoorolli5754]

Thanks for the test! I was really waiting for that due to the new electric machine integrated. Almost no German with such a strong car would have driven that slow. At least 2 times one would have overtaken a lorry and 130 kph on Autobahns with speed limit 120 is normal. Nevertheless energy consumption seems impressively low.

[@marianvdovin2455]

Best real life consumption test that I have seen. Thanks a lot! Considering to buy this car.

[@bartjacobs8181]

Really interesting test, confirms that it's the right car for me. Many thanks!

[@TheBarbibul]

EXCELLENT VIDEO ! thank you, this helps a lot to have an idea about consumption.

[@motocaina]

Brawo Tomek! Masz naszego suba i nowe moto-fanki ;-)

[@dvidic]

Thank you. I have ordered the car for my parents as it does not look like pure EV car and efficiency was apparently excellent. Now you have confirmed what others were saying. Btw. my E-Tron gets 28 kW/h in winter on 20 inch wheels and air conditioning at 21 degrees, and 22-24 kw/h in other seasons on 21 inch wheels and air conditioning at 21 degrees.

[@onthefly7265]

Well done

[@eternitynaut]

Very forgiving/prudent driving. At most this counts for city driving based on the speed, even mixed city and highway is difficult to claim as 100kph was rarely if ever exceeded. If you wanted to get a result based on your driving style that's fine but it's not a good result to compare with others. Generally you'd want to maintain a higher constant speed for highway driving like 90kph is good for combined and 120kph for highway. Lower speeds are feasible on many European roads but we don't usually cherry pick the best case scenarios to compare different cars.

[@1001cars]

It is impossible to achieve 90 km/h combined speed with typical city and highway driving. Maybe if you drive like 200 km at target sped like 120 km/h and 10 km in a city (avg. speed 25 km/h), ok it is possible to get ~90 km/h overall. Usually to achieve 120 km/h average you have to drive 140 km/h in normal road conditions. Checking what is energy consumption at 90/120/140 km/h is different story and of course I check it, what you can easily see in my other movies.

[@cemozgurgercek2080]

Very good consumption video as always. Thank you. I have some suggestions for further improvement. You might consider to provide: - Outdoor temperature (a range is also ok) during the test - Set temperature of air conditioning - Tyre size and brand/model used (maybe also with the pressure values) And some questions for this specific video: - Do you know if the cabin heating is with resistive element or a heat pump? I see that you set the temperature to 17. Was it heating or cooling I could not understand :) - Have you conditioned (warmed up) the batteries before starting driving? I think if you charged the batteries just before driving, the answer would be "yes"?

[@1001cars]

1. I had to set quite low cabin temperature to higher the record time of GoPro cameras (they have problems during long recordings in such conditions). So it was: cooling. iX3 has heat pump. 2. No, the car was waiting for me more than hour after previous driver finished his test.

[@maximilianholland]

Good test. Would have liked to have seen more data on flat sections (without truck slipstreaming) at 120, 110, 100 km/h. The short sections we had at these speeds seemed to have elevation changes or otherwise unstable consumption readings. However, all round, the efficiency looks pretty impressive for this size/shape of vehicle.

[@piotrk1722]

Why do you want to read temporary consumption at certain speed?

[@ryandebruin]

What was the kwh/100km average at 120km/h

[@windkraft77]

Great documentation. Is it possible to watch the video at normal speed? Upload? When playing quickly, it is difficult to look at the driving parameters.

[@1001cars]

Thank you. Did you try 50% youtube playback speed? Is it enough for you or not?

[@windkraft77]

@@1001cars It's OK, but the video would come across even better in real life. Maybe, if you have the time, you can set the video in real life. I would also like to look at it. Also filmed in comfort mode for comparison. Greetings Jörg

[@thomasverhoeven6998]

Is this the inspire edition or the luxury?

[@nowshairmohammadmadarbok-ib9hb]

Very interesting i can,see the battery from rang 298 upgrade till 320 very nice it csn,be recharge by itself i thnk while braking i like to see on X3 30E version hybride please csn yu make a video on this thanks.

[@johngao9087]

Really good work. So what is your average speed in the test?

[@1001cars]

Thank you :) Average speed you have at almost every second of the movie. What kind of avg. speed would you expect during such trip?

[@johngao9087]

@@1001cars Since the EV cars range drops significantly in the high speed, I think it's reasonable to tell the power consumption based on the speed.

[@1001cars]

Similar to petrol engines? :) Usually I check energy consumption at different speeds kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXWqhniggrKhoKc but during this BMW iX3 first test I did not have possibility to make sth like that.

[@toth1982]

It seems to me there were small elevation as well. No? This is a great video. Thank you for it. However most of the travel was done on low speed. What was your average speed? At low speed the consumption is low. 2 more useful scenario can be: 90, 120 km/h highway test.

[@1001cars]

I finished in the same place where I started :)

[@toth1982]

@@1001cars Thank you for the answer. However recuperation is not 100% effective, so it matters still imho.

[@1001cars]

OK, but what do you want to see on such video? Driving uphill, downhill?

[@toth1982]

@@1001cars I don't want to see that. I was just asking if there was any significant up-down elevation change during the test.

[@outdoorolli5754]

​@@toth1982, most of the course is situated on "Munich gravel plain" with almost no natural pitch.

[@gery4870]

How does it work the regen in this iX3 ? How strong is B mode ? Thanks so much :=)

[@1001cars]

You have... 5 different options: Adaptive recuperation, High, Medium, Low and B mode. High, Medium and Low is obvious, B mode is stronger than High (sth. like you know from i3). Adaptive works well: it uses recuperation to slow down (other, slower cars, speed limits etc.) as much as you need to feel safe and comfortable. It cooperates with driver assist professional. In most scenarios Adaptive recuperation is the best option. If you need to brake suddenly - for example you have seen a red light - it is enough to select "B" mode.

[@gery4870]

@@1001cars With B mode, can it goes with one pedal ? I really apreciate your response. So thank you very much !!!

[@1001cars]

It almost stops, but not in 100% situations. If you are on a small downhill it will not stop, it will roll a little bit, the same as in i3

[@gery4870]

@@1001cars Perfect mate !! I appreciate really much your response !! Keep it up !!

[@sebastians.170]

@@1001cars maybe, but the ix3 has a separate autohold function

[@goloryan]

Range At departure 307, 35km after range: 324km. 👍

[@gery4870]

Has the iX3 of the test 20 inch wheel ? Because the final consumption is very very good !!!

[@VSEVstudies]

Average speed 57 km/h!

[@pqvid]

It has the Harman Kardon audio and the Head-Up Display, so looks like the higher trim. Unless for some other reason they had 19" mounted, this trim comes with 20"

[@pqvid]

... and yes, the average speed was not very high, the highway consumption will be higher. But compared to the Audi e-tron test, where the average speed was even lower, this one is in a different league: Audi was taking 21.4kWh/100km at 33km/h average. One point that I see: the ECO PRO mode. This one either reduces or turns off AC/heating completely, plus reduces acceleration significantly. It's a "range" mode, I'm not using it in i3 as it takes away all the fun...

[@1001cars]

Show me your average speed on such trip. I really want to see it!

[@VSEVstudies]

@@1001carsI like your tests and agree that average speed corresponds to the route and traffic you had. I have warned against too much hype about such result. Same route different car may get lower consumption (except e-tron).

[@willielarsson9651]

I has decided on a model 3, and then I seen this. Dam you BMW lol

[@onthefly7265]

do you have ECO pro Plus Mode or is the max ECO pro?

[@1001cars]

Just Eco pro

[@ix2011]

I bought BMW shares not only because of the iX3 tests. Calculate: (1) book value plus (2) profits plus (3) huge hidden reserves. The highly conservative book value in Germany is allready higher than the market capitalization and thus the share price far too low. Just calculate and compare. BMW is IMHO a Multibagger. Compare BMW to Tesla! Tenbagger?

[@stefanweilhartner4415]

no

[@outdoorolli5754]

Congrats - you made about 10% until now!

[@stefanweilhartner4415]

at 130 km/h it would suck the battery dry in no time.

[@steffenkirsamer4688]

You think real 500 Km in real is posible? Thats a game changer? With 593 wltp I cant reach more then 400 Km witj model s perf

[@outdoorolli5754]

I don't think the iX3 has more than 400 km autonomy on a motor way traveling with speeds of about 120 kph. On county roads it may be 500km with 90 kph - but who does that?

[@steffenkirsamer4688]

@@outdoorolli5754 yes 400 is great tell me any car can do that or more? I have the raven perfomance best was 408 and normal autobahn 350 till 380

[@dougwong3716]

I have been driving for the past 3 weeks. Full charge at 328km, while 80% at 280km. Traveling in city condition, the mileage is almost close to the charged mileage. No way to hit even close to 400km. The kWh is ranging 19.5 - 20.5

[@steffenkirsamer4688]

@@dougwong3716 thx.. but the range you say is in winter conditions? Because then it is very good! I also cant drive more in winter conditions with my MS Raven Pef.. and consumption 19.5 is realy great? Realy impressiv?

[@dougwong3716]

@@steffenkirsamer4688 yes, in winter indeed. Once the heater is on, you likely only have 270km after full charge.

[@evcompanycarman5463]

completely lost with the results of that test... layman terms please

[@MrAshtonunderlyne1]

He has been driving mostly on 60-70 km(50-60 miles phr). To get true idea car should be tested on 110-120 km.

[@1001cars]

1. No, I did not. It was 80-90 km/h (such speed limits) and around 50-60 in cities. 2. I don't think that TRUE idea of testing range is driving 110-120 km/h! Who is driving at such speed ONLY? Second thing: in the end you have info about range at 120 km/h, so?

[@rogeriogomesosorio4755]

Always driven at really low speeds

[@1001cars]

Especially 120 km/h on 120 km/h speed limit 09:00

[@outdoorolli5754]

Almost no German with such a strong car would have driven that slow. At least 2 times one would have overtaken a lorry and would have gone 110 kph on country roads and 130 kph on Autobahns with speed limit 120. Nevertheless energy consumption is impressively low.

[@1001cars]

I cannot drive and show on the movie that I drive faster than speed limits, please understand it. Mostly I was driving exact at allowed speed. Other thing: it is a trip on roads which I do not know, I do not know where is speed trap, where I can drive faster etc. I think most of you drive similar when you are on roads in another country. 50 km/h speed limit means you are driving 50 km/h, no more.

[@outdoorolli5754]

@1001cars , yes, I understand. It might have made more sense to go on the Deggendorf-Autobahn A92 where they have no speed limit ranging 150 km from Munich Airport onwards and traffic density is quite low.

[@josefv8708]

But very realistic compared to other short tests of journalists...driving fast on Autobahn and complaining about high consumption. This is showing much better, what you can expect owning the car on daily basis...and 14.7 kwh is very impressive... nearly low as a Ioniq with a big SUV. I am waiting for your test of the future i4, which should be brilliant due to better shape.