2022 BMW iX Review: Finally a Rival for Tesla's SUVs?

Auto123 reviews the all-electric 2022 BMW iX xDrive50.

BMW has really accelerated its efforts to electrify its vehicle lineup in the past year or so. The German automaker, a pioneer in the luxury electric niche with the exotic i8 launched in 2015 and the i3 city car that appeared a year before that, started launching the second generation of its electric vehicles last year (although technically, the electrified powertrain we see now is already in its fifth generation).

With those two early models (the i3 and i8) now in the rearview mirror, BMW has entered the electric fray anew with two far more modern EVs that are certainly better suited to the needs and wants of North American motorists. I’ll make the world’s easiest prediction and say the new electric duo will outsell those two early electrics, by a wide margin.

The i4 and iX
After the i4 sedan-coupe, which we reviewed earlier this year, here comes the more singular 2022 BMW iX, a purely electric crossover that, unlike the i4, is styled to be completely out of the ordinary. Next to this SUV, the Tesla Model X looks generic. For our test drive, we drove an xDrive50 version, the more powerful of the two “regular” versions of the iX, while we all await the super-powerful 610-hp iX M60 edition still to come.

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