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BMW's newsroom said the i3 50 xDrive covered 5,886.7 km from Norway's North Cape to Tarifa, Spain, with 2 hours, 45 minutes and 54 seconds of public DC charging and average use of 12.5 kWh/100 km.
BMW will source Gen6 cells from Samsung SDI in Europe and LG Energy Solution in the US from the late 2020s, alongside CATL and EVE Energy.
BMW CEO Milan Nedeljković said on the Q3 2026 earnings call that lithium iron phosphate batteries will be added to some Neue Klasse EVs, chosen by vehicle and purpose rather than across the range.