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structure, hemp-based fabrics inside, narrow tires, and a two-cylinder scooter engine as a range extender. How’s that for not following the herd? BMW wants half its global sales to With mid-size-SUV space and 300-plus-mile range to be electrics by 2030, and that means take it mainstream, the iX retains some of the out-there taking EVs mainstream. Yet it has kept thinking from the i3. some i-subbrand funkiness in the new iX mid-size SUV. The design is a departure from the like-sized X5. Wide hips give the iX curvy rear bodywork, and When BMW formed its i division a decade ago, the preyou can’t miss the exterior handles sunk into the vailing thinking at most of the world’s automakers doors. BMW’s new grille is present, but it looks a was to build EVs based on inexpensive models. little better on an SUV than on a 4-series. And Instead, BMW birthed the i3. Not only did it look should it anger someone, the oversize kidneys have unlike any other BMW before it (okay, maybe the a polyurethane layer that allows light scratches to Isetta), but it also featured a carbon-fiber-intensive melt away under the heat of the sun or a hair dryer. 2 02 2 B M W i X x D R I V E 5 0 ~ BY DAV E VA N D E R W E R P
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