BMW iX xDrive40 - The Best Electric Car? | Faisal Khan

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- The car is a BMW iX xDrive 40, described as weird looking.
- Aerodynamic design enhances the range by 60 kilometers.
- Frameless doors and soft-close door function are present.
- The car has a clamshell bonnet, available in four basic plus individual colors, with golden bronze inserts.
- The front design could have been better. The car shuts down frequently to conserve battery, which is frustrating.
- Air conditioning can be pre-conditioned to be turned on.
- The bonnet does not open; washer fluid is added by opening the BMW logo.
- There is panel heating.
- The car has a self-healing grill with 12 sensors, transceivers, and 5 cameras including a camera that cleans itself.
- The car is 5 meters in length, with a 3-meter wheel base, and 21-inch aero-optimized wheels.
- The suspension is not air suspension.
- There are multiple cameras and a rain sensor in the windshield.
- The door unlock light turns green when you unlock the car, and red when locked, which is a nice detail.
- The boot space is only 500 liters, which is considered small. The rear seat can split 40/20/40 to enable larger items.
- There is one adjustable headrest, the rest are fixed.
- The center console is loaded with physical buttons made of crystal glass.
- The driver's seat offers multiple massage functions with various speeds.
- There are 18 speakers with a 655-watt Harman Kardon audio system.
- The laser lights are very nice.
- It is level-3 autonomous ready.
- The aluminum space frame with carbon fiber reinforced plastics.
- The regenerative braking has three settings to save battery.
- For 5 years, it costs 51,280 rupees for servicing.
- The car uses synchronous motors and no permanent magnets. This enables high motor speeds.
- It had 326 horsepower.
- It does 0-100 km/h in 6.1 seconds.
- It tops out at 200 km/h.
- 76.6kwh is the battery pack. 71kwh net.
- It is said that it can charge 10–80 percent in just 31 minutes. At home it is said that it takes 36hours to charge from 0-100%.
- There were weird sounds when driving on the highway and it was hard to find out why the lane assist function didn’t work at all.
- The claim range for mileage is 425 km with AC but 375 km in the real world with AC.
- Registration cost 51000 Rupees.
- The camera system is considered awesome, but water used to clean can be messy and dirties up the car.
- Has driver side massage function.
- The rear of the car is better designed than the front. The kidney grill is too big.
- Reviewer thinks better key is needed. The car has cheap key.
- The review ends with the opinion that the car has a lot of Tech, but is weird in both sound and appearance. It also is more boring than previous BMWs.

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