BMW iX xDrive40 - The Best Electric Car? | Faisal Khan
Uploaded 1 year ago by Faisal Khan
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Here's a summary of the YouTube video: - 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.