Last year, BMW officially launched the X3 plug-in hybrid model, and recently foreign media said that the new BMW X3 plug-in hybrid model xDrive30e will be officially launched this spring, with a starting price of 49,545 US dollars. , about RMB 345,000.
According to previously exposed information, the new BMW xDrive30e will be equipped with a combination of a 2.0L inline four-cylinder turbocharged engine and a 12 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, matched with an eight-speed automatic transmission and xDrive full-time four-wheel drive. drive system. The combined output power of the engine and the electric motor is 217 kilowatts, and the maximum torque is 420 Nm. The performance data and price of the whole car will be between xDrive30i and M40i.
The internal layout of the BMW X3 xDrive30e has changed slightly due to the addition of a lithium-ion battery pack. The lithium-ion battery pack is located under the rear seat, while the fuel tank is placed above the rear axle. This also limits some of the cargo space of the BMW X3 xDrive30e. In the case of the whole vehicle, the trunk volume in the car is 450L, and after the second row of seats is down, the trunk volume is 1500L.
At present, BMW has not announced the performance data of the new X3 xDrive30e, but it said that in pure electric mode, its cruising range is 20 miles, or about 32 kilometers. This also seems to mean that the new BMW X3 xDrive30e does not have much competitiveness in the market.
At least what is certain is that in the Chinese market, the pure electric cruising range of the BMW X3 xDrive30e cannot meet the subsidy standards for new energy vehicles, nor can it hang the license plate for new energy vehicles. Therefore, the event with a high probability is that after the BMW X3 xDrive30e debuts in the Chinese market, it will increase the volume of the lithium-ion battery pack in accordance with Chinese regulations to achieve a pure electric cruising range of more than 50 kilometers.
