BMW celebrates EV landmark with two-millionth car
The two-millionth all-electric BMW has just rolled off the production line in the car maker’s native Bavaria.
The Tansanit Blue iX M60 xDrive, which is destined for a customer in Spain, marks a major landmark for the brand and its Dingolfing factory.
The factory in southern Bavaria has been building the iX since its launch in 2021 and is part of BMW’s iFactory strategy which sees EVs built alongside combustion-engined models. Since 2021, it has been responsible for a sixth of BMW’s total EV output and last year a quarter of all models built there were all-electric.
The iX was a landmark car for BMW as its first dedicated EV since the pioneering i3.
It kicked off the brand’s shift towards more electric models and since its launch, the German marque has developed all-electric versions of the X1, X2 and X3 SUVs as well as the 4, 5 and 7 Series saloons.
2026 marks the launch of the next stage of BMW’s electrification plan in the shape of its Neue Klasse cars – brand new models developed from the ground up as pure EVs.
The iX3 SUV is already on sale as the UK’s first 500-mile EV, with the much-anticipated i3 due to arrive later this year. The first all-electric BMW 3 Series, this new saloon promises well in excess of 500 miles of range from the latest Gen6 EV powertrain.
Both Neue Klasse cars are being built at BMW’s brand-new Debrecen factory in Hungary, which is the marque’s first plant powered solely by renewable energy. That use of sustainable energy along with other on-site efficiencies and innovations in the car’s manufacture mean that the iX3 will have a smaller environmental footprint than its petrol equivalent after just two years of driving – a major landmark for EVs.
