BMWs first long-range EV wont come to the US

The BMW iX3, the company’s first long-range electric vehicle, won’t be coming to the US after all. While the German automaker had previously left the door open to a US release sometime around 2021, a company spokesperson told Automotive News on Sunday that the iX3 will only be sold in Europe and China, which is where it’s being made.

Announced in 2018, the iX3 is meant to be BMW’s first long-range — and first normal-looking — electric vehicle. It largely resembles the X3 SUV, the company’s most popular vehicle in the US. But instead of a combustion engine, the iX3 is powered by a 74kWh battery pack that is supposed to power the SUV for 273 miles when full. It’s slated to go into production later this year.

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