Lower maintenance costs.
Compared to internal combustion engine vehicles, vehicles with an electric drive benefit from lower maintenance costs. They have no wearing parts, like air filters or spark plugs. There is no need to change the oil. Electric drive units generally require less maintenance over their service life.
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The everyday benefits of electric cars.
With a BMW electric vehicle, mobility is becoming easier and easier, especially in towns and cities. Bus lanes are often approved for private electric vehicles. Parking charges are usually reduced or even waived.
Future-oriented driving.
You will experience immediate acceleration as electric drives respond much faster than combustion engines and do not have a manual transmission. This acceleration is usually greater in BMW electric vehicles than in our similarly priced vehicles with conventional drive systems, due to their more powerful engine specification.
Charging made easy with BMW Charging.
Whether you're travelling or just running errands, with hundreds of charging points and growing, you'll always find the right charging option for you.
Relaxed charging at home.
A real benefit of electric vehicles is that they can be charged at home at any time. A home charging station lets you conveniently charge your BMW overnight. A permanently installed BMW Wallbox Plus, for example, charges electric vehicles with up to 22 kW of power.
Batteries with an impressive service life.
Electric vehicle batteries have been developed with the greatest care. Their service life can be positively impacted by adapting your personal driving behaviour. Among other things, by maintaining the recommended 10-80% state of charge. Intelligent heat management adjusts the battery to the optimum operating temperature and prevents overheating.
The environmental impact of electric cars.
Improved carbon footprint.
Depending on the power mix used to charge them and their total mileage (km), electric vehicles can have a better carbon footprint over their entire life cycle compared to combustion engine vehicles. This is especially the case when they are charged with electricity from renewable energy sources during their use phase. One example of this is charging a vehicle from a photovoltaic system via a BMW Wallbox.
Extensive recycling.
We are developing batteries that can be separated into their individual materials. Even today, BMW battery cells are recycled by external recycling partners using state-of-the-art industrialised processes. Recovery rates depend on the material and process, although future improvements are expected to increase these rates. In a current development project, we are working on recovering materials such as lithium, nickel and cobalt from BMW battery cells, and using this material to produce new cell materials.
Less noise, no exhaust fumes.
Electric vehicles are driven with no exhaust fumes and virtually no engine noise. As electric vehicles are locally emission-free, they have less of an impact on people and nature in their immediate vicinity.
The benefits of regenerative braking with electric cars.
Regenerative braking is also known as recuperation or energy recovery. In this process, kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy when the vehicle brakes. The range of an electric vehicle is dependent on driving behaviour and the route profile. A further benefit is less pollution caused by brake particle abrasion.
Improved efficiency.
A vehicle's efficiency indicates the proportion of supplied energy that is actually used for the forward propulsion of the vehicle. If the prescribed EU driving cycle (WLTP) and losses incurred during battery charging and discharging are taken into account, the efficiency of the current BMW generation of electric drive systems is around 75%.
About 75% of the energy charged is actually used for the propulsion of the vehicle when driving a BMW electric vehicle. With internal combustion engine vehicles, efficiency under comparable conditions is around 33%. The efficiency losses with internal combustion engines are the result of waste heat.
Questions and answers about the benefits of electric vehicles.
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Electric range.
Our electric cars have a range that easily allows you to travel longer distances. The route planner will show you where you can charge your car while on the road.
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Drive dynamically, comfortably and, at the same time, locally emission-free. Prepare to be impressed by our fully electric cars with state-of-the-art technology and long ranges.
Plug-in hybrids: flexibly on the go.
BMW plug-in hybrid models combine the best of both worlds. You can drive locally emission-free with their electric drive over shorter distances or around town. And, as usual, their petrol engine will support you on longer journeys.
1 The stated values are based on the mandatory WLTP measurement procedure. The real life values depend on various factors, e.g. cargo weight, driving style, route, weather conditions, auxiliary electrical consumption (including air conditioning), tires, battery state of health.