00:00We are heading for 500 kmh now, and here it is! To everyone, we have officially crossed 500 miles. Amazing,
00:14amazing!
00:21This is a journey customers can do every day. More than 500 miles without a charging stop with the new
00:29BMW iX5.
00:31My name is Michael Adas. I led the project for the last five years and stepped in at the very
00:38beginning.
00:38The aim is simple. From San Francisco to Newport Beach in one go.
00:44So, let's start the California 500.
00:51The large battery in this car provides the energy, but efficiency is much more.
00:58Of course, speed is a major factor.
01:00But also, wind, temperature, aerodynamics are important, and the style of driving matters.
01:07The management and complex interplay between all these components brings a long-distance drive.
01:21Roughly half time of our long-distance drive. 250 miles of our 500 miles. The car has about more than
01:3050% in the battery. The average mileage is 4.3 miles per kilowatt hour. So, the car is ready
01:39to keep going. The question is whether the driver is.
01:48We are now in our final quarter.
01:51We are now in our final quarter.
02:12So, it's predictable here, what the car shows. And this makes me confident we will go for Newport Beach.
02:24We are heading for 500 now.
02:27Wow.
02:27Good.
02:28Good.
02:29And here it is.
02:31Yeah.
02:33To everyone, we have officially crossed 500 miles.
02:37Amazing.
02:38Amazing.
02:38500 plus.
02:41Yes.
02:42Got it.
02:45Starting in San Francisco this morning and arrived here with the iX5, it's possible to do a long-distance ride.
02:54And even more, we started in the very early phase in this project aiming about 400 miles.
03:00And then we said, so no, let's go for 450.
03:04And we had 450 and then somebody said, so why not 500?
03:08And we did it today, the 500.
03:10And with the additional range, it is possible to do 550 miles with the new BMW iX5.
03:21After a long-distance drive from San Francisco here to Newport Beach, over 500 miles, I needed really long sleep.
03:32But now, on the next day, the iX5 will recharge at about 30 minutes and it will go 400 miles
03:39plus.
03:40Let's charge it and then the next journey.
