BMW completed an endurance test of the new i3 50 xDrive electric sedan, covering 5887 kilometers across 8 European countries. The production vehicle required 2 hours 45 minutes and 54 seconds of total charging time between Norway and Spain. The run beat the previous long distance benchmark from 2017 by over 7 hours while relying entirely on public charging stations.
The Paneuropeana test route started at the North Cape in Norway and finished in Tarifa Spain. Pure driving time totaled 3 days 2 hours and 41 minutes with 1 driver behind the wheel. The car maintained an average speed of 79.7 km per hour across the journey. Energy consumption averaged 12.5 kWh per 100 kilometers, outperforming the official WLTP efficiency rating.
Charging output averaged 275 kW across standard public hardware along the route. The unmodified production sedan uses an 800 volt architecture and a 108.7 kWh battery pack. The platform supports DC fast charging up to 400 kW and offers a maximum WLTP range of 912 kilometers per charge.
