BMW iX3 Model Production in China Begins 2020

BMW unveiled their very first fully electric model based on a core model this week: the iX3 Concept. After many rumors, it has finally been confirmed. It will be built in the same platform as the current X3 to accommodate an electric drivetrain. New info is that production will start in 2020 and it will be manufactured in China.

Chairman of the BMW Group Board of Management himself, Mr. Harald Kruger, confirmed this detail at the Beijing Auto Show yesterday: “China is clearly leading in e-mobility. That’s why I brought this world premiere to Beijing: The BMW Concept iX3. The iX3 will be the first all-electric BMW core model. It will go into production in 2020. It will be produced in China.”

The BMW X3 has called the Spartanburg plant in South Carolina its birthplace but this upcoming model will take a different route.

Kruger also said that: “[the fact] That we will build the all-electric BMW iX3 here clearly demonstrates our strong commitment to China. And it underscores China’s leading role in e-mobility.” The Chinese government has various efforts underway to make electric vehicles more popular inside the Asian country.