BMW

One BMW is held in this database, on the same sourced specification set as every other car. It is the BMW i4 eDrive40. Observed real-world range is 525 km. The EPA rating is 333 miles — a different cycle from the WLTP figure, and the two do not convert into each other. Real-world efficiency is 155 Wh per km (ranked against every car here). A measured 10 to 80 per cent charge takes 28 minutes (how that compares). Every figure below names its source and the date it was read; the assumptions behind the cost arithmetic are on the methodology page. It runs a 400 V pack. Cells are NMC (what that changes). Charging, which is where most of the difference between two electric cars actually shows up: it peaks at 205 kW on a DC charger and takes 28 minutes from 10 to 80 per cent; the onboard charger is 11 kW, which is what decides an overnight fill. Energy use is 28.5 kWh per 100 miles on the EPA cycle and 155 Wh/km on WLTP — the number that turns battery size into range, and the one that decides your electricity bill. What that costs where you live is worked out in the running-cost calculator rather than assumed here. 7 US recall campaigns are recorded against it — a count of campaigns issued for the model, not of faults open on any particular car, which is a VIN lookup rather than a statistic. We do not yet hold a crash rating from either NHTSA or Euro NCAP for this car, and those rows stay blank on the car page rather than being estimated. The full sourced specification is on the BMW i4 eDrive40 page.