The 2025 BMW i5, the all-electric model of the 5-Collection midsize luxurious sedan, returns primarily unchanged for its second mannequin 12 months.
The entry level to the i5 lineup is the single-motor rear-wheel drive i5 eDrive40, which prices $68,275 with the obligatory $1,175 vacation spot cost. It is nonetheless rated at 335 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque, with a BMW-estimated 0-60 mph time of 5.7 seconds.
2025 BMW i5
The twin-motor all-wheel drive i5 xDrive40, which joined the lineup halfway by means of the 2024 mannequin 12 months, begins at $71,275 with vacation spot. Including a motor powering the entrance axle, it bumps output to 389 hp and 435 lb-ft, reducing the 0-60 mph time to five.2 seconds.
A extra highly effective dual-motor i5 M60 (badged because the M60 xDrive) stays on the prime of the lineup, with 590 hp and 586 lb-ft of torque and may do 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds, in keeping with BMW. It additionally provides an adaptive suspension and upgraded brakes to dwell as much as the “Final Driving Machine” mantra. For 2025, it is priced at $85,275 with vacation spot.
2025 BMW i5
All i5 fashions proceed to make use of an 84.3-kwh battery pack. EPA vary rankings doubtless will not be completely different from 2024, which means a most 295 miles for the i5 eDrive40, 266 miles for the i5 xDrive40, and 253 miles for the i5 M60, with the optimum wheel and tire mixtures.
Launched for the 2024 mannequin 12 months, the i5 is analogous in idea to the BMW i4 and i7, in that it is an all-electric model of a gasoline mannequin. In a primary drive, Inexperienced Automotive Studies discovered the electrical model trounces its gasoline sibling. It is merely a greater automobile than the usual 5-Collection. But it surely may be even higher if BMW introduced the trendy i5 wagon to the U.S. alongside the sedan—one thing that is unlikely to occur resulting from Individuals’ aversion to that physique fashion.