CHARGING WITH BMW: FAST, SIMPLE AND FLEXIBLE.

BMW Charging is our all-round carefree solution for charging your BMW. Products and services from BMW Charging provide you with numerous tailor-made offers for charging at home and at public charging stations. The charging cable (Mode 3) for public charging and the BMW Charging Card are already included with the standard equipment. You thus have access to a network with more than 450,000 charge points around the world in inner cites, at car parks and along key arterial routes – including high-power charging stations for ultra-fast charging. You additionally receive a charging voucher which, depending on the vehicle and market, you can redeem for items such as a home charging solution. Be it charging hardware, digital solution or other services – our range is growing all the time. Also included is an installation service for your wallbox or a special green electricity tariff for charging at home.

The standard charging cable with a 2.3 kW capacity is often supplied as standard with your electric BMW.* Five metres in length, it generally ensures access to a domestic socket. Use of an extension cable and multi-plug connectors is prohibited. A charging rate of 1.3 kW at 6 A is set as the default. You can either switch this limit on current off entirely in the vehicle settings menu or set the AC charging current to the precise amperage and according to your electrical installation.
A Wallbox is an especially convenient, fast and safe way to charge that shortens the process considerably when compared with a domestic mains socket. Two models are available:

BMW WALLBOX ESSENTIAL.
Up to 22 kW charging capacity, weatherproof reduced design, integrated cable management

SMART WALLBOX.
The Smart Wallbox from our partner provides extended functions for connectivity and intelligent control of charging at home.

In addition, it is quite straightforward to book an installation service along with your Wallbox or conclude a special green electricity contract for charging your vehicle. Your BMW partner will be pleased to give you advice – on the tailor-made packages available as well.

Also available is the Flexible Fast Charger with a capacity of up to 11 kW and a waterproof casing so that it is both versatile and suitable for mobile use. In order to utilise the full capacity, an industrial plug with enhanced performance is required. Our installation service is also available to assist if required. The Flexible Fast Charger is suitable for charging at 2.3 kW from domestic mains sockets as well.

*market-specific offer

This is very straightforward using the My BMW App* on your smartphone or you can check the current charge level and available range of your BMW electric car and plug-in hybrid in the vehicle itself.

*This requires the ConnectedDrive Services option and a compatible smartphone. The availability and functions of the My BMW App depend on the vehicle model and may vary according to the market. You will find detailed information at www.bmw.de.

The ideal charge level is between 20% and 80%. Although lower or higher charge levels are possible, the range between 20% and 80% is recommended for optimising the life of your battery.

A charging target of 80% covers all of your everyday routes. If you do actually need greater range occasionally, you can simply set a higher charging target.

As its name suggests, a plug-in hybrid can be charged from a socket, a Wallbox or at a public charging station. The maximum efficiency of a plug-in hybrid is achieved with a fully charged battery; which means that a charging facility should be available at home and at the workplace. Charge your BMW plug-in hybrid as often as possible so that you can always make full use of the additional electric drive.

The standard charging cable with a 2.3 kW capacity is often supplied as standard with your electric BMW.* Five metres in length, it generally ensures access to a domestic socket. Use of an extension cable and multi-plug connectors is prohibited. A charging rate of 1.3 kW at 6 A is set as the default. You can either switch this current limitation off entirely in the vehicle settings menu or set the AC charging current to the precise amperage and according to your electrical installation.

*market-specific offer

You can quite simply book our installation service along with your Wallbox. This guarantees that your Wallbox is installed and set up safely and professionally. Incidentally, the service can also be booked for our efficient industrial socket if you wish to use your Flexible Fast Charger with the appropriate adapter at home.

Yes of course. Simply use the steadily expanding public network of BMW Charging or other charging stations as available, such as from your employer. The BMW Connected App or the navigation system in your vehicle shows you public charge points in the vicinity. You will also find a map with the public charging infrastructure at www.bmw-charging.com.

Charging made simple – BMW Charging provides various products and services that facilitate the process of charging your electric vehicle both in everyday use as well as on spontaneous trips or longer journeys.

With BMW Charging we offer a steadily expanding and nationwide network of public charge points including high-power-charging stations from various providers. Get detailed information on the availability of public charging infrastructure – the best way is to visit www.bmw-charging.com or simply display the public charging stations via the navigation system or the BMW Connected App. Incidentally, the BMW Charging App is also available to you as a portal for public charging. The charging cable for public charging and the BMW Charging Card for straightforward, fast charging are already included with the standard equipment. Within 24 hours of being activated, it gives you unlimited access to the public charging network – so simply get charging!

Through public charging, the steadily expanding public network of BMW Charging means that you not only have charging stations from a wide range of operators at your disposal in inner city areas or in car parks but also high-power charging stations for your electric car on motorways, such as those of our partner IONITY. Get detailed information on the availability of public charging infrastructure – the best way is to visit www.bmw-charging.com or simply display the public charging stations via the navigation system or the BMW Connected App. Incidentally, the BMW Charging App is also available to you as a portal for public charging.

You can set the navigation system to filter charging stations according to whether they offer alternating current (AC), direct current (DC) or high-power charging (HPC). Or you can set it to only display public charging stations with a verified quality and availability status (“Preferred”). A suitable charging station will displayed directly in the navigation system of your vehicle or via theBMW Connected App – each with identification of the charge points and with extended functionalities such as points of interest as well as status and additional information on the individual charging stations. To make the range of charging services even more convenient, efforts are currently in progress to enable reservations at public charging stations.

You gain access to the world of BMW Charging at the same time as you receive your electric BMW: in the form of your personal BMW Charging Card. All you now have to do is log in with your BMW ID to www.bmw-charging.com, conclude a charging contract with no basic fee and activate your BMW Charging Card. Within 24 hours, the extensive, nationwide public network is activated for you, and you can start charging right away! You charging operations are booked easily and conveniently via BMW Charging. As part of the monthly billing, you receive an overall statement detailing all charging operations. You can choose to receive your invoice via the online portal, via e-mail or by post.

In particular, you should also remember to secure your additional local tariff for high-power charging right away. Via BMW Charging, this will give you access in Europe, for example, to the IONITY network and to charging with exclusive benefits.

Essentially it is the duration of the charging operation. The time taken to charge electric vehicles (depending on the cable or charging station) takes longer with alternating current (AC), while direct current (DC) is significantly faster. Ultra-fast charging with direct current (DC) is possible with a high-power charging stations (HPC), such as those operated by our partner IONITY in Europe. There the battery of a BMW iX3, for example, is charged from 0% to 80% with a capacity of up to 150 kW in only 34 minutes – the maximum vehicle charging capacity in each case depends on the market-specific infrastructure.
Please note that in the case of DC and HPC charging, you should keep holding the plug on the vehicle until it locks in place. In this way, you can ensure that the charging operation will start without any problems.

Plug-in hybrids are charged exclusively with alternating current (AC) – hence conveniently via a socket, Wallbox or a public alternating current charging station.

In Europe, the public high-power charging (HPC) network of IONITY is integrated directly into the BMW Charging package – and you receive your BMW Charging Card directly with the delivery of your vehicle. All you need to do then is register for BMW Charging, conclude a charging contract with no basic fee and within 24 hours you can start charging – with your BMW iX3, for example, at an IONITY station. If you wish to use the high-power charging network more frequently, an IONITY tariff option is also available via BMW Charging which enables you to benefit from an exclusive preferential price. You will find all the information on public charging, including IONITY, at www.bmw-charging.com.

This is very straightforward using the BMW Connected App on your smartphone or you can check the current charge level and available range of your BMW electric car and plug-in hybrid in the vehicle itself.

The ideal charge level is between 20% and 80%. Although lower or higher charge levels are possible, the range between 20% and 80% is recommended for optimising the life of your battery. A charging target of 80% covers all of your everyday routes. If you do actually need greater range occasionally, you can simply set a higher charging target.

Yes, that’s no problem at all. As an especially fast charging option, for example you can use the high-power charging stations of our partner IONITY along the main arterial routes throughout Europe, which the BMW Connected App or the navigation system in your vehicle will display. All you need to do is set the appropriate filter. Then, with a BMW iX3, for instance, you can enjoy the particular convenience of its charging capacity of up to 150 kW to top up your range by as much as 100 km in about ten minutes while you stop for a coffee. If you take a longer break, 34 minutes will be enough with this charging capacity to reach a level of 80% – the maximum vehicle charging capacity here depends on the market-specific infrastructure.