High Power Charging for your fully electric BMW BMW How-To

Learn in this video what to consider when charging your BMW iX3 and other fully electric BMWs at a High Power DC Charging station. High Power Charging facilities can be useful during a journey when charging needs to go fast. You can charge with maximum charging capacity and speed when: the battery’s state of charge is low, the system is on operating temperature, and the charging settings, which can be found by going to “CAR”, “Plan Charging/Climate”, “Settings”, “DC Settings” are set to ‘Automatic’ or ‘Not limited’. Choose “Automatic” or “Limited” to reduce noise emissions while charging. You can set a “Target State of Charge” in the same Charge Settings Menu. High power charging at public charging stations is only recommendable up to a state of charge of 80 % as the remaining time charge up to 100% is significantly longer. Make sure that the DC charging station you wish to use offers High Power Charging, with sufficient charging power. The specified charging power a charging station can theoretically provi