2025 BMW i4 eDrive40

Electric Sedan · Single Electric Motor · RWD

81/100

AutoVault's overall score, weighted for what a electric sedan is actually for — performance, technology, comfort, reliability, safety and value.

Specifications

Engine	Single Electric Motor
Horsepower	335 hp
Torque	317 lb-ft
0–60 mph	5.5 sec
Top speed	118 mph
Drivetrain	RWD
Seats	5
Combined MPG	112 mpg (113 city / 111 hwy)
Range	318 miles
MSRP	$57,900
Body style	Electric Sedan

The verdict

What's good

Drives like a proper sport sedan
Hatchback opening swallows lots of cargo
Smooth, quiet electric power
Looks like a normal BMW, not a science project

What's not

Range shrinks in cold weather
Charges slower than top EV rivals
Heavy battery you feel in corners
Run-flat tires stiffen the ride

The engine

Single Electric Motor

Single-Motor RWD Electric

The i4 eDrive40 sticks to BMW's rear-drive instincts, its single rear motor giving clean, linear, well-balanced thrust that feels more like a traditional sport sedan than a torque-dumping EV.

It runs BMW's fifth-generation eDrive system, with the motor, power electronics and battery all developed in-house by the BMW Group rather than bought in.

Its rear motor is an electrically excited synchronous design that uses no rare-earth permanent magnets, sidestepping reliance on scarce magnet materials.
Keeping a single motor on the rear axle preserves rear-wheel drive, staying true to BMW's traditional sport-sedan layout.
The fifth-generation eDrive package was engineered to share architecture between EVs and combustion cars on the same production lines.

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The six sub-scores behind the 81 — performance, tech, comfort, reliability, safety and value
Market value today and year-by-year value history
All 4 trims with pricing
Studio photography — exterior, rear and interior
Side-by-side comparison with up to four cars

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