The next-generation BMW X5 (G65) arrives in 2026 as a 2027 model year SUV with Neue Klasse design, tech, and the first-ever all-electric iX5. Expect gas, hybrid, diesel, and even hydrogen options. Alongside the pure-electric iX5 due next year, there will be a new, fifth-generation X5 - BMW's original SUV, with 2.2 million sales since 1999 and counting.
With millions of test kilometres successfully completed, the BMW iX5 Hydrogen is now set to enter series production. Its combination of range, efficiency and typical BMW driving pleasure makes the hydrogen SUV a suitable addition to the range of electromobility options. The BMW iX5 Hydrogen is a concept vehicle that unites BMW's precision engineering and agility with a new drivetrain: hydrogen propulsion.
With a trailblazing pilot fleet currently touring the world, the BMW iX5 Hydrogen Concept Vehicle offers long-distance range capacity, short refueling times and zero. BMW is reworking its SUV playbook, and the imagined 2027 iX5 sits right at the centre of that shift. As the brand winds down niche projects such as the Z4 roadster and rolls out a full wave of Neue Klasse-based models, its core high-riding family hauliers take on a critical role.
Alongside the new iX3, the larger iX5 is tipped to carry BMW's latest electric. Amidst an all-electric race, BMW will offer its new X5 SUV with a pure hydrogen powertrain, known as the BMW iX5 Hydrogen. The X5 will be offered with no fewer than five different fuel options.
The iX5 Hydrogen will be BMW's first production model powered by the hydrogen and will use fuel. The battery-powered iX5 is coming next year, followed by the iX7 in 2027. A coupe.
BMW confirms the 2028 iX5 Hydrogen after one million kilometers of global testing. Here's what the brand learned about range, refueling, and everyday use. BMW's SUV lineup goes fully electric by 2026, with hydrogen iX5 arriving in 2028, followed by more fuel.