Say hello to BMW’s first all-electric SUV – a restyled, re-engineered X3 with the firm’s latest “eDrive” technology that gives “considerable advances in terms of performance characteristics, operating range, weight, packaging space and flexibility” over its existing i-cars.

Set to rival the Jaguar I-Pace, Audi e-tron Quattro and Mercedes EQ C, the iX3 features a modular EV drivetrain where the electric motor, transmission and power electrics are grouped into a single component. This, says BMW, makes it easy to “integrate into different vehicle architectures” and “adapt to the performance levels required and the available space”.

In the iX3 you get a battery with “over 70kWh” of capacity, giving more than 249 miles of range on the new WLTP cycle, around 268bhp and a 30-minute re-charge time from a 150kW fast-charger. The X suggests all-wheel drive, but BMW has yet to confirm. The kidney grille has been fared in to make the iX3’s front-end more aerodynamic, but otherwise the Concept looks very much the same as existing petrol and diesel X3s