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Like many people with eyes, I am a BMW IX Hater. It is also not because I am still resentful about the decision of BMW to also lead Chris Bangle about design. I am one evolved Hater who thinks the design is incoherent and faint in a way that you don’t get with the XM. Everything about the styling of the XM looks intentional. You may not like what they did, but you can’t deny that they have done something. However, the styling of the IX does nothing. So it brings me absolutely no pleasure to report that the EV with the highest EigenaartelheidssssScore in the latest JD Power Survey is none other than the BMW IX.
Ok, it actually brings me a bit of fun because I have also been developed enough to still find joy in how crazy people get things like this. Of course, it’s a JD Power Survey, and they are not always the most reliable, but it is still just a survey. It will be fine. We are also talking about the satisfaction of the owner, which means that styling is not the highest care. If they already paid money for it, they were clearly fine with the design. In addition, in addition to BMW that really increases reliability in recent years, the electric BMW i4 is almost universally praised. So can you really be surprised that people who bought the IX really like it?
Take that, haters
Speaking of the BMW i4, would you like to guess which EV had the second highest Eigenaarte satisfaction score, both in the luxury category and in general? Yes, it was the i4. The score of 783 was also much closer to the first place of first place IX’s 790 than in third place Rivian R1’s and the score of 770. What can I say? BMW has discovered how they can build EVs that people really like. As far as the regular EVs are concerned, the Hyundai Ioniq 6, which is also stylized, also took the first place with a score of 751. It was followed by the KIA EV6 at 743, while third place Chevrolet Equinox EV arrived with a 737.
Does this mean that you have to buy one of the EVs who made the list if there is something that you really don’t like about them? To be honest, probably not. If the car does not offer what you are looking for, that will not change just because the people who enjoyed buying it will continue to like after driven it for a while. But again, if we just talk about styling, the answer might be one. The appearance of a car grows the tendency to grow on you over time, and it is quite possible that you will fall in love if you can tolerate the design at least. I am not convinced that I could get there with the IX, but because I can’t afford it, it will have to remain a hypothetical until the depreciation strikes.
EV -Details of the owner
If you’ve never heard of JD Power’s US Electric Vehicle Experience Ownership Survey, that’s probably because it was only introduced five years ago. And although the study separate the results in luxury and mainstream EVs, owners are asked to assess their cars based on the same criteria, regardless of which category they fall. Those categories include:
- Accuracy of the indicated battery range
- Availability of public charging stations
- Battery range
- Cost of ownership
- Driving pleasure
- Ease of charging at home
- Interior and exterior styling
- Safety and technology functions
- Service -experience
- Vehicle quality and reliability
For this year’s study, JD Power 6,164 investigated EV and PHEV owners from August to December 2024 and concentrated specifically on 2024 and 2025 model 19E vehicles. That means that the refresh of the 2026 model year that certainly helped the styling of the IX was not included in the results. Who knows? Maybe it will score even higher next year.
