2024 BMW i5

large luxury car / 4-door sedan

Fully electric
2024 BMW i5 4-door sedan

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Headlights

Other available safety features

  • Standard blind spot detection
  • Standard lane departure warning
  • Optional lane departure prevention

Key

  • G
    Good
  • A
    Acceptable
  • M
    Marginal
  • P
    Poor
  • Superior
  • Advanced
  • Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Headlights

Ratings are given for 2 different headlight variations available on this vehicle.

Trim level(s)

  • eDrive40 trim equipped with Premium package
  • M60 trim equipped with Executive package
  • eDrive40 trim equipped with Premium package
  • M60 trim equipped with Executive package
Low-beam headlight typeLED projector
High-beam headlight typeLED projector
Curve-adaptive?No
High-beam assist?Yes
Overall rating
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler 0 ft 100 ft 200 ft 300 ft 400 ft 500 ft 600 ft Low beams Optimal low-beam illumination High beams Optimal high-beam illumination High-beam assist credit Some glare

Low beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was good on the sharp left and both right curves and fair on the gradual left curve.

The low beams created some glare.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was good in all 4 tests.

High-beam assist compensates for some limitations of this vehicle's low beams on the straightaway, on both left curves and on the gradual right curve.

Technical measurements for this test
Trim level(s)
  • eDrive40 trim equipped with Premium package
  • M60 trim equipped with Executive package
  • eDrive40 trim equipped with Premium package
  • M60 trim equipped with Executive package
Low-beam headlight type LED projector
High-beam headlight type LED projector
Curve-adaptive? No
High-beam assist? Yes
Overall rating
Applies to 2024-25 models
LOW BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)		 Amount glare
exceeded threshold
Straightaway right edge 103.9 m None
Straightaway left edge 59.5 m None
250m radius right curve, right edge 67.7 m 4.3%
250m radius left curve, left edge 63.4 m None
150m radius right curve, right edge 61.1 m None
150m radius left curve, left edge 57.3 m None
HIGH BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Straightaway right edge 172.5 m
Straightaway left edge 156.0 m
250m radius right curve, right edge 81.2 m
250m radius left curve, left edge 85.0 m
150m radius right curve, right edge 67.1 m
150m radius left curve, left edge 68.4 m

Trim level(s)

  • eDrive40 trim
  • M60 trim
Low-beam headlight typeLED projector
High-beam headlight typeLED projector
Curve-adaptive?No
High-beam assist?Yes
Overall rating
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler 0 ft 100 ft 200 ft 300 ft 400 ft 500 ft 600 ft Low beams Optimal low-beam illumination High beams Optimal high-beam illumination High-beam assist credit Some glare

Low beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was good on the sharp right and both left curves and fair on the gradual right curve.

The low beams created some glare.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was fair in all 4 tests.

High-beam assist compensates for some limitations of this vehicle's low beams on both left curves and on the gradual right curve.

Technical measurements for this test
Trim level(s)
  • eDrive40 trim
  • M60 trim
Low-beam headlight type LED projector
High-beam headlight type LED projector
Curve-adaptive? No
High-beam assist? Yes
Overall rating
Applies to 2024 models
LOW BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)		 Amount glare
exceeded threshold
Straightaway right edge 113.8 m None
Straightaway left edge 66.1 m None
250m radius right curve, right edge 64.4 m 4.3%
250m radius left curve, left edge 65.9 m 39.2%
150m radius right curve, right edge 58.2 m None
150m radius left curve, left edge 57.4 m 5.8%
HIGH BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Straightaway right edge 145.5 m
Straightaway left edge 162.6 m
250m radius right curve, right edge 66.5 m
250m radius left curve, left edge 70.8 m
150m radius right curve, right edge 57.9 m
150m radius left curve, left edge 59.1 m

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