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BMW X3 Plug-in hybrid · 135 kW (184 hp)

Official (WLTP)L/100 km
Real worldL/100 km
+232%

Measured by the on-board fuel meters of 16,537 cars · 2024 data

Real-world consumption is 232% above official. 40 of the other 187 plug-in hybrids in the data come closer to their official figure.

How much is driven on electricity

Owners drive 24% of their kilometres in electric mode with the engine off.

A further 13% is driven with a charged battery but the engine running.

They charge on average 6.6 kWh from the grid per 100 km driven.

Official electric range: 48 km.

The official WLTP figure for plug-in hybrids assumes a share of electric driving based on range. When cars are charged less often than assumed, real consumption is far higher.

How much drivers actually use

Half of the cars use between 5.6 and 8.5 L/100 km. The most economical tenth stays under 4.3; the thirstiest tenth uses more than 9.4.

Each bar is a 0.5 L range; its height and the figure above it show what share of cars fall in that range.

L/100 km · Each car’s lifetime average from its fuel meter. Cars with less than 1,000 km are left out.

Is my consumption normal?

L/100 km

Trip computers are often a few percent optimistic. Short trips, winter, motorways and towing raise consumption.

What it costs to fuel

CountryAt officialAt realChargingDifference
EU weighted average 2.01 €/L€648€2,156+€280+€1,507
Austria 1.86 €/L€601€2,000+€322+€1,399
Belgium 1.98 €/L€638€2,120+€353+€1,483
Bulgaria 1.65 €/L€532€1,769+€133+€1,237
Croatia 1.80 €/L€581€1,934+€180+€1,352
Cyprus 1.76 €/L€568€1,888+€266+€1,320
Czechia 1.86 €/L€600€1,994+€285+€1,394
Denmark 2.66 €/L€857€2,851+€235+€1,994
Estonia 1.92 €/L€619€2,059+€209+€1,440
Finland 2.32 €/L€748€2,487+€266+€1,739
France 2.21 €/L€713€2,372+€246+€1,659
Germany 2.21 €/L€714€2,375+€358+€1,661
Greece 2.20 €/L€709€2,358+€237+€1,649
Hungary 1.75 €/L€566€1,881+€113+€1,316
Ireland 1.98 €/L€640€2,127+€383+€1,487
Italy 2.02 €/L€652€2,168+€311+€1,516
Latvia 1.94 €/L€627€2,084+€239+€1,457
Lithuania 1.93 €/L€621€2,065+€214+€1,444
Luxembourg 1.88 €/L€605€2,012+€200+€1,407
Malta 1.34 €/L€432€1,437+€125+€1,005
Netherlands 2.46 €/L€794€2,640+€241+€1,847
Poland 1.57 €/L€506€1,684+€296+€1,178
Portugal 2.11 €/L€680€2,263+€234+€1,583
Romania 1.90 €/L€612€2,036+€280+€1,424
Slovakia 1.85 €/L€595€1,980+€196+€1,385
Slovenia 1.76 €/L€568€1,889+€209+€1,321
Spain 1.79 €/L€577€1,920+€248+€1,343
Sweden 1.69 €/L€546€1,815+€303+€1,269

Fuel prices including taxes from the European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin of 12 October 2026. Cost = consumption × price × distance. The default distance is an example; change it to yours.

Official and real columns are fuel only. The charging column adds the electricity these cars draw from the grid on average, at household prices (Eurostat).

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By country

CountrycarsReal world
Germany5,3537.5+5%
France3,1387.4+3%
Belgium1,1536.9−3%
Sweden1,1316.3−12%
Austria9616.9−4%
Netherlands8236.9−4%
Finland7566.1−15%
Italy7367.8+9%
Portugal5696.8−5%
Spain5067.2±0%
Norway3406.5−10%
Ireland1465.6−22%
Greece1417.3+2%
Poland1337.1−1%
Hungary1287.0−2%
Denmark1047.7+8%
Luxembourg997.0−3%
Romania808.2+14%
Czechia617.1±0%
Iceland616.2−13%
Slovakia516.9−4%

Countries with at least 50 cars of this engine. Differences reflect climate, roads and driving habits as well as the car.

By reporting year

carsOfficial (WLTP)Real worldGap
20217912.16.9+232%
20225,0752.17.0+236%
202311,8022.17.0+235%
202416,5372.27.2+233%

The same cars are reported again each year with their lifetime totals, so years are not added together.

About this data

Cars in the data16,537 (2024)
Names in the registration dataX3 XDRIVE30E, X3 XDRIVE 30E, X3 XDRIVE30E G01 XB1, X3
Registration years2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Engine size1,998 cm³
Average mass in running order2,066 kg
Average distance on the meter37,374 km

Hybrid includes mild hybrids (48 V) as registered by the manufacturer.

Source: European Environment Agency, real-world CO₂ emissions from cars, 2024 data (CC BY 4.0), based on on-board fuel consumption meters (Regulation (EU) 2019/631, Article 12). Grouping by model and engine, averages and percentiles by RealFuelConsumption. Not affiliated with the EEA or the manufacturer.