Front USB-C Power output for laptop?

jdp520 said:

Hello, I should be taking delivery of my new iX in the next couple weeks and I'm trying to figure out how much power the front USB-C ports are capable of. My partner often likes to work as a passenger and for the last few years we have had this large 12v to 110v inverter to power his Dell XPS 13 while on the road. Anybody know if the USB-C ports up front can output 30 or 45W of power for power delivery? I have looked through the manual and looked around online and it's difficult to find an answer to this. Any help would be appreciated.

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jdp520 said:

Hello, I should be taking delivery of my new iX in the next couple weeks and I'm trying to figure out how much power the front USB-C ports are capable of. My partner often likes to work as a passenger and for the last few years we have had this large 12v to 110v inverter to power his Dell XPS 13 while on the road. Anybody know if the USB-C ports up front can output 30 or 45W of power for power delivery? I have looked through the manual and looked around online and it's difficult to find an answer to this. Any help would be appreciated.

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dont know about the power of the usb-c, but there is a 12v port of front so you could continue with that solution worst case

jdp520 said:

Hello, I should be taking delivery of my new iX in the next couple weeks and I'm trying to figure out how much power the front USB-C ports are capable of. My partner often likes to work as a passenger and for the last few years we have had this large 12v to 110v inverter to power his Dell XPS 13 while on the road. Anybody know if the USB-C ports up front can output 30 or 45W of power for power delivery? I have looked through the manual and looked around online and it's difficult to find an answer to this. Any help would be appreciated.

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It is what BMW provide to the USB-C, I doubt it is anywhere near this, take a look USB-C 240W !

I've used in the past a universal power supply for my DELL can take 12V or 110-240V AC its about the same size as a small DELL AC charger
Somting like this 12V Laptop supply

I didnt until now realise you can get laptops that can be powered by USB-C

ICS_UK said:

It is what BMW provide to the USB-C, I doubt it is anywhere near this, take a look USB-C 240W !

I've used in the past a universal power supply for my DELL can take 12V or 110-240V AC its about the same size as a small DELL AC charger
Somting like this 12V Laptop supply

I didnt until now realise you can get laptops that can be powered by USB-C

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You can check this link to see a couple USB-C charging laptops.

carchase54 said:

You can check this link to see a couple USB-C charging laptops.

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Looking into the USB-C socketrs on other BMW's it looks to be just 15W max 5V at 3A
To get enough power for a laptop the 5V is increased to 28-48V effectively increasing the wattage (V * A)

I very much doubt the iX is any different to other BMW's right now

From another forum people have succesfully charged Apple laptops from USB-C's slowly

In the spirit of this thread, so if we get either a 12V USB-C PD Adapter for laptops, or a full DC to AC Power Inverter for potentially much higher wattage (say...up to 1500watts for kitchen appliances while on roadtrips/camping, can the 12V system handle it? I figure with the 2 year free EA charging, I'm definitely going to milk it for roadtrips and won't care if I'm burning through battery.

vinsanity said:

In the spirit of this thread, so if we get either a 12V USB-C PD Adapter for laptops, or a full DC to AC Power Inverter for potentially much higher wattage (say...up to 1500watts for kitchen appliances while on roadtrips/camping, can the 12V system handle it? I figure with the 2 year free EA charging, I'm definitely going to milk it for roadtrips and won't care if I'm burning through battery.

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You want a 120Amp 12V outlet ? I think you need to go Korean for an AC outlet

ICS_UK said:

Looking into the USB-C socketrs on other BMW's it looks to be just 15W max 5V at 3A
To get enough power for a laptop the 5V is increased to 28-48V effectively increasing the wattage (V * A)

I very much doubt the iX is any different to other BMW's right now

From another forum people have succesfully charged Apple laptops from USB-C's slowly

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I think that would be fine, no need to "Charge" the laptop, really just want to keep it from draining on a long drive. My partner likes to work on road trips and I'm trying to keep the car as minimalist as possible. So we will just try a standard USB-C to USB-C Power delivery cable in one of the front ports to see if it works. I don't want anything as massive as we had before, even if his laptop says "Plugged in, but not charging" that would be perfect. It's a tiny Dell XPS 13 that only needs like a 40W power supply to fully charge it.

According to the manual it is 3A/45W per seat. I guess its the same for the connectors in the front

Rshaw said:

According to the manual it is 3A/45W per seat. I guess its the same for the connectors in the front

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Perfect! I looked through the manual, but I must have missed that. Thanks for the confirmation!

Looking into the USB-C socketrs on other BMW's it looks to be just 15W max 5V at 3A
t's a tiny Dell XPS 13 that only needs like a 40W power supply to fully charge it.
bmw usb upgrade

If you have a USB-C laptop (I have a work and home MacBook Pro), you can charge it with only 18W or 20W power bricks, albeit slowly even thought the supplied brick is 60W or 87W. Basically it can’t keep the power from draining if you are using the laptop with an underpowered adapter, but for light use or charging with the laptop sleeping or off, it will do the trick. I at home sometimes charge my big MacBook Pro from a 20W adapter… it just takes a little longer. And of course, I couldn’t do power intensive stuff while using the adapter and expect it to not drain (the power menu will say it is not charging and simply using the power to defray the drain)

So in short, you should be able to plug into one of the standard USB-C outlets and charge the laptop back to full if you aren’t actively using it at the same time.

This thing works pretty well

120W USB C Car Charger, 100W Type C PD 30W PPS 45W QC 18W Super Fast Charging LED Cigarette Lighter USB-C Car Adapter for iPhone 13 12 11 Pro Samsung S22 S21 Ultra Note 20 iPad MacBook Pro Air Laptop https://a.co/d/bLHBmuo

Seems like a big miss when the EQS SUV has 100W USB-C ports.

I have a related but slight different question re: these type-c ports - anyone knows if any of these ports will remain with power when the car shuts off? I asked because I have a jailbreak iPhone I used exclusively for carplaying on my iX, and I don't want to plug it/unplug it. Just want to leave it in the car in the storage. But jailbreak phone will need to re-jailbreak if it's powered off so I want to make it constantly being charged. Any solution? thanks

I just tested the ports. The front 2 give 14.2w and the rear 4 give 44.4w.

bugout said:

I just tested the ports. The front 2 give 14.2w and the rear 4 give 44.4w.

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Each? 44.4w each in the back??

FultonMDUSA said:

I just tested the front and rear USB-C ports on my 2023 iX50 using my 2017 13" Macbook Pro. On my home charger, it pulls 56W.

On a front USB-C port (either of the two) I get this: (under 15W)

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On a rear USB-C port (any of the 4) I get this: (about 43W)

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I couldn't plug in a second device to see if the power from each pair of ports is shared, unfortunately.

For comparison, the front USB-C ports on my Tesla MYLR do 33W, and the rear ports do 26W.

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Fantastic!! Thank you!!

Super helpful info, thank you FultonMDUSA. Good to know that those rear ports can fast charge ipads or keep many laptops going under moderate usage.