This article is a few months old, but says that the European version of the 45e will be available as a MY2020 but will NOT be available for the US market until late calendar year 2020 as a MY 2021.
Seems to fit with why the european members of this forum have the ability to order the 45e, while it has NOT shown up on any order guides for the US market.
Hope this article is wrong on the US market timing. Would like to stay in an X5, would like to have the 30-50mi all-electric range, as well as the gas tank for road trips.
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2...-drive-review/