BMW delivered the one-millionth electrified automobile in December 2021 and now it’s celebrating the subsequent milestone: two million vehicles. This quantity considers each absolutely electrical and plug-in hybrid autos, from fashions as small because the X1 xDrive25e and iX1 to as giant because the M760e and i7. Talking throughout the annual press convention yesterday, firm CEO Oliver Zipse mentioned the German luxurious model is about to promote the one-millionth EV.

Though demand for absolutely electrical vehicles appears to be cooling, the BMW Group delivered 74.1% extra EVs in 2023 than the 12 months earlier than, reaching 375,716 items. The share of absolutely electrical autos in whole deliveries rose from 9% in 2022 to 14.7% final 12 months. In the long term, the automotive conglomerate nonetheless believes EVs will account for greater than 50% of whole annual gross sales by the top of the last decade. Nonetheless, it cautions that can solely occur if there’s going to be a well-developed charging infrastructure by then.

The long-term plan is to proceed investments in gasoline, diesel, and plug-in hybrid powertrains since BMW argues an electric-only future continues to be distant. BMW will promote vehicles geared up with combustion engines nicely into the 2030s and probably ever after that. Its ultra-luxury Rolls-Royce model will supply an electric-only lineup by 2030 whereas MINI will comply with swimsuit early into the subsequent decade.

By 2030, the BMW Group estimates to ship 10 instances extra EVs than it has to date by promoting 10 million vehicles with out combustion engines. To get there, it’s making an enormous guess on the Neue Klasse platform that can underpin six EV-only fashions by 2028. It additionally intends to begin manufacturing of at the very least six electrical autos in Spartanburg by 2030.

BMW reckons an electrical automobile doesn’t essentially have to hold round giant and heavy batteries. It’s not giving up on pursuing hydrogen gasoline cell know-how, which is why it’s at present testing a fleet of iX5 Hydrogen prototypes. Classes discovered from this program “are being included into the event of a possible collection product.”

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