Recently, Frank Weber, CEO of the BMW Group (Bagoria Automobile Plant), said that BMW will develop the next generation of internal combustion engines, including diesel engines and gasoline engines, covering six-cylinder and eight-cylinder internal combustion engines; and said that BMW will adopt a "compromise approach" to allow the new internal combustion engine to meet the requirements of emission regulations and meet the needs of vehicle performance. It is reported that the new engine will put efficiency first, the introduction of new engine technology, such as adding some new elements inside the cylinder head, so as to achieve energy saving and emission reduction. At the same time, Frank Weber also said that "the new engine has to meet both the requirements of emissions regulations and the need for vehicle performance, and we found a compromise." ”
Many people are deeply relieved by this news, thinking that BMW has not fallen in the torrent of new energy in the car, but this paragraph actually has an implicit "bad news", Frank Weber only pointed out that BMW will continue to develop internal combustion engines including six and eight cylinders, and did not mention its own V12 engine. Sure enough, on January 19, BMW unveiled the M760i limited edition, starting in June this year, BMW will produce the last production model with v12 engines, and will be limited to 12 M760i xDrive cars in the United States to commemorate this moment, which also means that BMW will discontinue the V12 engine this year.
In the face of severe global warming, environmental protection problems have become the goal of countries scrambling to solve, the emission problem of automobiles is naturally the first to bear the brunt of it, countries around the world in order to reduce carbon emissions, accelerate the realization of carbon neutral carbon peaking goals, the introduction of a number of laws and regulations to limit the use of internal combustion engines, which can be truly felt in daily life, in some prosperous cities in the south, the use of new energy vehicles has been quite common, BMW at this time announced the continued development of internal combustion engines, the surface looks and the development trend of vehicle electrification "contrary to the road".
In fact, in recent years, the official announcement that there are not a few car companies that do not build fuel vehicles, Audi announced that it will stop producing new internal combustion engine models by the end of 2026, focusing on pure electric vehicles, and stop selling fuel vehicles in 2033, Honda has also publicly stated that after 2030, the domestic market will no longer put new fuel vehicles, the next five years will launch 10 pure electric vehicles... In essence, the transformation of the car from the internal combustion engine to the electric motor is bound to break the long-term advantages of European, American, Japanese and Korean car companies in the field of internal combustion engine, which can be seen from the sales list of new energy vehicles, in the domestic new energy vehicle sales list, rarely see the shadow of the old fuel car companies, replaced by the new domestic car manufacturing forces, as well as the new energy models launched by domestic brands.
BMW announced this time not to give up the study of the internal combustion engine, in the final analysis is still unwilling to give up its own strong brand power in the field of internal combustion engine, even in the general trend of car electrification, the internal combustion engine appears to be a bit "outdated", if BMW can develop a more environmentally friendly engine through its own technology, can meet the increasingly stringent emission standards, the launch of the model will also be sought after by people. It is worth mentioning that BMW's pure electric vehicle sales in 2021 increased by 133% year-on-year, BMW in the study of the internal combustion engine at the same time, but also to keep up with the trend of the times, this "two hands" market vision, so that BMW has a strong ability to resist risks: electric vehicles to increase efforts to develop new energy, electric vehicles are not good to continue to develop internal combustion engines.
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When more and more car companies announced the final "encirclement and suppression" of the internal combustion engine, BMW let the internal combustion engine have a place, which also makes many internal combustion engine fans feel at ease, at least the fuel model will not be "completely destroyed" in a short period of time, then do you think BMW does not give up the internal combustion engine research this road, in today's automobile development trend can go far?