The new energy of automobiles is already the trend of the times, and several major countries with developed automobile industries in the world are actively transforming in this regard. But BMW, a traditional luxury brand, has taken a detour. BMW i3, i8 can be said to be the products that surpassed the times, but it is only tentative. Nowadays, BMW's new energy is to take a safe route, that is, "oil to electricity", based on the BMW i3 of the 3 series, ix3 based on the BMW X3, or the main force of BMW's new energy vehicles. Looking at other new energy vehicle brands, we have developed a pure electric vehicle platform, but BMW is obviously not so active in this regard. The reason is BMW's attitude towards pure electric vehicles.
Recently, according to Reuters, BMW Chairman Oliver Zipse said in an interview in New York that "the electric vehicle policy in developed countries has led to excessive dependence on certain raw materials." ”
Judging only by his remarks, this can be interpreted as a need to be wary of over-reliance on China. This is because the electric vehicle production facilities of global automakers are concentrated in China, which has a high market share in the battery field. Last year, China sold 3.32 million electric vehicles, accounting for 50 percent of global demand. It is nearly five times different from Germany (690,000 vehicles) in second place and the United States (670,000 vehicles) in third place.
BMW draws a line that he is not against electrification itself. However, if you produce an internal combustion engine car with good fuel efficiency at the same time, you can have both in terms of environment and cost.
"The price of key minerals used for batteries continues to soar, and even if the price drops, I don't think it will be as cheap as it used to be." BMW Chairman Oliver Zipps stressed.
BMW has previously stressed the importance of the internal combustion engine. In order to effectively reduce pollutants emitted by automobiles, the help of the internal combustion engine is indispensable. Frank Weber, BMW's director of research and development, said: "BMW's current engines are already able to reduce carbon emissions more than ever before. ”
BMW is not only focused on internal combustion engines and hybrids, but also promises to launch 13 pure electric vehicles by 2023. In addition, in the future, it is planned that electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles will account for 50% of total sales, and achieve a cumulative sales target of 10 million electric vehicles by 2030. Unlike other brands that promise to be fully electrified, half of BMW's future sales will still be internal combustion engine cars.
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