BMW revealed a number of important messages in a conference held in Munich, Germany, 2020 March 18, the covers of the current spread of the global epidemic of a new crown pneumonia, as well as the Group’s future prospects and the expected power of the automobile era, while BMW also meeting for the first time mentioned yet come out of the next-generation 7 Series, will be determined using the 5th generation of energy technology pure electric vehicles, there will be a plug-in gasoline-electric power and conventional gasoline and diesel engines.
BMW expects earnings will be due to the new crown fell pneumonia, before April 19 to suspend Europe, South Africa factory
BMW said by in the continued impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic spreading worldwide, plus a new car Ramp; D budget increase, the Group pretax profit this year and deliveries of new cars is bound to be a marked decline. In addition, in order to reduce the risk of spread of the epidemic of pneumonia new crown, and lower market demand caused the epidemic, BMW will suspend production plants in Europe and South Africa until April 19. About Vision 2020, BMW said the new crown uncertainty caused by pneumonia epidemic, so that in 2020 the situation is difficult to predict, but it is expected that new car sales will decline in all major markets.
BMW will be available within the next few years, a variety of pure electric vehicles, includes BMW i3, Mini Mini Cooper SE, BMW iX3, iNext BMW and BMW i4 and so on. (Shown left car: iX3, the following figure: Mini Cooper SE)
to determine the next-generation 7 Series flagship sedan will be pure electric power
Another subject of the
meeting focused in the future energy vehicles. Compared to 2019, BMW is expected to market the demand for electricity will double the growth of the car when in 2021, in 2025 a chance to see steep growth curve. For the future, while the former BMW has said it, from the beginning of 2021 will be up to 50 percent of traditional power into progress, the wisdom of the vehicle architecture. 2022, BMW sold 1 million target to pure electric or plug-in oil tram,Which will include the BMW i3, Mini Mini Cooper SE, BMW iX3, iNext BMW and BMW i4, all these cars will be equipped with BMW’s latest 5th generation energy power systems.
By 2023, the BMW Group will have as many as 25 electricity-powered car models sold in the market, of which more than half will be pure electric vehicles. In order to be a leader in innovation in the future energy, BMW has plans to inject 30 billion euros of funds by 2025, the next generation of oil used in the research and development of pure electric vehicles and trams. Meanwhile, BMW brand relent about the next generation 7 Series flagship sedan of information, the main focus is to determine the offer pure electric power, technology architecture to brand new 5th generation energy technology; in addition, the next generation 7 Series will have a plug-in oil electric models, as well as traditional gasoline and diesel internal combustion engine equipped models.