The BMW Group has reached its goal of delivering more than
100,000 electrified cars in 2017. The total includes hybrids and electric cars
sold across the BMW and Mini brands.
The 100,000th car was a BMW i3 finished in blue. It was
handed over to its owner at the BMW Group headquarters in Munich, Germany at a
special ceremony on Monday.
The BMW Group also marked the milestone by using lighting to
transform its headquarters into a battery symbol displaying the prominent
declaration, “The future is electric.”
The BMW Group is well aware the milestone represents only
the start of a long journey toward zero-emission driving. After all, this year
the automaker is on track to deliver over two million cars, so electrified cars
are still only a small fraction of the total.
“Selling 100,000 electrified cars in one year is an
important milestone, but this is just the beginning for us,” BMW Group Chairman
Harald Krüger said in a statement.
The next milestone will take place later this decade when
the BMW Group starts selling core models with electric powertrains. The first
will be the Mini Hardtop in 2019 followed by the BMW X3 in 2020. The latter
will be badged an iX3 in electric guise.
By 2025, the BMW Group will have 25 electrified cars on sale,
12 of which will be electric cars and the rest plug-in hybrids. At this date,
the automaker is hoping that between 15 and 25 percent of its sales will be
made up by electrified cars.
Other automakers are even more ambitious. Toyota, for
example, announced on Monday that every car in its lineup will offer
an electrified option by 2025. The Volkswagen Group is committed to
launching 30 electric cars
by 2025, while General Motors will have 20
of them by 2023.
source: https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1114376_bmw-group-delivers-over-100000-electrified-cars-in-2017
by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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