BMW Group will launch 4 full-electric automobiles within the subsequent two years because the automaker accelerates its shift to electrified fashions. 

“We’re totally dedicated to electrical automobiles wherever using battery-electric drive trains is smart, and it’s doable as a result of the situations are proper,” BMW CEO Oliver Zipse stated.

Battery-powered variations of the 7-Sequence upper-premium sedan and X1 compact SUV will arrive subsequent yr.

Electrical variations of the 5-Sequence large-premium sedan and Mini Countryman compact SUV will arrive in 2023. 

“By 2023 we’ll supply our prospects no less than one BEV choice in practically all our car segments and over the subsequent 10 years we intention to launch a complete of about 10 million totally electrical autos onto the market,” Zipse advised analysts on earnings name on Aug. 3. 

The complete-electric 7 Sequence and 5 Sequence might be constructed at BMW’s plant in Dingolfing, Germany. 

The manufacturing facility in additionally construct the iX, BMW’s flagship electrical SUV, which can arrive in dealerships within the autumn, with the i4 electrical sedan, which is produced on the automaker’s Munich manufacturing facility. 

The complete-electric model of the X1 and Mini Countryman may also be inbuilt Germany, alongside inner combustion engine model — the X1 in Regensburg and the Mini Countryman in Leipzig. 

BMW Group’s battery-powered automobiles at the moment comprise the i3 compact hatchback produced in Leipzig and the China-built iX3 SUV, and the Mini Electrical hatchback, inbuilt Mini’s manufacturing facility in Oxford, England.

The iX will debut BMW’s new Working System 8 that the corporate says is designed for 5G connectivity.

The system has a brand new technology of shows, controls and software program and, after the iX, might be rolled out broadly throughout all different fashions, Zipse stated.

In 2025 BMW will current its first mannequin on the brand new Neue Klasse (New Class) platform which is designed to be primarily full-electric however may also accommodate diesel or gasoline engines, together with plug-in hybrids.

“Our new car structure is uncompromisingly electrical, whether or not with battery energy or hydrogen,” Zipse stated. 

The extremely versatile and scalable platform is designed to permit extra aerodynamic designs with completely different proportions and extra spacious interiors.  Will probably be used for all new fashions within the group’s vary, from BMWs to Rolls-Royces, beginning in 2025. 

“The Neue Klasse comes with a brand new IT and software program structure, in addition to newly developed high-performance electrical drive prepare and battery technology,” Zipse stated. 

BMW expects gross sales of its full-electric fashions to develop by greater than 50 % yearly on common by 2025, greater than ten instances the determine for 2020. 

By the top of 2025, the corporate expects to have delivered about 2 million full-electric autos to prospects, with a share of no less than 25 % of complete gross sales by 2025, rising to 10 million and no less than half of worldwide deliveries by 2030.