BMW was 10 grams per km below its European Union CO2 emissions goal in 2021, helped by robust gross sales of electrified fashions together with Mini automobiles and advances in combustion-engine expertise.
Group emissions had been 115.9 g/km, BMW mentioned, in contrast with a regulatory goal of 126 g/km within the 27 EU nations plus Norway and Iceland. The figures haven’t but been validated by the European Fee.
BMW model launched two all-new full-electric fashions towards the top of 2021, the iX SUV and the i4 sedan.
The automaker hopes to double world EV gross sales in 2022 to greater than 200,000, with two new full-electic vehicles: The i7 variant of the new-generation 7 Sequence upper-premium sedan, and the iX1, a model of compact X1 SUV. A battery-electric 5 Sequence is due in 2023.
The group’s Mini model was additionally a big contributor to the CO2 emissions discount on robust demand for the UK-based marque’s two electrified fashions, the full-electric Mini Electrical (Cooper SE within the U.S.) and Cooper SE Countryman, the model’s plug-in hybrid.
The Mini Electrical was the model’s best-selling mannequin variant in 2021, after doubling quantity to 34,851. Gross sales of the Cooper SE Countryman rose 24 p.c to 18,392. Mini’s complete world car gross sales elevated 3.3 p.c to 302,144.
BMW plans to make the Mini model all-electric by 2030 and subsequent 12 months a brand new three way partnership plant in China with Nice Wall is scheduled to start out manufacturing of two Mini EVs for China and world markets.
BMW didn’t escape battery-electric or plug-in hybrid gross sales by mannequin and area, nevertheless it mentioned that in Germany, 25 p.c of all BMW model gross sales and 31 p.c of all Mini gross sales had been both full-electric or plug-in hybrids.
CEO Oliver Zipse mentioned Wednesday that BMW expects to promote 50 p.c full-electric automobiles by 2030, or about 1.5 million a 12 months. Different benchmarks the group hopes to hit embody promoting greater than 30 p.c of automobiles with both full-electric or plug-in hybrid drivetrains by 2025.
BMW, which mentioned earlier that it had reached its goal however didn’t launch a selected determine, joins quite a lot of different automakers which have mentioned they met their 2021 targets, together with Volkswagen Group, Mercedes and Renault Group.
The semiconductor scarcity in 2021 might have helped automakers meet their emissions objectives, as they prioritized manufacturing of electrified and higher-margin fashions.
Emissions targets have develop into progressively more durable to satisfy since 2020, when the EU established an general fleet benchmark of 95 g/km, with particular person targets decided by common fleet mass.
Automakers equivalent to BMW and Mercedes-Benz, which promote heavier automobiles, have larger targets.
An exception for the highest-emission automobiles was eradicated in 2021, and a system of tremendous credit that assigned double worth to gross sales of full EVs in 2020 is being phased out and can finish in 2023.