As a result of the massive expansion of electric mobility, emissions produced by BMW Group vehicles per kilometre driven will be reduced by around 40 percent by the year 2030.
Vehicles of the BMW and MINI brands featuring electrified drive systems are now offered in 74 markets worldwide, where more than 500,000 electrified vehicles were sold by 2019. By the end of 2021, this figure is expected to increase to over a million.
In spite of pandemic-related restrictions, more vehicles from the BMW Group were sold during the first half of 2020 than in the corresponding previous-year period.
The X3 is the first model available either with highly efficient petrol and diesel engines including 48-volt mild hybrid technology, with a plug-in hybrid drive system or all-electric drive system.
In future, further series models with electrified and with conventional drive systems will be built on a single production line. For example, the next generation of luxury sedans of the 7 Series will be offered also as a purely electric model variant.
Also the high-volume series 5 and X1 will be brought to market not only with conventional internal combustion engines and plug-in hybrid systems, but also with all-electric drive units.
Electrification of drive systems is an integral part of the future field D-ACES (Design, Autonomous, Connected, Electrified und Services/Shared) defined by the BMW Group in their NUMBER ONE > NEXT strategy.
Today, the BMW Group boasts the widest selection of corresponding vehicles worldwide. These models also retain sporty characteristics, an expressive design and built with advanced technology.
The fifth generation of BMW eDrive technology is celebrating its premiere in the all-electric iX3.
BMW relies on the in-house development of all components for eDrive technology. One example of the advancements achieved in this way is the high-voltage battery for the i3, the storage capacity of which has doubled since the launch of this model despite unchanged installation space.
