BMW Group delivers 100,000 electrified vehicles in 2017, as promised

A promise to deliver more than 100,000 electrified vehicles to customers worldwide in 2017 has been met by the BMW Group.

An eye-catching light installation marked this milestone this week with the BMW Group Munich headquarters, dubbed the “Four-Cylinder”, transformed into a “battery” to represent the technological change in mobility.

“This 99-metre-high signal is lighting the way into the era of electro-mobility,” BMW AG management board chairman Harald Krüger says.

“Selling 100,000 electrified cars in one year is an important milestone, but this is just the beginning for us,” he says.

“Since the introduction of the BMW i3 in 2013, we’ve delivered over 200,000 electrified cars to our customers, and by 2025 we will offer 25 electrified models.”

The fifth generation of electric drive train and battery technology, available from 2021, uses scalable, modular electrification kits allowing all model series to be fitted with every type of drive train.

For its BMW i electric brand, founded in 2011, the company has already secured the naming rights from BMW i1 to i9, as well as from BMW iX1 to iX9.

Next year will see the launch of the BMW i8 Roadster, followed in 2019 by a fully electric Mini; the electric version of the BMW X3 in 2020, and in 2021 by the brand’s new technology flagship the BMW iNext, which will combine electro-mobility with autonomous driving and new interior connectivity options for the first time in a series-production model.

According to the independent POLK/IHS Report (December 7), the BMW Group has a market share of 21% registrations of new fully-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in Europe.

This means the BMW Group’s share of the electrified vehicle segment is more than three times its share of the market for traditional models. Worldwide, the company has a 10% share of the global electrified vehicle market.