On March 19, BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer said at the annual financial meeting that by 2020 the i3 and i8 i series would have a total annual output of more than 100,000 units.
       With an annual output of over 100,000
"As electric cars and plug-in hybrids can help the company's product lineup meet the new European standards for stringent carbon dioxide emissions, it will expand its i-series electric vehicles by 2018 by 2020," he said. Tight emission regulations, we will be forced to produce double - digit electric vehicles every year to meet the standard.
BMW plans to reduce its average CO2 emissions from its new car in Europe by 133 g / km by 2013 to 105 g / km by 2020, compared with 210 g / km in 1995.
The EU has set a new standard for emissions, with the average level of new vehicles in 2021 being 95 g / m, compared with 130 g / km. As a result of the German opposition, the EU will be time node from the original year 2020 to postpone a year. Specific targets will take into account the weight of the vehicle, and the different company goals are also different. Similar to BMW and other large and heavy vehicles manufacturing enterprises, the target value will be higher than the industry average.
I3 and i8 are favorable
BMW said that its electric car i brand of the first two models i3 and i8 market response is good. I3 small pure electric city
The hatchback was listed in Germany on November 16 and has now received 11,000 orders in Europe.
"We are very pleased that i3 is welcome early, especially considering that we will be open to accept orders in the United States in June, which is the world's largest electric car market," said Ian Robertson, head of BMW marketing and sales. "
Robertson believes that 2014 is i3 year to start the impulse of the year, but it did not give sales expectations, "by 2015, we will i3 real potential to have a clearer understanding."
While the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car is still available for months, is expected in June this year in the global sale. Robertson said i8 received a lot of pre - sale orders, "I think consumers may accept for such an innovative product to wait for 6 months, but too long waiting for the goods list may be a troublesome problem.
It is noted that all the i8s that will be listed in 2014 have been ordered out.
Still need huge investment
Earlier, there have been rumors that BMW for the development of i series electric vehicles cost billions of euros, consider giving up the brand. After the official sale of i3, although the rumors are clarified, but the outside world will be the i brand as a costly project. The BMW to consider a substantial increase in output, will need to invest a lot of money.
Lei Shifu said that BMW has invested in the i3 and i8 600 million euros, the future expansion of the need to add huge investment. Foreign media cited an example as a reference, Renault - Nissan so far in the electric car project total investment of 4 billion euros, including Nissan hear the wind and Renault Zoe and other models.