BMW hits 1 million EV sales, targeting 2 million by 2025
BMW has sold its one millionth electric vehicle (EV) and plans to reach two million total EV sales by 2025, the German carmaker said on Tuesday.
Around 70 per cent of EVs sold so far were hybrids, board member Pieter Nota said in a roundtable with journalists, adding that the company believed hybrid models would continue to play an important role in particular for customers without easy access to chargers.
Continuing to modernise fossil fuel-burning cars was another important step towards making the industry more sustainable, he said: “Only then can we make a difference across the customer base.”
BMW has long stood for investing in a range of technologies rather than focusing purely on battery-electric cars to reduce emissions, and opposes flat-out bans on purchasing combustion engine cars.
