Sunday 22 March 2015

BMW: 300km i3 planned. i9 by 2020


BMW i8 Spyder: According to company insiders BMW CEO Reithofer planning an electric Offensive - medium term should follow the i8 an i9

Manager-magazin.de: (Google translation from German): The outgoing chairman of the board Joachim Milberg BMW expects a rapidly increasing demand for electric cars. He'll go out for "2020 but not later than 2023 'from the fact that the proportion of vehicles will increase with electric drives at about 10 percent, Milberg said in an interview with the manager magazin, the new edition on Friday (March 20) in trade is. When then probably 100 million vehicles sold per year are the "least ten million cars, including plug-in hybrids." Milberg pointed out that the environmental situation in many large cities in China as otherwise I will not let dominate.

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Milberg warned not to take potential competitors like Apple and Google seriously. "We have to deliver as car manufacturers continue the main selling points," Milberg said, "else would our industry eventually becomes a mere supplier of computer specialists."

BMW as electric vehicles has not offered to completely battery-electric powered small car i3 and additionally equipped with a gasoline engine sports car i8.

The company sold 2,014 16,000 i3. "We are quite satisfied with the sales figures," Milberg, of the Supervisory Board of the automotive group passes since 2004 and recognizes his place for the current CEO Norbert Reithofer AGM in May said.

BMW plans a new scooter i9

CEO Reithofer and his designated successor, Harald Krüger planning a massive offensive power. In the medium term they wanted to expand the Group's fleet by the i-i9 manager magazine reported, citing company insiders.

Still not decided whether final, as this model will look like it's in the group. Most likely is currently a kind of SUV-coupe similar to the BMW X6. The i9 will come on the market around 2020. Previously, there will be a new edition of the i3 with a doubled to more than 300 kilometers battery range. In subsequent years, then every medium and large BMW model should be available as a plug-in model or in a purely electric version.