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BMW is putting some big numbers to its electrification efforts. At a media event in Munich on Thursday ahead of next week's Frankfurt Motor Show, the automaker announced plans to bring to market at least 25 electrified vehicles by 2025 -- 13 of which will be fully electric. The new models are expected to be marketed through all of BMW AG's brands, including Mini and Rolls-Royce, but may also include BMW Motorrad, its motorbike division.
Most interestingly, Harald Krüger, BMW chairman of the board, revealed Tuesday that his company will show a four-door, pure-electric concept car in Frankfurt under its i sub-brand. The car will be designed to slot between its i3 electric urban runabout and i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe. Few concrete details were revealed about the coming show car, but reading between the lines, it's clear that BMW is incubating a Tesla competitor -- likely a rival for the Model 3. The car's design is expected to be influenced by the Vision Next 100 (shown below), a futurethink concept vehicle designed to commemorate BMW's centennial.
Word from inside the executive circles at Ford is that they're gearing up to chase Tesla, too. How long before the last internal combustion engine production car rolls off the line, 5 years, 10 years, or 15?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 10 2017, @02:22AM (1 child)
Interestingly, I live in the country, as does most of my family, and we are actually looking forward to electric cars. Gas out here is expensive, AG-fuel audits are a pain, and going to town to get groceries is an hour (or more) round trip of just driving (and the nearest convenience store is 30 round trip and has strange hours (but I could ask my neighbor to open it in an emergency)), which means that you don't drive around that much and plan ahead when you do. Plus, electric vehicles have awesome low-end torque.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Sunday September 10 2017, @11:10AM
In a similar situation. My parents did buy an electric hybrid car last year, the wonder that is the tax reduction on certain items -- without it I doubt they would have bought it. But as you not it's mostly only used for planned events such as going into town and do shopping. For everything else the normal combustion vehicles are used. Any work on the farm or out in the woods more or less require on of the pickups. There might come a day there is a working electric version but I don't see that happening anytime soon.