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Like other carmakers, BMW is undergoing a costly transition to electric cars.

On June 25, at the BMW Group NEXTGen Future Summit held by BMW World in Munich, BMW announced plans to accelerate the expansion of electric products, offering 25 electric models to the market by 2023.

Mr. Kruger, CEO of BMW Group, said they would speed up the decision-making of electric products and bring them to market. It is even predicted that electric vehicle sales will maintain a high growth rate from now to 2025, with an average annual growth rate of about 30%.

However, Klaus Froelich, BMW's R & D director, did not think so in a private interview with the media. "there is no consumer demand for pure electric cars," Florig said. No one. It is the regulators that have requirements for pure electric vehicles. " It also said: "Europe does not need pure electric cars, and fuel cars can exist for at least 30 years."

"if we provide some incentives and subsidies, we can launch 1 million pure electric vehicles in the European market, but European consumers will not buy these things. Pure electric vehicles are suitable for China and California, and anywhere else is suitable for plug-in hybrid models with good mileage. " That's what Frolichy said.

In fact, in most markets, sales of pure electric vehicles are on the rise, which has affected sales of hybrid models.

In addition, BMW has no plans to produce electric car batteries. "I don't think it makes sense for every carmaker to produce batteries," Nicolas Peter, BMW's chief financial officer, said in Munich on Tuesday. BMW said it would continue to purchase batteries from existing suppliers or join a consortium, but would not produce its own batteries for electric cars.

Of course, this is not the first time BMW has shown an unwillingness to make its own batteries. Last year, the head of the company's electric powertrain said that producing batteries required a lot of money and that they had no desire to upset their battery suppliers.

Earlier, the German government said it wanted to produce more electric cars at home and would provide 1 billion euros (7.85 billion yuan) to the three consortiums BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler. help European companies reduce their dependence on Asian battery suppliers, accelerate production plans for electric vehicles and achieve the goal of 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2022.

After meeting with the heads of the three consortiums BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler, German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer criticized the country's largest auto industry for not producing enough electric cars. Scheuer believes that electric cars will be popular in the next few years, but so far, it has been difficult for consumers to experience electric cars in stores.

It is not just local brands of BMW, or other local brands, but as BMW's R & D director, Florig, says, Europe does not need pure electric cars, while fuel cars can last at least 30 years. However, in the face of the pressure from the government to promote green transportation and speed up the development of electric vehicles, it may only be able to comply with the development of the times.

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