During a recent media conference, BMW Group said it was bent on delivering over 10 million EVs to their owners by the beginning of the next decade. The corporation holds high hopes for the Neue Klasse platform set to debut later this year, and wants to switch Mini and Rolls-Royce to pure electric propulsion, too.
The upcoming architecture brings along all-new powertrain options and software written from scratch specifically for EVs. It also makes use of innovative traction batteries and promises more driving range thanks to reduced power consumption.
According to some calculations made by BMW, implementing all this new tech will cut the end costs of EVs for the mass market. Even more can be achieved by raising the share of recycled materials in such cars from the current 30 to 50 percent.
BMW does not say explicitly that it wants to electrify its entire product range, but mentions that EVs may well constitute over 50 percent of its total sales by 2030.
Judging by the electrification roadmap, Rolls-Royce will be the first in line to undergo the transformation in late 2020s. Mini should follow suit in early 2030s.