BMW is celebrating both its one millionth electric vehicle sale and continually growing demand for its battery-powered models, as rival brands encounter weaker demand. The BMW Group – which includes Mini and Rolls-Royce – reported its global EV sales rose by 27.9 per cent between January and March compared to the same quarter last year, with 82,700 cars sold across the three months.
In Australia, the opening three months of the year saw BMW sell 1423 EVs, with the iX1 and i4 cracking the top 10 among the battery-powered vehicle market. Though certain regions such as Europe are due to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035, BMW hasn’t established its own timeline to go electric-only across its global lineup. Last year, Frank Weber, member of the board of management for BMW Group development, detailed why the brand hadn’t yet committed to go all electric.