{"id":548,"date":"2020-04-07T16:44:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/?p=548"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:44:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:44:05","slug":"q1-2020-bmw-group-evs-and-phev-sales-increased-13-9-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2020\/04\/07\/q1-2020-bmw-group-evs-and-phev-sales-increased-13-9-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"Q1 2020: BMW Group EVs and PHEV sales increased 13.9 percent"},"content":{"rendered":"
The first quarter of 2020 was not kind to the BMW Group. The Bavarians posted a 20 percent decrease in sale<\/a>, across their BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands. But there is a silver lining in these numbers. According to BMW, the sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles were remarkable year-t0-date.<\/p>\n BMW reports 30,692 sales of plug-in electric cars, the equivalent of a 13.9 percent increase year-over-year. \u201cThis means we are also on track to meet the EU\u2019s CO2 targets. We do not see any necessity to defer climate protection goals\u201d, said Pieter Nota.<\/p>\n With the advent of the recently introduced X1 xDrive25e and X2 xDrive25e, BMW has a powerful fleet of electrified vehicles which also includes the 225xe Active Tourer, the\u00a0330e<\/a>, the\u00a0530e<\/a>, the\u00a0745e\/745Le, the\u00a0X3 xDrive30e\u00a0and the\u00a0X5 xDrive45e<\/a>. A new BMW 545e<\/a> is also in the works, while the MINI brand offers its own share of plug-in hybrids<\/a>.<\/p>\n On a group perspective, BMW aims to sell 25 percent electric powertrain vehicles in Europe by 2021, 33 percent by 2025 and 50 percent by 2030.<\/p>\n