Isiphetho sivela ku-CEO we-BMW, u-Harald Krueger, othe, esitatimendeni esikhiqizwe yisikhungo sezindaba i-Reuters, uveze ukuthi "sifuna ukulinda ukufika kwesizukulwane sesihlanu, njengoba kufanele kunikeze inzuzo enkulu. Futhi ngenxa yalesi sizathu, asihleli ukwandisa umthamo wokukhiqiza wesizukulwane sesine samanje”.
Futhi ngokusho kukaKrueger, umehluko, ngokwezindleko, phakathi kwesizukulwane sesine nesesihlanu sezimoto zikagesi ezivela kwaBMW, kufanele zifinyelele "amadijithi amabili". Njengoba, “uma sifuna ukunqoba umjaho, kufanele sizame ukuba ngoqhudelana kakhulu esigabeni, ngokwezindleko. Ngaphandle kwalokho, ngeke sikwazi ukucabanga ngokukhiqiza ngobuningi”.
I-Electric mini ne-X3 zisele ngo-2019
Kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi iBMW yethula imoto yokuqala kagesi, i-i3, ngo-2013, futhi kusukela lapho ibisebenzela ukuthuthukiswa kwezizukulwane ezimbalwa zamabhethri, isoftware kanye nobuchwepheshe bezimoto zikagesi.
Ngonyaka ka-2019, umkhiqizi waseMunich uhlela ukwethula i-Mini kagesi yokuqala engu-100%, kuyilapho isimemezele isinqumo sokuqala ukukhiqizwa kwenguqulo kagesi ye-SUV X3.
Ibhuleki lokukhiqiza, i-investment accelerator
Kodwa-ke, naphezu kwezitatimende ze-CEO ye-BMW zembula uhlobo lokungena "okungathathi hlangothi" mayelana nokuhamba kukagesi, iqiniso liwukuthi, ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, limemezele ukwanda kokutshalwa kwezimali ocwaningweni nasekuthuthukisweni kwezimoto zikagesi . Ngokunembayo, isamba esingama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, ngenhloso eshiwo yokukwazi ukubeka emakethe ingqikithi yamamodeli afakelwe ugesi angama-25 ngo-2025.
Kulezi ziphakamiso, ingxenye kufanele ibe ngu-100% kagesi, nokuzimela kokufika kumakhilomitha angu-700, kuphinde kwavezwa iBMW. Phakathi kwazo kukhona i-i4 esivele imenyezelwe, isaluni enezicabha ezine, ekhonjwe njengembangi eqondile yeTesla Model S.
Nasohlangothini lwezokuhamba ngogesi, uHarald Krueger uveze ukuthi abakwaBMW baqoke iContemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) njengozakwabo eChina, ukuze benze amaseli amabhethri.
