BMW claims that don't want to put into independent research and development power battery for the time being

Recently, the BMW group chairman harald & bull; Kruger ( HaraldKruger) Announced that it will speed up the electric product expansion plans. Predicts 2025 electric cars will appear steep growth curve % of growth.

in 2021, BMW's electric cars, Battery power and plug-in hybrids) Sales will double than in 2019. By 2023, BMW group will provide 25 electric cars to market, two years earlier than planned, more than half of the 25 new energy models will be pure electric vehicles.

it is reported that the BMW group CFO Nicholas & middot; Peter ( Nicolas Peter) Said: & other; I don't think I'm making batteries for each vehicle manufacturers are meaningful. ” BMW will continue to battery from existing suppliers, or join a consortium, but won't work for battery production.

the BMW has said, head of the electric system, batteries need to invest a lot of money, they are satisfied with the existing battery supplier, just don't want to do more.

BMW's main battery suppliers for ningde era and samsung SDI, in June last year, BMW and ningde company signed a 1 billion euros worth of automotive lithium-ion battery purchase agreement.

with BMW, in contrast, the German government said, hope in the domestic production of more electric vehicles, power battery production is a part of the plan. In Berlin on June 24, the German chancellor, met with BMW, Volkswagen, and several automakers Daimler's leaders, meeting topic is the plan. Shouldn't we have learned this discussion does not draw specific results.

in the German government and most car companies in an attempt to get rid of the dependence on Asian battery manufacturers, set up the electric car battery production base in Germany, the BMW the opposite tack is not a little surprised.