Autoshow: BMW aiming for quarter of China sales to be electric vehicles by 2025

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings

19/04/2021 05:43

SHANGHAI, April 19 (Reuters) - German automaker BMW
 BMWG.DE  is aiming for a quarter of its sales in China to be
pure battery electric vehicles by 2025, its China chief Jochen
Goller said on Monday.
    Around 4% of BMW China sales were electric vehicles last
year.  
    Goller was speaking to reporters at the 2021 Shanghai Auto
Show. He said BMW will have 12 electric models for sale in China
by 2023.
    BMW has said it expects half of its sales globally to be
fully-electric models by 2030.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2LF0ED
    Goller added BMW is looking into expanding its production in
China but has not made final decision. Issues at Huachen Group,
parent of its main China joint venture partner Brilliance China
Automotive  1114.HK , do not impact operations of the joint
venture, he said. 
    BMW's joint venture with Great Wall Motor  601633.SS , which
is building a factory in China, will start making two electric
Mini models for the global market from 2023, he said. 

 (Reporting by Yilei Sun and Norihiko Shirouzu; Editing by
Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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