At the same time, BMW has made a big announcement about new electric models and says that the BMW-owned Mini will only be powered by 2030, with the final ICE model to be released in 2025.
Most of the automotive industry is undergoing a major transition from fossil fuels, but BMW CEO Oliver Zips says the company has “no idea of stopping the production of combustion engines“. The report came after rival Audi boss Marcus Duesman announced that he had already stopped making ICEs.
In an interview with Automobilowoche of Germany, Duesman described the upcoming Euro 7 emission standards (translated from German) as “a major technical challenge”. Instead, Audi converts existing ICEs to those standards. It is noteworthy that the Euro 7 standards “do not benefit the environment at all”.
At the same time, BMW has made a big announcement about new electric models and says that the BMW-owned Mini will only be powered by 2030, with the final ICE model to be released in 2025. With internal combustion, “demand for ICE vehicles will remain strong for many years to come.” By 2030, BMW expects half of their car sales to be electric.
In 2019, Marcus Schaefer, head of development at Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, told Auto Motors & Sport that he had no plans for new ICEs but would not re-launch them in the future.
Naturally all vehicle manufacturers face the same emission standards, while others face more technical challenges than others. You can find a place on the BMW list for ICEs and EVs. Otherwise, the fact that ICE may have some new technologies intended to unravel is not entirely on the list. Other car manufacturers such as Mazda have been able to bring innovations such as spark controlled compression ignition in its Sky Active-X engines, which burn cleaner and more efficiently than conventional despite internal combustion. Porsche, Audi and Mazda are also known as e-fuels for ICEs powered by pure energy.
Either way, conservatives can relax more easily, as ICE BMWs will continue in the near future.