Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good morning and a very warm welcome!
Thank you for joining us, it’s a great pleasure to be here.
Also a big “hello” to everyone watching on livestream.
At the BMW Group, we are always looking ahead, thinking about the next generations. What concerns the next generation most is climate change. Therefore, it also concerns us at the BMW Group. That’s why we are clearly committed to the Paris Agreement and the UN Global Compact since 2001.
We are focusing on the question: Which technologies have the greatest leverage to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions? This applies to the automotive industry, but also to all other industries with a CO2 footprint. For us, it’s about having a real effect or as we would say in German, „Wirksamkeit“. And that means on the basis of scientific knowledge and technical data. The deciding factor is the actual contribution to climate protection.
A product can only be purposeful if a customer wants it, desires it, and uses it. Hence, we are focusing on: What will our customers – who are all citizens of this planet – want in the future? What kind of drivetrains, technologies and services?
And how do we achieve, at the same time, the best result for climate protection?
Here, at our stand, you will see a wide range of options for our customers, because we believe in the power of choice – not only today, but also tomorrow.
Now, let’s take a look at electric mobility: How will demand for purely electric vehicles develop in the next decade in the major world regions? It will remain mixed, for quite some time, due to the differences in infrastructure, driving distances and political frameworks. Moreover, we expect substantial growth in the premium segment up to 2030.
The BMW Group is a global company, and we are able to offer all possible drivetrains, on flexible and, also in some cases, on purpose-built architectures.
That means:
- Conventional engines with benchmark performance in emissions
- Fully-electric and plug-in hybrids
- And in the future, also fuel-cell vehicles.
Our flexibility enables us to fulfil all customer needs and be truly customer-centric. This puts us in a very strong strategic position to tackle at the same time the challenges of future mobility and climate change.
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SOURCE: BMW Group
