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06 Dec 2017

BMW aims for 50 percent increase in electric car sales next year

Bloomberg

BMW plans to increase its plug-in hybrid and battery car sales by 50 percent to about 150,000 in 2018, reports Elisabeth Behrmann for Bloomberg. “We’ll definitely boost sales by a mid-double digit amount,” Klaus Fröhlich, who heads development for BMW, told reporters in Munich. “This is to stay ahead of the competition that’s starting to do its own rollout.”

Read the article in English here.

See the factsheet Early e-car starter BMW plans new mobility sprint,  and the dossier The Energiewende and German carmakers for background.

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