Oliver Zipse, CEO of BMW Group, believes the opportunity for the global electric vehicle market is still huge. Electric vehicles may be the future of the four-wheeler industry, but governments and manufacturers alike have a lot of work to do to ensure a smooth transition from petrol and diesel to electric.
Infrastructure, policy or raw material supply are some of the challenges mentioned by the BMW leader. According to Reutershe also pointed to the fact that car manufacturers need to be careful in transferring electric vehicles because they have to depend on a number of countries that have a large supply of raw materials, including China and Russia.
BMW can be considered as the first luxury brand to launch popular electric cars, but they also do not agree with the abandonment of 100% motor vehicles.
Just a few factors that disrupt the above supply, such as Covid-19 in the period 2020-2022, can have a huge impact on the global supply chain.
In addition, he also opposes a complete ban on cars powered by internal combustion engines. 2030, even 2035 is not the right time to do so, as some European countries or the US would like. Consumer habits cannot be changed overnight, for example, they are used to taking only 5 minutes to fill up gas instead of half an hour, an hour to charge the battery.
Gasoline and diesel hybrid cars in parallel with electricity, according to the CEO, are a more effective transfer bridge during a period when electric car prices are still high compared to cars with similar engines (according to Edmunds, this difference in the US is up. up to 15,000 USD) and the infrastructure for electric vehicle charging is not enough to meet the majority of users.
Reference: Reuters
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