BMW Chief Says Europe’s 2035 EV Mandate is “No Longer Realistic”

[Elderberry]

Legal Insurrection by Leslie Eastman 10/18/2024

BMW’s CEO Oliver Zipse: “To maintain the successful course, a strictly technology-agnostic path within the policy framework is essential.”

Back in 2022, I reported that Toyota Motor chief Akio Toyoda remains skeptical of moving to only producing electric vehicles (EVs). Toyoda also indicated that most people who work in the auto industry agree with him.

    “People involved in the auto industry are largely a silent majority,” Toyoda said. “That silent majority is wondering whether EVs are really OK to have as a single option. But they think it’s the trend so they can’t speak out loudly.”

Now BMW’s CEO Oliver Zipse argues that Europe’s 2035 ban on internal combustion engines (ICE) is unrealistic and could increase reliance on Chinese batteries.

    BMW wants Europe to relax its plan to ban new petrol and diesel-powered cars from 2035 onward, in an effort to reduce the region’s reliance on batteries from China. While many automakers have fully embraced electrification, BMW is opting for a more diversified strategy.

    In addition to battery electric vehicles (BEVs), the company is investing in alternative technologies such as e-fuels and hydrogen fuel cells, betting that the future of mobility won’t be driven by batteries alone.

    At the this month’s Paris Auto Show, BMW’s CEO, Oliver Zipse, made it clear that Europe needs a new regulatory approach, one that leverages its own strengths in technology and doesn’t hinge so heavily on battery imports.

More: https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/10/bmw-chief-says-europes-2035-ev-mandate-is-no-longer-realistic/

[mountaineer]

An electric vehicle mandate would be especially problematic since Germany no longer (since April 2023) gets electricity from readily available nuclear power:

While nuclear power was gradually phased out of the German power mix, Germany increased its use of fossil fuel energy by 7% over the period 2002–2022, with a massive increase in usage of natural gas and only modest reductions of coal power and oil power. By some estimates, Germany could have achieved a 73% reduction in its carbon emissions by retaining nuclear power during the period 2002–2022 and could have saved €696 billion on its energy transition.

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[IsailedawayfromFR]

wrong.  It was NEVER realistic

[GtHawk]

wrong.  It was NEVER realistic

[Fishrrman]

BMW’s CEO Oliver Zipse: “To maintain the successful course, a strictly technology-agnostic path within the policy framework is essential.”

Talk about your gobbledygook...
(or is it just me ...?)

How about:
"Buyers want cars powered by internal combustion engines, so that's what we're going to offer them..."

[catfish1957]

BMW’s CEO Oliver Zipse: “To maintain the successful course, a strictly technology-agnostic path within the policy framework is essential.”

Talk about your gobbledygook...
(or is it just me ...?)

Not just you....  What you heard was code word and  corpor-speak for "this shit just isn't feasible, and  it shouldn't happen."

Biggest auto winners in the world will be the ones that ignore the mandates, or postpone them to the very last moment possible.