From 2030, the BMW subsidiary Mini aims to produce only fully electric cars. As a result, no new models with combustion engines are to be introduced from 2025. As a further milestone, half of sales are to be achieved with purely electric vehicles by 2027. Initial plans in this direction were already announced in 2019 – but now the decision is official. At present, Mini only has one plug-in hybrid and one purely electric vehicle in its range, but this is to be expanded steadily in the future.

Volvo also aims to become a pure e-vehicle supplier by 2030. To achieve this, combustion vehicles and hybrids are to be phased out completely. According to the company, there is no realistic future for combustion engines in the long term. Furthermore, Volvo is hoping for support from politicians to reliably further improve the framework conditions for the expansion of a full-coverage charging infrastructure. This will further increase the attractiveness of e-mobility, whereupon demand should rise as well.

Setting a less extreme ambition, German automotive giant BMW is aiming to build a quarter of a million more e-cars between 2021 and 2023 than originally planned. To achieve this, the share of electrified vehicles in sales is to be more than doubled. By 2030, the company plans to sell more than seven million electrified vehicles, of which around two-thirds will be purely electric.