Wolfgang Froehlich , Head of Research & Development at BMW does not expect electric vehicles to reach 10 % of the new car market until 2025 at the very earliest . He told Engineering News that internal combustion engines will still be around 60 years from now and so his company must continue to develop models based on them . Furthermore , while he agrees that power density will increase , he does not believe that battery costs will decline as much as is currently being predicted . Lastly , despite Tesla being in headlines recently for its Autopilot software , he expects true autonomous driving is at least a decade away .
Klaus Froehlich, Head of Research & Development at BMW does not expect electric vehicles to represent 10% of the new car market until 2025 at the very earliest. He told Engineering News that internal combustion engines will still be around 60 years from now and so his company must continue to develop models based on them. Furthermore, while he agrees that power density will increase, he does not believe that battery costs will decline as much as is currently being predicted. Lastly, despite Tesla featuring in headlines recently for its Autopilot software, Froehlich expects true autonomous driving is at least a decade away.