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. “Electric propulsion will be very expensive for quite a while, which is why I am also quite conservative to have too high a range from a weight and cost point of view. The German automaker is also working with a number of partners in developing its own plug-in hybrid models. Lastly, despite Tesla featuring in headlines recently for its Autopilot software, Froehlich 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. The German automaker is also working with a number of partners in developing its own plug-in hybrid models. Lastly, despite Tesla featuring in headlines recently for its Autopilot software, Froehlich expects true autonomous driving is at least a decade away.