{"id":31498,"date":"2022-09-15T06:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T10:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=31498"},"modified":"2022-09-15T06:38:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T10:38:06","slug":"bmw-boss-combustion-engine-ban-europe-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=31498","title":{"rendered":"BMW Boss Believes Combustion Engine Ban In Europe Would Be Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/09\/15\/bmw-boss-combustion-engine-ban-europe-wrong\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photomain-article\"> <noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"bmw s68 engine 00 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of bmw s68 engine 00 1\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"bmw s68 engine 00 1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bmw-s68-engine-00-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of bmw s68 engine 00 1\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"bmwad\">\n<p><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"63.054488842761\">\n<p>While many automakers active in Europe have rushed to set a cut-off date for the internal combustion engine, BMW is not in a hurry. Well, not the core brand as Rolls-Royce will become a pure EV brand in 2030 while MINI will follow suit early in the next decade. Oliver Zipse, the head honcho in Munich, has repeatedly said it would be too premature to ban sales of new cars with ICEs from 2035, and he had a new opportunity to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking this week during the Innovation Day event organized in Erlangen, Bavaria, the 58-year-old executive reiterated his warning about a potentially premature ICE ban: \u201cWe think it\u2019s wrong to switch off the combustion engine in Europe. The industry will look different in terms of scale and structure than it does today if it goes to just one technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420526\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-420526\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"bmw ix5 hydrogen review 54 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw ix5 hydrogen review 54 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-420526\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"bmw ix5 hydrogen review 54 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bmw-ix5-hydrogen-review-54.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw ix5 hydrogen review 54 830x553\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BMW iX5 Hydrogen in Arjeplog Feb 22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He went on to say that a \u201chard shutdown\u201d of the internal combustion engine would generate \u201cdistortions that nobody here can control anymore.\u201d As for an alternative to this increasingly likely scenario from the middle of the decade, Oliver Zipse promoted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/08\/31\/bmw-beings-production-of-fuel-cells-for-ix5-hydrogen\/\">fuel cell technology<\/a> once again. He argues it would be quicker to build the necessary hydrogen refilling stations than the time it\u2019s going to take to have the infrastructure ready for battery-powered EVs.<\/p>\n<p>BMW\u2019s top brass explained it would require only two days to convert a traditional refueling station that has gasoline and diesel to hydrogen. He expressed his commitment to fuel cells furthermore: \u201cThat\u2019s why we firmly believe in hydrogen. It will come and it will come at BMW, I am very, very sure of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To that end, BMW is starting a short production run of the iX5 of no more than 100 hydrogen-fueled SUVs. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/08\/12\/bmw-hydrogen-suv-enter-mass-production-2025\/\">mass-production model will follow as early as 2025<\/a> with help from Toyota, and we\u2019ve recently learned that the Neue Klasse platform is being engineered to accommodate a fuel cell.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiwo.de\/technologie\/mobilitaet\/futuremobility\/weltmarktfuehrer-innovation-day-bmw-chef-zipse-verbrenner-verbot-fuehrt-zu-unkontrollierbaren-verwerfungen\/28678756.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wirtschaftswoche<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADVERTISEMENT While many automakers active in Europe have rushed to set a cut-off date for the internal combustion engine, BMW is not in a hurry. Well, not the core brand as Rolls-Royce will become a pure EV brand in 2030 while MINI will follow suit early in the next decade. 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