Record in deliveries for BMW hybrids in Q1

IN the first four months of 2018, BMW Group Electrified vehicle sales worldwide totalled 36,692 units, a growth of 41.7% over the same period last year.
BMW AG member of the board of management responsible for sales and “brand BMW”, Pieter Nota, said: “We are delighted to announce that there are now over a quarter of a million electrified BMW Group vehicles on the world’s roads. Combined sales of BMW i, BMW iPerformance and MINI Electric vehicles were up 52% in April (9,831), bringing the total number of electrified BMW Group cars sold to over 250,000 and we are well on track to deliver on our stated target to sell over 140,000 electrified vehicles this year.”
Up until April 2018, BMW Group Malaysia contributed to this immense success with electrified vehicles, as the premium automaker’s portfolio of plug-in hybrid deliveries in the country now accounts for 52.7% of its total vehicle deliveries.
BMW Group Malaysia managing director and CEO, Harald Hoelzl, said: “Our portfolio of Visionary Mobility vehicles have been developing from strength to strength here, and we now have a plug-in hybrid vehicle variant for almost all models which makes for the largest portfolio currently available in the Malaysian automotive industry.”
In the first four months of 2018 alone, BMW Group Malaysia introduced two new plug-in hybrid vehicles in the country – the new BMW 530e Sport in January, the first-ever 5 Series hybrid with eDrive technology which was also the fifth BMW iPerformance model to be introduced in the country. The company then introduced the new MINI Countryman Plug-In Hybrid, the first plug-in hybrid vehicle variant for the MINI brand.
BMW Malaysia also expanded accessibility to electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid vehicle charging facilities nationwide, installing new BMW i charging stations at WEIL Hotel in Ipoh, the first in Perak with its dealer partner Tian Siang Premium Auto; Holiday Inn Melaka and The Equatorial Melaka, the firsts in Malacca with dealer partner Seong Hoe Premium Motors, and at CityONE Megamall Kuching, the first in Sarawak with dealer partner Regas Premium Auto Sarawak.
Collaborating with the Malaysian Green Technology Corporation, BMW Group Malaysia’s portfolio of Visionary Mobility with the BMW iPerformance and MINI Electric vehicles are also supported by the ChargEV platform, which has a growing network of more than 270 charging facilities nationwide.