More and more traditional automakers are investing in electric vehicles, which will challenge the control of Tesla in this sector in the near future. One such company that is entering the electric vehicle market is bmwwho intends double the number of electric vehicle models sold in 2022 and be a strong competitor Elon Musk.

According to information from Car newsThe German giant plans that by 2030 half of the cars sold will be electric. The company plans to sell 200 electric vehicles this year, twice as many as in 2021.

Of course, this number is still much less than Tesla, which sold over 930,000 units last year and is expected to top 1 million this year. But, according to Peter Noth, head of sales BMW Groupyour company will quickly increase the number of electric vehicles sold and put an end to Tesla’s leadwhich currently dominates several markets.

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of course automaker Elon Musk is not the only company to sell electric models in the US and some European countries, but it has taken advantage of being the first to make electric vehicles available to dominate those markets. Peter notes that now the electric vehicle segment is starting to reach a wider audience.

To compete with the market models gives Teslaa bmw is betting on i4 and SUV X, which are already in high demand by dealers in North America. Interest in both machines is so strong that the lead time for orders is now six months.

Confident in the success of his electric vehicles, CEO bmwOliver Zipse said he would push the company “to the limit of production capacity” and that demand would still grow.

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The company claims that the use of bundled chargers was extremely low.

If you really want to disrupt the sale of models from Tesla in the US, the German automaker will first have to increase sales in the country. In the first months of 2022 bmw sold a total of 54,210 vehicles in the US market, whether electric or combustion engines, in the same time period. Tesla 71,250 electric vehicles were sold.

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Source: Automotive News, InsideEvs