---
title: "BMW Delivered 100,000 Electrified Cars This Year"
description: "That's as many as BMW delivered in the previous three years combined."
date: "2017-12-19"
modified: "2017-12-19"
authors:
  - name: "Stephen Edelstein"
    job_title: "Weekend Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/stephen-edelstein"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/17080/bmw-delivered-100000-electrified-cars-this-year"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "BMW"
  - "bmw i"
  - "Electric Cars"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "New Car Sales"
  - "PLug-in hybrid"
---

# BMW Delivered 100,000 Electrified Cars This Year

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BMW has met its goal of delivering 100,000 electrified cars worldwide this year. That's equal to the number of electrified cars it delivered between the introduction of [the i3](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/13904/bmw-announces-updated-i3-and-performance-i3s>) in Europe in Spring 2013 and the end of 2016. The increase in sales reflects BMW's increasing focus on electric cars and plug-in hybrids, as well as a recent strategy shift in its electrified product line.

The 100,000th electrified BMW delivered this year was handed over in a ceremony at the automaker's headquarters in Munich, Germany, which was lit up to look like a cluster of batteries. BMW CEO Harald Kruger handed the keys to the i3 to its new owner, an 80-year-old customer from the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany.

BMW's electrification efforts were at first centered on the "i" sub-brand, but more recently the automaker has shifted focus to producing electrified versions of its more mainstream models. In particular, an array of plug-in hybrid versions of popular models like the 3 Series and [X5](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/7599/the-bmw-x5-xdrive-40e-offers-electric-attitude-at-a-price>) has helped BMW expand sales in a way that wouldn't be possible if it stuck to the "i" formula of only offering plug-in powertrains in dedicated, lower-volume models.

BMW plans to [launch 25 new electrified models by 2025](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/14182/bmw-to-launch-25-electrified-vehicles-by-2025-including-rolls-royce-and-m-models>), including 12 that will be all-electric. Rolls-Royce and M performance models will be included in that total, as well as new models for a long-overdue expansion of the "i" sub-brand. A company press release noted that BMW has secured the rights to the names i1 through i9, and iX1 to i9. The company [has hinted](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/16741/bmw-is-finally-talking-about-adding-crossovers-to-the-hybrid-electric-i-lineup>) at a model that could slot between the i3 and i8, possibly called i5.

In the near term, BMW will launch the [i8 Roadster](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/16530/the-bmw-i8-roadster-brings-you-even-closer-to-the-environment>) next year, followed by an [all-electric Mini](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/13945/bmw-unveils-mini-electric-concept-ahead-of-frankfurt>) in 2019, an electric version of the X3 in 2020, and a new electric sedan codenamed iNext in 2021. The iNext will also be the first production application of [BMW's autonomous-driving tech](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/14794/bmw-seeking-one-more-automaker-for-its-self-driving-car-coalition>).

## Author
Stephen has always been passionate about cars, and managed to turn that passion into a career as a freelance automotive journalist. When he's not handling weekend coverage for The Drive, you can find him looking for a new book to read.

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