Bloomberg: pure electric models produced by BMW in China may be the target of EU investigation
Thank you, Mr. Air, a netizen of CTOnews.com, for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com October 7 news, the European Union announced last month to launch a countervailing investigation of electric vehicles in China, the related news "stirred up thousands of waves", causing great controversy among people from all walks of life. BMW has received an "information request" from the European Union about its pure electric model iX3 as part of an EU investigation into subsidies from Chinese electric carmakers, Bloomberg said in a report on Friday local time.
According to reports, BMW is currently filling out a questionnaire. Walter Mertl, the chief financial officer, told reporters by telephone on Friday that BMW must complete the investigation within a week and provide the European Union with detailed information on the investment and production capacity of electric vehicles exported from China.
It also means that the EU is trying to collect data not only from its own brands exported to Europe, such as BYD, Xilai and SAIC, but also data on foreign brands produced in China, even Tesla's models exported from China.
The survey "could reshape the competitive dynamics in Europe", with BMW allegedly exporting 15000 to 20,000 iX3 models from China last year. "this will affect all international carmakers doing business in China," Walter Mertl said bluntly.
▲ Touyuan BMW CTONews.com Note: the BMW iX3, BMW's first all-electric SUV model, was launched globally in July 2020 and was put into production at a plant in Shenyang, China. The maximum output power of the car is 210kW, the peak torque is 400N ·m, and the acceleration time is 6.8s. The car currently offers 535km and 550km battery life, DC charging maximum power 100kW, charge from 0-80% takes 45 minutes to quickly charge, home charging pile maximum power 11kW, full charge needs 7.5 hours.
In addition, BMW plans to start producing pure electric MINI Cooper models in China next year, together with its Chinese partner Great Wall Motor, and the new cars will also be exported to the European market.
