BMW Group increases sales of electrified vehicles in first half-year, despite COVID-19

Total sales affected by the impact of the worldwide pandemic +++ Initial signs of recovery in individual markets at the end of Q2 +++ 962,575 vehicles delivered (-23.0%) in year to date +++ BMW Group sold 218,876 automobiles in June (-9.0%) +++ Pieter Nota: "China sales in second quarter above previous year" +++  

Munich. As expected, BMW Group sales figures for the first six months of this year were impacted by the effects of the temporary closure of retail outlets worldwide. The company delivered a total of 962,575 (-23.0%) premium BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles to customers worldwide in the first half-year.

“We are following the development of global demand very closely and continue to plan for various scenarios so we can respond quickly as regions around the globe recover from the coronavirus pandemic at different speeds,” said Pieter Nota, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Customer, Brands and Sales. “We are seeing a positive development in China, where our second-quarter sales were once again higher than in the previous year,” underlined Nota. “Demand for our electrified vehicles also outperformed the market trend in the first half of the year. Our wide range of plug-in hybrid models and the new fully-electric MINI are in high demand among our customers,” he added.

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