“We have said to a couple of government ministers it would be helpful if industry and consumers could know if there would be a tax on electricity,” said BMW board member for sales and marketing Ian Robertson for just-auto.com. “(Some) 75% of the cost of gasoline is tax. If the industry goes down this road, there will be a hole, so it will come, so how do you tax it [electricity]?”
Robertson also emphasized that the importance of adopting common electric vehicle charging standards as vital to the industry.
“We are a long way away from standardization in Europe – we don't have common electricity standards,” added Robertson. “There is a wise way to do it and that is to find a way of metering tied to some form of infrastructure. It would be nice to have something of a common plug standard, so we could work with a plug in Europe, Asia and the US.”
Ian Robertson also said that he hopes governments will have a large influence in developing this sector.
“We are keeping the spirit of BMW but pushing the market forward,” he said. “We have the largest electrical fleet running around. We have a good technical lead on a lot of companies."
At this moment, BMW Group is testing its MINI E throughout the world. The car was produced at the Leipzig plant.
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