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BMW has just celebrated one of the most profitable quarters in its history and things are looking good for the Bavarian brand, at least for the moment. The plow that was set off by Volkswagen with its Dieselgate scandal seemed to involve both BMW and Mercedes, but it appears that it was blown out of proportion.
Admittedly, some vicious rumors about the Munich-based manufacturer have spread across the Internet in recent months, but they were dismissed later on by all parties involved. Yes, this did take a toll on the share value of the BMW Group, but in the end, everything returned to normal.
During the press conference that the BMW CEO holds at the end of every quarter of the fiscal year, he made a special point out of signaling that diesel engines, as bad as they may seem today, are essential for the future of personal transportation.
“Diesel is one of the cleanest and most efficient drive trains in the industry. Without diesel powertrains, we would not have been able to meet the strict CO2 limits in Europe. Many customers appreciate the advantages a diesel has to offer. At present, our customers are not showing any changes in their buying behavior towards diesel,” said Mr. Harald Krueger, BMW CEO, during the meeting.
Furthermore, he also showed tangible improvements that speak for themselves and in favor of diesel power plants. For example, over the past few years, the BMW fleet in Europe dropped its CO2 emissions by more than 30 percent.
To be more precise, today, the BMW fleet has an average emissions level of 130 grams of CO2 per kilometer, with more than 86 models across the range posting under 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer in the European test cycle. While these may seem impressive at first, it seems like BMW won’t stop here. At least not for the moment.
However, the CEO also pushed for a unified testing procedure, so that the company he runs doesn’t have to invest so heavily in all sorts of technologies to comply with different regulations. Operating in over 140 countries, the German brand has to abide by all sorts of technical requirements in different regions.
That’s one of the reasons why the Bavarians are highly supportive of the new Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP) test cycle and the Real Drive Emission (RDE) test procedure. The former is being worked on as we speak by experts from the EU, Japan and India, and it was supposed to be ready by the end of October 2015.
During the press conference that the BMW CEO holds at the end of every quarter of the fiscal year, he made a special point out of signaling that diesel engines, as bad as they may seem today, are essential for the future of personal transportation.
“Diesel is one of the cleanest and most efficient drive trains in the industry. Without diesel powertrains, we would not have been able to meet the strict CO2 limits in Europe. Many customers appreciate the advantages a diesel has to offer. At present, our customers are not showing any changes in their buying behavior towards diesel,” said Mr. Harald Krueger, BMW CEO, during the meeting.
Furthermore, he also showed tangible improvements that speak for themselves and in favor of diesel power plants. For example, over the past few years, the BMW fleet in Europe dropped its CO2 emissions by more than 30 percent.
To be more precise, today, the BMW fleet has an average emissions level of 130 grams of CO2 per kilometer, with more than 86 models across the range posting under 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer in the European test cycle. While these may seem impressive at first, it seems like BMW won’t stop here. At least not for the moment.
However, the CEO also pushed for a unified testing procedure, so that the company he runs doesn’t have to invest so heavily in all sorts of technologies to comply with different regulations. Operating in over 140 countries, the German brand has to abide by all sorts of technical requirements in different regions.
That’s one of the reasons why the Bavarians are highly supportive of the new Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP) test cycle and the Real Drive Emission (RDE) test procedure. The former is being worked on as we speak by experts from the EU, Japan and India, and it was supposed to be ready by the end of October 2015.
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