+++ Looking ahead after extraordinary challenges in Q3. +++ Significant BEV growth, with a sales share of 19.1% in Q3. +++ BMW brand increases sales volume in Europe as of September: +7.6%, leading position expanded. +++ BMW sales and market share stable in the US. +++ Significant inventory reduction planned in Q4 – forecast auto free cash flow confirmed. +++ Zipse: “Securing short-term earnings and long-term success” +++

Munich. The BMW Group expects sequentially increasing deliveries in the final quarter of 2024. This follows a third quarter in which technical actions linked to the Integrated Braking System (IBS) presented extraordinary challenges. As stated in the ad hoc announcement on September 10, the technical actions – together with weak demand in China – dampened the sales and revenue situation in the reporting period from July to September. Moreover, additional IBS-related provisions for warranty obligations in the high three-digit million-euro range impacted the third quarter. As a result, the BMW Group adjusted its 2024 financial guidance.

Nevertheless, the ramp-up in e-mobility remained strong and made a positive contribution in Q3. BMW Group BEV deliveries grew significantly by +10.1% compared to the previous year, and the share of sales of fully electric vehicles rose to 19.1% percent. 

+++ BMW Group: Deliveries of fully-electric vehicles climb +19.1% in first nine months +++ BMW Group delivers total of 1,754,158 units worldwide in YTD September (-4.5%) – largely due to IBS delivery stops in Q3 and ongoing weak demand in China +++ BMW brand achieves strong sales growth in Europe, gains market share +++ MINI brand reports higher Q3 sales of fully-electric models +++

Munich. In a globally challenging market, the BMW Group increased its sales of fully-electric vehicles by +19,1% in the first nine months of 2024, with a total of 294,054  BEVs delivered to customers. During this period, BMW brand sales of fully-electric models rose by +22.6% to 266,151 vehicles. The MINI brand also grew its fully-electric vehicle sales by +54.3% in the third quarter, delivering 16,536 BEVs to customers.

“Our fully-electric vehicles are winning over customers worldwide – as shown by the significant double-digit growth in our BEV sales during the first nine months of the year,” said Jochen Goller, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Customer, Brands, Sales. “We also grew our sales in the Europe region. Our attractive model line-up, which is designed for technology openness, gained traction in the marketplace, despite the challenging conditions overall. The BMW brand captured market share in Europe and significantly outperformed the region's total market,” Goller continued.