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amaiyesterday at 12:14 PM3 repliesview on HN

Now they can produce even more cars nobody wants.

BMW really needs to change its strategy to build cars for the future ( battery electric vehicles ) and stop churning out all those heavy diesel SUVs.

Because it doesn't matter how efficient you produce something, if it is the wrong thing you produce. Actually producing the wrong product highly efficiently makes matters even worse. It's like running in the wrong direction, but faster.


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friggyesterday at 12:48 PM

>battery electric vehicles >if it is the wrong thing you produce

Says you and not the guys with the big pockets that actually do market research? Until you solve the charging times problem, the mileage problem and the amount of available charging stations problem you will not see wide adoption. Most people don't want them and petrol is still king for many years to come.

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moooo99yesterday at 1:48 PM

Are you just going to ignore that BMW already sells numerous EVs and sold through their entire years worth of production capacity for their Neue Klasse EVs?

oblioyesterday at 12:40 PM

BMW makes a lot of EVs: https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T045485...

Almost half a million sold in 2025 (out of 2.5 million).

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