BMW AG does not abandon internal combustion engines and continues to develop a new generation of gasoline and diesel engines. BMW Development Director Frank Weber said this in an interview with the German edition of Auto Motor und Sport.
“One thing is clear to us: we still need a modern internal combustion engine for the next few years to effectively reduce CO2 emissions in the passenger car segment. That is why we are working on a new generation of engines: gasoline and diesel, six-cylinder and eight-cylinder,” Weber answered a journalist’s question about the prospects for internal combustion engines.
With the introduction of the new six-cylinder engine alone, BMW will cut emissions more than ever before across generations, he says.
Frank Weber evasively answered the question of whether these internal combustion engines will be created from scratch or turn out to be an evolutionary development of existing ones. He only noted that a completely different cylinder head is being developed.
BMW's Development Director concluded that the overall reduction of CO2 emissions plays a decisive role in the fight against climate change, regardless of whether the new model uses an electric motor or an internal combustion engine.
At the end of December 2021, BMW chief executive Oliver Zipse said that the company would hire six thousand new workers in Germany due to a projected increase in demand for electric vehicles.
BMW Development Director: We are not going to abandon internal combustion engines
