BMW reaches two million electric cars, with the second million arriving in about 25 months
BMW Group says its two millionth fully electric car has rolled out of the Dingolfing plant, a BMW i5 M60 xDrive. The real weight of the news lies in the pace. BMW only crossed the one million mark for fully electric cars on 10 April 2024.
Taken at face value, that means the second million arrived in a little over two years. There is, however, a slight accounting wrinkle. In 2024, BMW spoke about its millionth fully electric car delivered to a customer. This time, it is celebrating its two millionth electric car produced. Close enough to make the point, but not quite the same thing.
The two millionth car is a BMW i5 M60 xDrive saloon built in Dingolfing and bound for a customer in Spain. The same factory now produces the BMW iX, the i5 saloon and Touring, and the i7. BMW says Dingolfing has built more than 320,000 fully electric cars since 2021, and in 2025 electric vehicles accounted for more than a quarter of total output there.
That milestone also says plenty about BMW’s wider strategy. The group still insists on a technology neutral approach. In practice, that means the same production line must be able to build combustion engined cars, plug in hybrids and full electric models with minimal fuss. From 2028, BMW plans to add hydrogen fuel cell models to the mix as well.
The logic is straightforward. BMW is not tying its manufacturing network to a single outcome. It wants room to react to demand that varies sharply from one region to another. That may not make for the cleanest slogan, but it does give the company options.
Crossing the two million mark does not mean demand for BMW electric cars is rising in a neat straight line. In 2025, the group sold 442,056 fully electric cars worldwide, up 3.6 per cent, representing 17.9 per cent of total sales. Add plug in hybrids and electrified models reached 642,071 units, almost a quarter of everything BMW sold.
Even so, BMW’s own outlook for 2026 said plainly that the share of fully electric cars this year should remain at roughly the same level as last year. That leaves the picture looking slightly double edged. Production is growing, but the market’s growth rate is no longer moving with the same urgency it once did.
From a business point of view, this milestone is not a finish line. It is a staging post. BMW management says the group will offer 20 fully electric models by the end of this year, and the first Neue Klasse iX3 has already generated strong interest in Europe ahead of its launch. According to BMW, every third fully electric BMW pre ordered in Europe is the iX3.
Which brings the next real question into focus. BMW has already shown it can build electric cars at scale. What matters now is whether Neue Klasse can turn today’s steady premium growth into something larger, and whether buyers are ready to follow.
