BMW Group crosses 5,000 electric car deliveries in India

To commemorate the new achievement, BMW Group has set up a high-power charging corridor spanning 4,000 km from India’s north to south. The company has partnered with major charge point operators like Statiq and Zeon to give its EV customers convenient access to a charging station with a capacity of 120-720 kW every 300 km on routes along the corridor.Since 2022, BMW Group has ranked no.1 in luxury EV sales in India for three consecutive years. The company continued its lead in the first half of 2025, selling 1,322 BMW and MINI EVs. Electric cars now contribute 18% to its total sales.It was in December 2021 when BMW introduced its first EV, and though the company had contemplated the BMW i3 for many years, it forayed into the zero emission category with the BMW iX. The large SUV, its first dedicated electric model globally, proved an instant hit, selling out on the first day of launch. Since its first deliveries in 2022, it has remained India’s highest-selling SUV for three years in a row. With over 1,100 units delivered by January this year, it accounts for more than 20% of the 5,000+ EVs delivered so far.In 2022, BMW Group launched the MINI Cooper SE in February and then the BMW i4 in May, its only BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe model in India. The former was a niche lifestyle model, but the latter, as a mid-size sedan, attracted a broader spectrum of customers. The first-ever BMW i7 followed in January 2023 as part of the seventh-generation BMW 7 Series launch, targeting more upscale clients looking for an uncompromising full-size model. It was the only EV of its kind available in India for two years, until Lotus launched in the Emeya this January. In September 2023, BMW Group drove in the BMW iX1, eyeing entry-level luxury car buyers.Last year, the German automaker launched the BMW i5 in April and then the all-new MINI Cooper and the first-ever MINI Countryman Electric in July. Along with those MINI EVs, the company also introduced its first electric two-wheeler in the country – the BMW CE 02, which it sources from TVS Motor’s domestic plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. In October, it added another two-wheeler to its EV line-up – the CE 04, but it imports this model a CBU from Germany.In January this year, the company replaced the regular BMW iX1 with its long-wheelbase version, which offers more rear-seat space – a key priority for luxury car customers in India. Like all its other electric cars, BMW Group used to import the BMW iX1 as a CBU, but when it switched to the long-wheelbase version, it started importing CKD kits and assembling locally. This helped it bring the price down significantly, to a level where the electric model is now cheaper than its ICE donor.The strategy worked, as in the first half of this year, the compact SUV became the company’s new highest-selling electric car.bmwgroup.com (1, 2, 3)