How BMW Is Posting checklist profits and Gaining Market Share

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in case you've been motor vehicle looking lately, you comprehend that the world scarcity of semiconductors has hit the auto trade challenging. Many dealers have best a couple of automobiles on the lot -- and the automobiles they have got are promoting at full rate devoid of negotiation. Most automakers have seen their sales and revenue undergo -- however no longer all.

BMW AG (OTC: BAMXF) (OTC: BMWYY) has been a staggering exception. by some means, amid the chip scarcity, BMW has been in a position to ship a whole lot of vehicles, SUVs, and motorcycles to its purchasers around the globe, reserving great market-share gains and lots of income. in this Motley fool are living video, recorded on Aug. 5, trade focus host Nick Sciple and Motley fool senior auto specialist John Rosevear dig into BMW's most contemporary quarterly profits record to learn the way it be navigating the chip shortage -- and the way its personal transition to electric powered automobiles is starting to play out. 

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Nick Sciple: moving on from common Motors and Ford, these North American automakers, let's analyze BMW in Germany. What's occurring with BMW over there in Europe?

John Rosevear: BMW had a really massive, practically $6 billion in greenbacks in working earnings versus a $700 million loss a 12 months ago. Of path, they had been in Europe littered with COVID and plans for shutdown. an awful lot as say, smartly, right here, Indonesia and everywhere else. What BMW rather has going ahead is that they've been in a position to get more chips than lots of the others. they have got good long-time period relationships with their suppliers. the way the cube had fell. Whereas one of Ford's suppliers had a manufacturing facility fire in Japan and this and that, and that has exacerbated their situation. BMW has escaped that. Their suppliers had been capable of do fairly smartly. in order that they've been in a position to build and ship more automobiles as a percentage of what they could have desired to do in the 2nd quarter than loads of their competitors. in case you desire the Cadillac otherwise you desire the Acura or whatever thing, but the BMW deale r has inventory on the lot, you might be going to purchase the BMW. once more, as a result of there are shortages somewhere else, they've been in a position to get high-quality expenditures, minimal incentives. that's actually what drove it. we have obtained cars americans want at a time the place vehicles are pretty scarce. We're getting good costs for them. We're selling lots of them. Their shipments were in reality up from the 2nd quarter of 2019 earlier than the pandemic. So naturally, at the least quickly, at least gaining share because they are able to make and sell and ship the vehicles. it is tremendous. It changed into a happy quarter for them. They warned of direction that, just like each person else would say, we don't know if we will be hit worse through chip elements within the 2nd half of the year. on the other hand, if our rivals -- supplies ease throughout the business, this feast will come to an end to a degree. in order that they have been also a little average on assistance. however universal, it became an outstanding quarter for them.

Sciple: here's one of those instances where the provide chain manager receives to shine. or not it's very infrequent that that turns into entrance and middle, the famous person of the enterprise. appears that it really is what's happening, at least to some extent in the case of BMW. BMW additionally on the EV entrance, engaged on expanding EVs in Europe, which is a bit bit distinctive market. probably that you may focus on that, John. What's BMW doing on their EV initiatives?

Rosevear: smartly, BMW is a fascinating story because they rushed into EVs in the early part of closing decade. You be aware the i3 and then the i8 hybrid activities vehicle, which had this little three-cylinder engine, however drove like a correct up to date activities vehicle and so forth. Some basically entertaining technologies, carbon fiber technologies and so forth. Then they shut it all down. There was a transformation of CEO. The board talked about you are spending too much cash and never making ample money, and so forth. They then needed to come returned a few years ago and reignite loads of these classes. because the board at BMW has been so conservative, they've had a bit little bit of a conservative method. we'll are trying to build internal combustion, hybrid, and electric powered automobiles all from the identical structure, all on the same assembly strains etc, because we do not know how the mixes are going to play out and that method we will reply and so on. They'v e advanced a little bit from that strategy. They now have some dedicated electric vehicles. There become one out, the version of the X3 SUV that got here out, I suppose, the conclusion of last year. q4 they are launching the i4 sedan, which is a roughly three-collection sized, wholly electric sedan, and additionally an iX, which is a roughly, I think or not it's the dimension of the X5, provide or take. an electric SUV in any event. those are coming, I feel, each this fall. Then there are extra coming subsequent yr. BMW is announcing that they are going to display more of their plan subsequent month on the Auto exhibit in Munich, assuming it occurs amid COVID. however one way or an additional I predict BMW to make a presentation even though it be by way of webcast; speaking about what they'll do a bit longer-term. I believe that can be very wonderful to monitor.

Sciple: BMW working in the European market, you should put some chips down on EV otherwise you will beginning getting slapped with fines, which probably explains that trade in route from administration.