The BMW strategic plan from 2015-2035 aims to position BMW as a leader in the luxury autonomous car industry, especially in China. BMW plans to sell between 3-6.7 million cars globally by 2035, with 800k-1.8 million in China. This will be achieved through strategic partnerships, an agile corporate culture, and focusing on innovation, collaboration and automation. BMW will monitor trends and regulations closely and remain flexible to changing conditions over the 20 year period.
2. Executive Summary
Opportunity: Build strategic capabilities to become a
leader in the luxury autonomous car industry, with a
focus on China
How: Position BMW as a leader in the next generation
of innovation, collaboration, and automation through
value chain integration, culture evolution, and strategic
partnerships
Outlook: By 2035 sell between 3 and 6.7 million cars,
with between 800K and 1.8MM in China. Market share
of 40% globally, 1.3x relative market share in China
3. Global Trends
Technology and automation are getting faster and
cheaper
Global economy is uncertain
Increasingly regulated world
Growing urban populations
Limitations on environmental resources
Increased concern regarding privacy and data
protection
4. Luxury Market Attractiveness:
Similar Across Scenarios
0
1
2
3
4
5
Supplier
Buyer
EntrantsSubstitutes
Rivalry
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
2015
The market for luxury vehicles doesn’t become
significantly more or less attractive as we move forward
into uncertainty
5. Global Attainable Market
Total Car Market: 126M
units
Luxury Auto market:
16.77M units
BMW’s Share of 40%:
6.7M cars
BMW’s fully autonomous
cars: 5.0M units
BMW’s partially automated
cars: 1.7M units
Total Car market: 119M
units
Luxury Auto market:
9.8M units
BMW’s Share of 30.94%:
3.06M cars
BMW’s partially automated
cars: 2.76 M
BMW’s fully automated
cars: 0.3 M
Scenario 1 2035 Scenario 2 2035
Projected Chinese Sales
Scenario 1: 1.81M Units
Projected Chinese Sales
Scenario 2: 0.82M Units
7. Strategy 2015-2035
• AI Unit In-House
• OS development Investment
• Sensor Unit Specialization
• Baidu partnership
Leader in Innovation
• Create agility: Faster, freer, more reactive corporate culture
• Guide posts indicate opportunities to pivotStrategic Agility
• Global presence with focus on China: Baidu partnership as
leverageTargeted Markets
• Consumers who look for quality, innovation and statusLoyal Consumers
• Product Portfolio: L2, L3 and L4
• Outsource non-critical driving specialization
• Time luxuriously well spent
Product Offering
8. Where We Play in the New
Value Chain
Hardware Software OEM Distribution Maintenance
Hardware
• Imaging
Sensors
• DGPS
• LIDAR
• Processors
• CPU – GPU
• Entertainment
hardware
Software
• AI
• Operating
System
• Processing
• Security
• Maps
• Applications
• V2V
• Cloud Service
• Connectivity
OEM
• Automobile
• Engine
Distribution
• Sale Centers
(China)
Maintenance
• Trained
Professionals
in new
technologies
in China and
around the
world
9. Diagonal Integration
Software
Build Artificial Intelligence as strategic core competency –
Acquire and integrate Zoox as business unit
Build Human Machine Interface as core competency –
Invest & Develop internally. Open source application
development
Cloud services and maps – Strengthen relationship with
Baidu
Security and privacy - Collaboration with McAfee and
Cisco
Data processing: Continue relationship with Baidu
10. Diagonal Integration
Hardware
Imaging sensors as strategic competitive resource -
Acquire 51% stake in Mobileye:
IS could replace LIDAR as more cost effective
Supply IS to competitors
Continue collaboration with suppliers:
DGPS
LIDAR
CPU/GPU
Processors (Qualcomm)
Entertainment hardware, gaming, screens, etc.
11. Uncertainty Management
Safety:
Position BMW as safest automated vehicle manufacturer.
Educate market:
Create targeted advertising highlighting the benefits of automated
vehicles.
Insurance and Liabilities:
Create hardware and software to diagnose liability of accidents
Regulations:
Collaborate with other OEM car manufacturers to lobby for
favorable autonomous regulations, including liability
Environment
Position company as innovative leader in environmentally friendly
manufacturing, sourcing and product design
Reduce carbon footprint to zero by 2035
12. Guide Posts
Scenario 1
2020
Sales of new model Level 2 and Level 3 vehicles
exceed sales of Level 0 and Level 1
Increased regulation on carbon emissions
creates high costs
Economies around the world have recovered
2025
The EU and US set goal for 80% of all cars to be
Self-Driving by 2050
China’s growth has created more middle and
upper class
2030
Liability, for autonomous vehicles involved in
accidents, is assigned
2035
75% of all light duty vehicles sold are Self-
Driving, accounting for 95.4 million units
Scenario 2
2020
Economies around the world continue through periods
of growth and recession
Regulations still continue to be unfavorable towards
autonomous vehicles
Hackers are able to penetrate all autonomous software
systems decreasing consumer confidence
2025
Google, Apple, and other car makers have
experienced hiccups in their autonomous car
programs
Baidu offers their own car autopilot systems that
are installed much affordably than new cars with
preinstalled systems
2030
Regulations still unfavorable for autonomous
vehicles
2035
Scaling of technologies continues to be unattainable
therefore R&D is continuously slashed at major firms
13. What Kind of Company Will BMW Be
The leader in luxury automobiles
The leader in innovation:
Efficiency
Integration with applications and internet of everything
(IOE)
Artificial Intelligence
Design
The leader in luxury autonomous travel:
Safety
Privacy
Time luxuriously well spent
14. Learning Objectives
How are people are reacting to this technology?
How are they actually using it?
What is the feasibility of having a wireless car that is completely
secure?
What are our competitors doing? Are they making it to market
before us?
Are our competitors eroding our competitive advantages?
How is our China strategy differing from our global strategy?
Our our consumers globally reacting differently than our Chinese
consumers?
Who is capturing most of the value from our partnerships?
What happens if we do not develop AI?
15. Objectives
Leading market share of 40% for global luxury vehicles
Luxury vehicle market leader with 1.3x relative market
share in China
Return on R&D investment, six years from TTM
Value captured – 6%
Customer Satisfaction of 90%, globally
19. Exhibit 3a
Source: Scotiabank, Global Auto Report, Feb 6, 2015
Regions Global Share Evolution
90-99 2000-2011 2012 2013 2014 2015f
North America 42% 34% 26% 27% 27% 27%
Western Europe 33% 27% 18% 17% 17% 17%
Eastern Europe 3% 6% 6% 6% 5% 5%
Asia 18% 27% 42% 44% 45% 46%
South America 4% 5% 7% 7% 6% 6%
20. Source: Scotiabank, Global Auto Report, Feb 6, 2015
42%
34%
26% 27% 27% 27%
33%
27%
18%
17% 17% 17%
3%
6% 6% 6% 5% 5%
18%
27%
42%
44% 45% 46%
90-99 2000-2011 2012 2013 2014 2015F
Global Share Evolution
North America Western Europe Eastern Europe Asia South America
Exhibit 3b
21. 42%
34%
26% 27% 27% 27%
33%
27%
18% 17% 17% 17%
3%
6%
6% 6% 5% 5%
18%
27%
42% 44% 45% 46%
4% 5% 7% 7% 6% 6%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
90-99 2000-2011 2012 2013 2014 2015f
Global Share Evolution
North America Western Europe Eastern Europe Asia South America
Source: Scotiabank, Global Auto Report, Feb 6, 2015
Exhibit 3c
22. Source: Scotiabank, Global Auto Report, Feb 6, 2015
Major Countries Global Share Evolution
1990-1999 2000-2011 2012 2013 2014 2015f
US 37% 29% 22% 23% 23% 23%
Germany 9% 6% 5% 4% 4% 4%
Russia 2% 3% 5% 4% 3% 3%
China 1% 10% 20% 24% 26% 27%
Brasil 2% 3% 4% 4% 4% 4%
Others 62% 61% 57% 54% 51% 50%
Exhibit 4a
23. Source: Scotiabank, Global Auto Report, Feb 6, 2015
37%
29%
22% 23% 23% 23%
1%
10%
20%
24%
26% 27%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
1990-1999 2000-2011 2012 2013 2014 2015F
Major Countries Global Share
US China
62% 61% 57%
54% 51% 50%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Rest of the world
Exhibit 4b
24. Exhibit 5: Automation Levels
Level 0: The human driver is in complete control of all
functions of the car
Level 1: One function is automated
Level 2: More than one function is automated at the same
time (e.g., steering and acceleration), but the driver must
remain constantly attentive
Level 3: The driving functions are sufficiently automated
that the driver can safely engage in other activities
Level 4: The car can drive itself without a human driver
Source: Autonomous Vehicle Technology, A Guide for Policymakers, James M. Anderson, 2014
25. Exhibit 6: Financial Forecast
BMW FINANCIAL PROJECTION
SCENARIO 1 SCENARIO 2
(in million €) 2013 2035 2013 2035
Current Assets 20,932 175,228 20,932 36,308
Noncurrent Assets 12,833 107,429 12,833 22,259
Total Assets 33,765 282,656 33,765 58,567
Liabilities 14,414 120,664 14,414 25,002
Equity 19,351 161,993 19,351 33,565
Total Liabilities and Equity 33,765 282,656 33,765 58,567
Revenues 57,474 781,738 57,474 134,636
Net Income 2,175 14,479 2,175 3,735
Scenario
Assumptions:
ROA
Growth
ROS
Growth
Revenue
Growth
Current Growth 5.07% 4.50% 7.41%
Scenario 1 Growth 10.14% 9.00% 12.60%
Scenario 2 Growth 2.54% 2.25% 3.71%
26. Exhibit 7: R&D Spending in
Automotive Industry
R&D Spending as a %
of Revenue 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
AVE
GROWTH
Global Average 4.00% 3.90% 3.70% 3.85% 4.10% 3.90% 3.60% 3.75% 3.90% 3.86%
Europe 4.30% 4.10% 3.90% 4.15% 3.95% 3.80% 3.90% 3.75% 4.20% 4.01%
SOURCE: http://www.strategyand.pwc.com/global/home/what-we-think/global-innovation-1000/rd-intensity-vs-spend-2013-
v2stage
27. Exhibit 8: Peer Analysis
Revenue Net income
Net
income
CAPEX Dividend
Return on
Assets
Return on
Assets
Return on
Investment
Return on
Investment
(5 yr
growth
rate)
(Year-over-
year
change%)
(5 Yr
growth
rate)
(5 Yr
growth
rate)
(5 yr
growth
rate)
(TTM)
(5 yr
average)
(TTM)
(5 yr
average)
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
7.41 4.5 74.97 9.67 54.02
4.08 5.07 6.38 5.07
Daimler AG
10.47 1.75 -- 10.4 --
4.07 6.92 6.33 6.92
Ford Motor Company
4.38 -55.6252 3.28 12.95 --
1.55 7.41 2.26 7.41
General Motors Company
8.31 -25.6233 -51.5187 17.15 --
2.34 6.26 3.74 6.26
Honda Motor Co Ltd
3.42 56.37 33.18 7.85 5.41
3.05 3.58 4.37 3.58
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited
12.03 -6.2837 18.65 11.34 13.3
6.07 26.72 14.57 26.72
Nissan Motor Co Ltd
4.44 14.05 -- 8.18 22.22
3.08 4.55 4.89 4.55
SAIC Motor Corporation Limited
39.82 19.53 106.78 16.3 126.79
10.57 26.39 23.77 26.39
Volkswagen AG
11.6 -58.2443 13.79 17.44 16.04
3.32 7.59 5.27 7.59
SOURCE: http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Business-profile?s=BMWX:GER (www.ft.com)
28. Exhibit 9: Economic Projections in
2030 and 2050
-
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
GDPATPPPINUS$BN
China US India Brazil Japan Russia Mexico
Indonesi
a
German
y
France UK Turkey Nigeria Italy Spain Canada
South
Korea
Saudi
Arabia
Vietnam
Argentin
a
2030 30,634 23,376 13,716 5,842 5,308 4,685 4,118 3,662 3,499 3,427 2,912 2,760 2,629 2,454 2,327 2,148 1,582 1,535 1,415 1,407
2050 53,856 37,998 34,704 8,825 8,065 8,013 7,409 6,346 5,822 5,714 5,598 5,032 3,964 3,867 3,612 3,549 3,545 3,090 2,715 2,620
Economic Tigers in 2030 and 2050
Source: PwC Economics, World in 2050: The BRICs and beyond: prospects, challenges and opportunities,
January 2013
The world is projected to grow at an average rate of 3% per annum from 2011 to 2050.
29. Exhibit 10: Value Captured
VALUE CREATED
(Based on 2013 FS) BMW AUDI Mercedes-Benz
Sales 60,474 41,732 75,531
Cost of Sales (43,402) (28,218) (54,722)
Total Value Created 17,072 13,514 20,809
Direct Labor (3,665) (4,552) (7,385)
R&D (4,362) (2,822) (5,472)
Selling, G&A (5,669) (3,436) (8,626)
Depreciation (1,732) (1,306) (2,313)
Value Captured 1,644 1,398 (2,987)
Value Captured (%) 2.72% 3.35% -3.95%
Value Created (%) 28.23% 32.38% 27.55%
30. Exhibit 11: Scenario Assumptions to Project
Unit Sales (Realistic Attainable Market)
SCENARIO ASSUMPTIONS 1
Based on the case (Autonomous only) - 75% 95,000,000
Assumed Market Segment of Luxury cars 13.24%
# of units sold - Autonomous Luxury cars by
2035 12,582,430
Non-autonomous - 25% 31,666,667
Assumed Market Segment of Luxury cars 13.24%
# of units sold - Non-autonomous Luxury cars
by 2035 4,194,143
Total Market Segment of Luxury Cars by
2035 16,776,574
Assumed MS of BMW 40.00%
Forecasted units sold by BMW in 2035 6,710,629
SCENARIO ASSUMPTIONS 2
Forecasted units sold by automotive industry 119,878,273
Autonomous Market Segment (10%) 11,987,827
Non-Autonomous Market Segment (90%) 107,890,445
Autonomous Market Segment 11,987,827
Assumed Market Segment of Luxury cars 8.24%
# of units sold - Autonomous Luxury cars by 2035 988,356
Non-Autonomous Market Segment 107,890,445
Assumed Market Segment of Luxury cars 8.24%
# of units sold - Non-autonomous Luxury cars by 2035 8,895,204
Total Market Segment of Luxury Cars by 2035 9,883,560
Assumed MS of BMW 30.94%
Forecasted units sold by BMW in 2035 3,058,094
31. Exhibit 12: Scenario Assumptions to Project Unit
Sales (Realistic Attainable Market) – con’t
Scenario 1 2
Auto Level Level 3 Level 4 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Target Sales Mix 25% 75% 30% 60% 10%
# of units sold 1,677,657 5,032,972 917,428 1,834,857 305,809
2013
2035
S1
(10%) S2 (1%)
Luxury Car Market (€ bil) 319 2,361 393
Luxury Car Market ( '000 units) 5,855 16,777 9,884
BMW Revenues (€ bil) 57 782 157
BMW Revenue (%) 18% 33% 31%
BMW units sold 1,812 6,711 3,058
BMW units sold (%) 31% 40% 31%
Average Price (€ '000 ) 31.46 116.49 51.42
32. Exhibit 13: Basis of Market
Funnel
Number of cars sold worldwide (1990-
2015) Units (in mil)
1990-1999 39.20
2000-2011 50.71
2012 64.98
2013 68.69
2014 71.02
2015* 74.02
CAGR (2000-2014) 2.44%
SOURCE:
http://www.statista.com/statistics/200002/international-car-
sales-since-1990/
Luxury Car Sales in 2014
(in '000s) Units MS Rel. MS
BMW 1,811.72 30.94% 1.04
Audi 1,741.10 29.74% 0.96
Mercedes-Benz 1,650.01 28.18% 0.91
Land Rover 381.11 6.51% 0.21
Porsche 189.85 3.24% 0.10
Jaguar 81.57 1.39% 0.05
5,855.36 100.00%
Luxury Car Sales Share in
the Automotive Industry 8.24%
SOURCE: http://www.statista.com/statistics/287682/luxury-vehicle-sales-by-
brand/
33. Exhibit 14a: Mobileye Acquisition
Acquire 51% of
Mobileye thru cash and
stock deal
Mobileye’s market
capitalization is
currently valued at
7.6B and its stock price
is traded at $35/share
http://www.mobileye.com/
34. Exhibit 14b: Zoox Acquisition
Car Automation
Intelligence
Control Software
Capabilities
http://www.electric-vehiclenews.com/2013/12/zoox-reveal-autonomous-bi-directional.html
38. Exhibit 15: SWOT Analysis
Relative Strengths Relative Weaknesses
• R&D
• Premium positioning
• Collaboration with Baidu
• Brand
• Global presence
• Product offering
• Customer Relationship
• Product recalls
• Unfunded pension liabilities
• Lacking technology needed
to be fully autonomous
• Agility
Opportunities Threats
• Growing Electric market
• Fully autonomous cars
• Asia
• Intense competition in the
luxury market
• Loose relationship with
Baidu
39. Exhibit 16: Indicators Scenario 1
Starting in 2016 deregulation of autonomous vehicles accelerates around the
globe.
Increased regulation on Carbon emissions continues to take place every few years
creating high costs for cars without increasingly adequate environmentally friendly
features.
By 2017 – US Department of Transportation issues mandate requiring V2V
communication installed in all new model cars by 2025
Sales of new model Level 2 and Level 3 vehicles exceed sales of Level 0 and Level
1. Consumer expectation is each new vehicle should have some basic automation.
By 2020 – All new car models have autonomous features some achieving level 4
status.
40. The entire US has legalized fully autonomous cars, as have China and the EU.
The EU and US jointly set goal to have 80% of all cars on road Self-Driving by
2050.
By 2024 – US regulations require all roads to begin being digitalized and
infrastructure is built for autonomous cars.
Taxes are extreme for non-autonomous cars and privately owned cars.
By 2030
Governments around the world create legislation for who is liable for accidents.
By 2035
75% of all light duty vehicles sold are Self-Driving, accounting for 95.4 million.
Exhibit 17: Indicators Scenario 1
41. By 2016 – EU collapses
By 2020 – Google has experimented road bumps in its auto vehicle testing
Hacking consistently threatens all aspects of technology including Self-Driving cars
Fully autonomous vehicles are not legal to be driven commercially in any state or
most of the world. Most US states still do not allow testing.
By 2022 – Self-Driving system manufacturers start to install anti-malware solutions,
albeit much later than is socially acceptable.
Tech has not advanced sufficiently enough to make Self-Driving cars affordable for
mass production or consumers.
Exhibit 18: Indicators Scenario 2
42. By 2025 – Baidu offers their own car autopilot systems that are installed much
cheaper than new cars with preinstalled systems.
By 2030 – Legislation is still lacking for fully autonomous vehicles as well as
affordability for the mass has not been reached.
By 2035 – Consumer confidence is fully autonomous vehicles is still low.
Scaling of technologies continues to be unattainable therefore R&D is continuously
slashed at major firms.
Exhibit 19: Indicators Scenario 2
These are the global trends that are shaping our strategy.
Where is the world pointing us?
The point is that the world is shifting. These are the trends we KNOW are going to shape the future from the PESTLE analysis
This is the markets for luxury automobiles.
We have futurized them in both extreme scenarios to indicate that the market we operate in today will be relatively the same level of attractiveness no matter where the world ends up.
There will always be a need for luxury vehicles, no matter what form they take.
This is evidence that we should stay in the automotive business.
This is an attempt to quantify the magnitude of the opportunity, see exhibits 11 – 13 for further detail on market funnel
This is additional evidence that we should stay in the “car” market. No matter what world we end up in.
See exhibits 1-4 regarding China’s strategic importance
BMW has core competencies that are defensible and hard to imitate. We need to create a strategy that will build on these. No matter what type of company we are in the future, these are our building blocks.
Defensible – because they are at the forefront of our company and we work to defend them
The tacit nature of the path to build what we have, they could be eroded if we ignore them.
See exhibit 15 for a complete SWOT analysis
Agility, so we can pivot depending on where the world is moving, toward scenario 1 or toward scenario 2
Begin to shift mind-set of BMW
Open culture, move decision making lower in organization,
Lower the center of gravity
Our strategy can work all over the world, generally , but we know China is going to be particularly important in either eventuality and requires special focus and special strategy
This is our target geographic market
Baidu helps us get access to the Chinese market and a good relationship with the Chinese government, this is imperative see exhibit 9 for further details on China’s strategic importance
We need the people who love BMW to stay with us into the future (the experience of driving) and we need to keep people coming to us because what we offer is different. Technology and automation tied with design, but still have the experience of driving.
We need to be prepared to offer fully automated cars to most people or just to a small population. We cannot shift our focus COMPELTELY to fully autonomous cars just yet.
Our products need to be differentiated
We need to offer superior driving machines that offer productivity, comfort, connectivity, design
See exhibits 1-4 for China’s strategic importance.
See exhibit 21 for buyer profiles in both extreme scenarios
See exhibit 5 for detailed explanation of Levels of automation
See exhibits 16-19 for detailed indicators
The OEM portion is a condensed version of the traditional automobile value chain.
We will keep our current position within that value chain.
The industry move towards more autonomous vehicles will add new portions to the value chain
See exhibit 20 for current automobile industry value chain
See exhibits 14a-14e for detailed look on potential acquisitions and partnerships
These aspects of the software portion of the value chain we will move into
Zoox is a newly formed company with a mission to build a fully autonomous vehicle from the ground up
Could be a possibility
Here too
Possibilities for cloud and mapping: Cisco
For security moves, this is a public facing move. Trusted names in security. Ways to hedge against perception of lack of privacy and hackability.
Software security needs to be a priority starting day one.
See exhibits 14a-14e for potential acquisitions and partnerships
This is the portion of the hardware value chain that we will diagonally integrate
Mobileye produces IS that we need – tech leader software, system on chips, and customer applications that are based on processing and visual information for the market of driver assisted systems
We think why reinvent the wheel when we can buy it. Se exhibit 14a for further information on Mobileye acquisition
Imperative that we continue collaborations with current partners of ours that will provide critical hardware, but we do not need to add value to them.
See exhibits 14a-14e for potential acquisitions and partnerships
What can’t we control and what do to try and position ourselves to deal with these:
Safety: publicly testing, press releases, partnerships with ratings agencies and insurances.
Publicly highlight our success and innovations
Consumers will naturally be tentative to give up this control
Educate to benefits, especially safety, environment, productivity
Trend toward share vehicles is not a liability for us. There will always be a market for luxury and prestige shared or private
These are indicators that the world is moving in one direction or another. Depending on what happens in which time period we can pivot and adjust our tactics and strategy
See exhibits 16-19 for detailed explanation of indicators
This is ultimate desired “end point” and vision
These are the learning milestones and hurdles/failures that should be taken into account
See exhibits 6, 7, 10, 11, and 12 for detailed metrics