BMW warned that its core automotive segment could slide to a loss for a closely watched profitability metric, as the group moves to speed up its restructuring program.
Shares in Europe's traditional automakers got a boost from earnings this week, but a full recovery remains elusive as shifting markets and waning competitiveness cloud the sector's long-term prospects.
The automaker—which houses its namesake brand as well as the Mini and Rolls-Royce marques and a motorcycle business—said overall group sales fell 6.3%.
For years, automotive analysts have been predicting that electric vehicles would become cheaper than their gas-powered equivalents. They figured it would happen sometime in the latter half of the 2020s.
BMW is holding a two-day capital markets event to brief investors about the premium carmaker's strategy, the first for new CEO Milan Nedeljkovic, who took over in May.
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