bmw ag on wednesday said effects from the war in ukraine are restricting its production and have an impact on the currentyear outlook though earnings are expected to rise significantly thanks to the consolidation of its chinese joint venture the german luxurycar maker said it expects car deliveries this year to be on the same level as 2021 because the situation in eastern europe is affecting production without these negative effects yearonyear deliveries in the automotive segment would have been expected to trend slightly higher bmw said the company is also guiding for an earnings before interest and taxes margin for its automotive segment between 7 and 9 in 2022 which compares with 103 in 2021 without the impact of the war in ukraine the bmw group would have targeted a range of 810 it said the auto maker also expects free cash flow in its automotive segment to reach at least eur7 billion this year and group earnings before taxes to grow significantly thanks to the previously announced consolidation of joint venture bmw brilliance automotive as already announced bmw said it will see positive onetime effects from the consolidation on earnings and revenue in the automotive segment which are to increase significantly the consolidation doesnt affect the segments ebit margin bmw released figures for 2021 earlier this month with aftertax profit jumping to eur1246 billion from eur386 billion in 2020 and revenue rising to eur11124 billion from eur9899 billion