Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

With this order the BMW Group will cover about one-fifth of its cobalt needs for the fifth generation of electric drive trains. The two companies already signed a memorandum of understanding on the direct purchase of cobalt from Morocco in Marrakesh in January 2019. We are systematically driving electrification of our vehicle fleet.

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Morocco BMW Batteries Battery 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The BMW Group has also signed a long-term supply contract for its fifth-generation electric drive trains with its second battery cell supplier, Samsung SDI. The BMW Group will source the cobalt needed as a key raw material for cell production directly from mines in Australia and Morocco and make it available to CATL and Samsung SDI.

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BMW Batteries Battery Fully Electric 220

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We aim to have 25 electrified models in our line-up by 2023 and more than half will be fully electric. Cobalt will be sourced directly from mines in Australia and Morocco in the future. billion with Samsung SDI for its fifth-generation electric drive trains (contract: 2021 to 2031).

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