Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

The two companies already signed a memorandum of understanding on the direct purchase of cobalt from Morocco in Marrakesh in January 2019. By 2023, we aim to have 25 electrified models in our line-up—more than half of them fully-electric. The highest sustainability standards apply to cobalt extraction at the Managem Group.

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Morocco BMW Batteries Battery 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

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. Compliance with environmental standards and respect for human rights have the highest priority. More than half of the 25 models will be fully electric.

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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. Ganfeng extracts lithium by mining hard-rock deposits in Australia under strict sustainability standards. Cobalt will be sourced directly from mines in Australia and Morocco in the future. —Andreas Wendt.

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BMW Australia Supplies Morocco 170