Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The BMW Group will increase e-component production capacity at its manufacturing base in Leipzig with another eight production lines by 2024. The battery cells they will process will be manufactured by external suppliers working to BMW Group specifications. Earlier post.). Both models are now discontinued.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. The new assembly in Munich will be built on the site currently used for engine production. member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2023

From 2017, the second-generation MINI Countryman featured the MINI Cooper SE Countryman ALL4 as the first plug-in hybrid MINI model to offer an additional 65 kW/88 hp electric motor on the rear axle. The new generation of the largest MINI model is fully electric and locally emission-free.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

With its latest design concept, the BMW Vision Neue Klasse, the BMW Group is showcasing what the next generation of vehicles from its core BMW brand will look like. In the interior, the next generation of BMW iDrive delivers a digital user experience that merges real and virtual worlds.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The BMW Group will launch a new era of e-mobility from 2025 with the models of its NEUE KLASSE ( earlier post )— using newly-developed cylindrical battery cells optimized for the new architecture for the first time. We are also reducing CO 2 emissions from cell production by up to 60 percent.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

BMW Group Plant Leipzig’s first cell coating line has gone into series operation as e-component production at the site continues to gain momentum. From 2024 our plant here in Leipzig will be able to run the entire process chain for high-voltage battery production. Battery cell coating at BMW Group Plant Leipzig.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The BMW Group is investing €800 million in Plant San Luis Potosí in Mexico for integration of fully-electric models of NEUE KLASSE and construction of local high-voltage battery assembly. BMW Group Plant SLP We are systematically gearing our production network towards electromobility. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

The BMW Group broke ground for a new high-voltage battery assembly plant in Woodruff, South Carolina. The BMW Group Plant Woodruff will produce sixth-generation batteries to supply fully electric vehicles at nearby BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg. Visualization of the BMW Group Plant Woodruff.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The BMW Group presented the first BMW iX5 Hydrogen vehicles in a pilot fleet that will go into service this year. This active driving experience will therefore be the first chance for people not involved in the development process to gain a direct impression of what the BMW iX5 Hydrogen has to offer. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The BMW Group has extended the contract for the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. With the issuance of the new business licence, the increase of BMW Group’s stake in BBA also is effective, as agreed upon by both joint venture partners in 2018. BMW iX in Shanghai. BBA) joint venture until 2040. against 2020).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2022

BMW Group Plant Leipzig has brought its second battery module production line on stream. Further expanding e-component production in the German state of Saxony, the new system manufactures modules for the fully electric BMW i4, made in Munich.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

The BMW Group will release the new BMW iX3 EV ( earlier post )onto the market by the end of 2020. The first of these electric vehicles will be delivered to customers by the end of the year. This is the first time we have completed the entire homologation process for a fully electric model in China and Europe at the same time.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2020

In preparation for production of the fully-electric BMW i4, BMW Group Plant Munich will pause vehicle production for six weeks this summer. BMW Group plant Munich. Integrating the BMW i4 into the existing production system will be a challenge for Plant Munich. BMW concept i4.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2023

The BMW Group continues to invest in e-component production at Plant Leipzig and in the future of the site. The new plot for use by BMW consists of 12 hectares in total, eight of which will be built on in the first stage of construction. These include the BMW iX1, the BMW i5 and the BMW iX.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 10, 2024

German automaker BMW is making a major move toward EV production by ditching gas-powered vehicle manufacturing from its plant in Munich, Germany. BMW said it expects to spend €650 million to update the factory site with four buildings, including a vehicle assembly line that will explicitly produce EVs.

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Teslarati

APRIL 10, 2024

BMW reported its Q1 2024 electric vehicle sales figures this morning, and they show strong growth compared to the same period last year. Additionally, BMW landed a major milestone as a company when it reported selling its one-millionth EV during Q1. However, EVs saw a 40.6

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

In the fourth quarter 2022, BMW sold 8,689 electric vehicles, surpassing the totals achieved in the previous three quarters combined. For the full year 2022, BMW sold 15,584 fully electric vehicles in the US, accounting for approximately 4.7% For the full year 2022, BMW brand sales decreased slightly by 1.3%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

To support its accelerated expansion of e-mobility in the coming years, the BMW Group will source lithium from a second leading supplier, US-based Livent. Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. The value of the multi-year contract will total around €285 million.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2023

BMW’s upcoming eigth generation of the 5 Series will offer all-electric and plug-in hybrid variants as well efficient gasoline and diesel engines with 48V mild hybrid technology. The all-electric BMW i4 M50 shows how BMW blends dynamic performance and electric mobility to perfection.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2021

The BMW Group is going for breadth with its fully electric vehicles; the company will offer at least one fully electric model on the road in around 90% of its current market segments by 2023, according to Group management. —Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG. The BMW i4.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2022

The BMW Group is launching a unique project that will see cars maneuver around production without requiring a driver. To make this happen, the BMW Group has been collaborating with Seoul Robotics from South Korea and Embotech from Switzerland. —BMW Group project manager Sascha Andree.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The BMW Group is expanding production capacity and increasing its staff at the Competence Center for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing faster than originally planned. The number of electric motors required will also increase significantly. The number of electric motors required will also increase significantly.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The BMW Group will invest $1.7 billion in its US operations, including $1 billion to prepare for the production of electric vehicles at the company’s Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, and $700 million to build a new high-voltage battery assembly facility in nearby Woodruff, SC. BMW Group Plant Spartanburg.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2020

The BMW Group has set itself the goal of creating a closed and sustainable material cycle for battery cells. The new pilot plant will strengthen our expertise in production of battery cells. We will be capable of testing new systems technology and innovative production processes. —Milan Nedeljkovi?,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The BMW Group and Great Wall Motor have launched a new joint venture—Spotlight Automotive Limited—and are building a joint plant in China, where the BMW Group will produce future fully-electric models of its MINI brand. The BMW Group is already a leading supplier of electrified vehicles.

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EV Obssesion

MAY 26, 2021

Production of fifth-generation high-voltage batteries and […]. The post E-Drive Train Production for the Fully-Electric Models BMW iX & BMW i4 Begins appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The BMW Group intends to source aluminum with significantly reduced CO 2 emissions from Rio Tinto’s hydro-powered operations in Canada starting in 2024 and has signed a memorandum of understanding to this effect. Compared to conventionally manufactured aluminum, this approach can save around 70% of CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The BMW Group is investing around €200 million in its Munich plant in preparation for series production of the BMW i4 electric vehicle, which will be manufactured at the company’s headquarters starting in 2021. The integration of the BMW i4 requires extensive measures, especially in body shop and vehicle assembly.

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EV Specifications

MARCH 5, 2024

After a joint ground-breaking ceremony with Milan Nedeljković, Board Member for Production, representatives of the Thai government and the German ambassador to Thailand Ernst Reichel, construction work is underway for the BMW Group's own local manufacturing facility for Gen-5 high-voltage batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction. I firmly believe the fight against climate change and how we use resources will decide the future of our society—and of the BMW Group. CO 2 from production and sites to be lowered by 80%. —Oliver Zipse.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

The BMW Group has signed a long-term supply contract worth €2 billion for battery cells with the Swedish company Northvolt. To make an effective contribution to climate protection, we aim to improve our products’ overall environmental balance—from resources to recycling. —Andreas Wendt.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The BMW Group is deepening its existing business relationships with battery cell manufacturers CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. billion for the BMW Group and €2.8 billion for the Chinese production site of the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. billion for the BMW Group and €2.8 —Andreas Wendt.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

Recently the BMW Group signed a cobalt supply contract with Moroccan mining company Managem Group ; the contract has a volume of around €100 million, said Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. We are systematically driving electrification of our vehicle fleet.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 2, 2022

The second production line for battery modules has started series production at the BMW’s plant in Leipzig. Further expanding e-component production in the German state of Saxony, the new system manufactures modules for the fully electric BMW i4, made in Munich.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 1, 2024

Four months after launching production of the combustion-engined MINI Countryman, the all-electric version is now rolling off the lines at BMW Group Plant Leipzig as well. After phasing out production of the BMW i3, the birthplace of electric mobility at the BMW Group has welcomed another fully electric car to its range.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2020

The BMW Group now has a contractual agreement with it cell manufacturers so that they will use only green power to produce BMW’s fifth-generation battery cells, according to BMW AG Management Board Chairman Oliver Zipse. —Oliver Zipse. —Oliver Zipse.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 1, 2022

The first series-produced vehicles of the new BMW 7 Series have today rolled off the production lines of BMW Group Plant Dingolfing. In fact, today was a double debut, with the new top-of-the-range BMW manufactured not only with highly efficient combustion engines but also as the fully electric BMW i7.

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