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BMW Group launches battery component production in Leipzig and Regensburg

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We expect at least 50 percent of the vehicles we deliver to our customers worldwide to be fully electric by 2030. And we are systematically expanding our production network for electric drive trains in response to this. Now, the location will also produce electric drivetrain components.

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BMW Group enters long-term €2B supply contract with Northvolt for battery cells from Europe

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The BMW Group has signed a long-term supply contract worth €2 billion for battery cells with the Swedish company Northvolt. This applies in particular to energy-intensive production of high-voltage batteries for electric vehicles. More than half of the 25 models will be fully electric.

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BMW boosts CATL battery order to €7.3B, signs €2.9B battery order with Samsung SDI

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This gives the company full transparency over where both raw materials come from. The BMW Group’s fifth-generation electric drive trains from 2021 on will also be produced entirely without using rare earths. The BMW Group has also localized battery production in Thailand and is working with the Dräxlmaier Group in this area.

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Mercedes-Benz will be producing 8 all-electric EQ models in 2022

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With the production launch of the electric compact SUV EQA at the Rastatt plant (Germany) and the current decision to locate EQB production in the Hungarian plant in Kecskemét, the company is taking further important steps toward making its product portfolio CO?

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BYD EV sales grew nearly 50% in January as exports reached a new high

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BYD EV sales momentum continues in January BYD sold 105,304 fully electric cars last month, up 48% from the 71,338 handed over last year. Interestingly, BYD’s all-electric vehicles are beginning to outpace its plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). The company delivered a record 36,174 vehicles overseas in January.

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BMW Group opens Competence Center for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing and expands manufacturing capacity

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Over the coming years, the company will set up four additional lines, which will boost the location’s production capacity significantly. By 2022, in Dingolfing alone, we will be able to produce e-drives for more than half a million electrified vehicles per year. BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut produce electric motors.

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Mercedes-Benz opens Bibb County battery plant, ready for production of EQ vehicles in US; partnership with Envision AESC

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The new US battery factory underscores the importance of the United States within the Mercedes-Benz global production network and the status of Alabama as an export hub for luxury SUVs in the electric era. The opening of our new battery plant in Alabama is a major milestone on our way to going all-electric.

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