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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 adding 8 new e-component production lines in Plant Leipzig by 2024

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The batteries made will power models such as the fully electric version of the MINI Countryman, which will also be built in Leipzig. From 2013 to the summer of 2022, Leipzig manufactured more than 250,000 fully electric BMW i3 vehicles and more than 20,000 plug-in hybrid BMW i8 sports cars.

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

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This applies in particular to energy-intensive production of high-voltage batteries for electric vehicles. The BMW Group has also localized battery production in Thailand, where it is working with the Dräxlmaier Group. 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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The BMW Group has also localized battery production in Thailand and is working with the Dräxlmaier Group in this area. The basis for this is created by flexible vehicle architectures for fully-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and models with combustion engines that enable the company to respond quickly to changing conditions.

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

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In May 2019, the EQC 400 4MATIC as a purely electric vehicle, was integrated into the ongoing series production of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen. Compact car class customers can look forward to two fully electric compact SUVs in the EQA and EQB in 2021. solutions.

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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). Production was also up significantly, with 114,365 EVs built last month, up 64% YOY.

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

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By 2022, in Dingolfing alone, we will be able to produce e-drives for more than half a million electrified vehicles per year. At the same time, we will produce a mix of fully-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and models with a combustion engine on a single line, as required by demand, so we can offer our customers the ‘Power of Choice’.

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