+++ Pre-series production to begin this summer +++ Lower manufacturing costs for NEUE KLASSE +++ Production Head Nedeljković: “Production network's strategic and flexible structure strengthens resilience and competitiveness” +++ Over one million cars built in Germany in 2024 +++
+++ First sixth-generation e-engines from Steyr dispatched to Debrecen for test vehicles +++ Next milestone to series production +++ BMW Group Plant Debrecen produces first test vehicles for Neue Klasse +++
+++ Automated Driving In-Plant earns CE certification +++ Plant Dingolfing launches series operation, expansion planned across entire production network +++ Nedeljković: “BMW Group once again sets new benchmark for automation and digitalisation of production processes” +++
MINI Cooper Convertible production returns to MINI Plant Oxford. +++ Built alongside MINI Cooper 3-Door and 5-Door, making MINI Plant Oxford the home of MINI Cooper. +++ Most emotional model of the MINI family since its launch in 2004.
+++ New BMW M5 Touring celebrates start of production at Plant Dingolfing +++ Third generation available for the first time with electrified drive train +++ Plant expands range of high-performance vehicles +++
+++ Worldwide five new assembly sites for 6th generation high-voltage batteries +++ Current status from Irlbach-Straßkirchen (Germany), Debrecen (Hungary), Shenyang (China), San Luis Potosí (Mexico) and Woodruff (USA) +++
+++ Fast, economical, and versatile with additive manufacturing +++ New bionic gripper at BMW Group Plant Landshut saves further weight +++ Innovative bionic gripper for entire floor assemblies at BMW Group Plant Munich +++ More than 400,000 parts produced worldwide using 3D printing+++
+++ Local production of high-voltage batteries in Mexico for Neue Klasse +++ Nedeljković: BMW Group builds five assembly sites worldwide for sixth-generation high-voltage batteries +++ Proven principle: local for local +++
+++ Wire arc additive manufacturing enables metallic components with optimum ratio between rigidity and weight +++ Following test bench testing, the first vehicle trials will run from 2025 +++
+++ BMW Group readies next production site for BEV manufacturing +++ Production launch of new electric model in second half of 2025 +++ In-house production of Gen-5 high-voltage batteries to be established at Rayong site in Thailand +++
+++ Installation now begins in new halls at BMW Group Plant Steyr +++ 300 items of plant and equipment worth over 500 million euros for e-drive production +++ Pre-series production to launch in summer 2024 +++
+++ Neue Klasse sedan to be built in Munich from 2026 +++ Era of automobiles with combustion engines from Munich draws to a close after 75 years at the end of 2027 +++ € 650 million invested in securing location in the long term +++
New pop-up store and showrooms across the island deliver innovative retail journeys to customers.
+++ First BMW Group plant worldwide to produce two brands on the same assembly line +++ Seamless integration through maximum flexibility +++ Investment in plant development +++ Growing the workforce +++
+++ 100 students starting training in Debrecen +++ 6,500m² state of the art Training Centre for associates and students +++ Milestone on the road to NEUE KLASSE +++
+++ Know-how concentrated at BMW Group Cell Manufacturing Competence Centre +++ Production, development and purchasing linked in unique way +++ Special focus on recycling and circularity +++
+++ Biggest European production site celebrates anniversary +++ Constant change as key to success +++ 40 percent electric vehicles in 2024 +++ Plant Director Schröder: “Pioneers never stand still” +++
+++ Strategy: production follows market +++ Vietnam important growth market for BMW Group Asia +++ Local production of BMW 3 and 5 Series as well as BMW X3 and X5 +++
The BMW Group is expanding production capacity and increasing its staff at the Competence Centre for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing faster than originally planned. Due to growing demand for electrified vehicles, the plant expects the number of modules needed for production of high-voltage batteries to double from the previous year. The number of electric motors required will also increase significantly.
Premium automaker strengthens investments in the country with state-of-the-art logistics warehouse and parts distribution centre in Senai Johor, supporting 23 countries in the region.