(L to R) William Timmons, U.S. Congressman; Dr. Robert Engelhorn, President and CEO of BMW Manufacturing; Kenneth Gist, Mayor of Woodruff, SC; Ilka Horstmeier, Member of the Board of Management, BMW AG, Henry McMaster, Governor of South Carolina; Manning Lynch, Chairman of Spartanburg County Council, and Harry Lightsey, South Carolina Secretary of Commerce participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for BMW's new high voltage battery assembly facility in Woodruff, South Carolina on June 27, 2023. Plant Woodruff will make batteries for fully electric BMW Sports Activity Vehicles built in the U.S. at nearby Plant Spartanburg.