BMW Charging & MINI Charging: Expanded Charging Options for Gen5 Market Launch

Individual charging options, with nationwide access to charging infrastructure and innovative digital services, consolidate BMW Group’s leading role in premium electromobility segment Munich. BMW Charging and MINI Charging are extending and supplementing their customer offering to coincide […]

New production site for e-drive components: BMW Group Plant Leipzig to start Battery Module Production in 2021

Leipzig. The BMW Group is further expanding its Germany- based production capacities for electric drives. From 2021, the Leipzig plant will also produce battery modules for the high-voltage batteries of the BMW Group’s electrified vehicles. By 2022, […]

From Raw Material to Recycling: BMW Group Develops Sustainable Material Cycle for Battery Cells

+++ Development of innovative and recyclable battery cells +++ Near-standard production of battery cell prototypes at new pilot plant +++ Commissioning planned for late 2022 +++ Munich. Sustainability plays a central role in expanding electromobility. The BMW […]

BMW i Ventures Invests in GenXComm to Increase Speed & Lower Cost of 5G Rollout.

Mountain View, Calif. (July 28, 2020) – BMW i Ventures announced today an investment in GenXComm, a company with ground-breaking technology that improves the performance and capacity of communication networks, and aims to significantly increase the […]

No Premium without Responsibility: BMW Group makes Sustainability & Efficient Resource Management Central to its Strategic direction

The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction. Chairman of the Board of Management Oliver Zipse announced initial details of this strategic direction in Munich today and presented the […]

BMW Group Plant Munich Gears up for Fully-Electric Future

Remodeling for new BMW i4 requires production interruption from 24 July to 4 September Munich. In preparation for production of the fully-electric BMW i4, BMW Group Plant Munich will pause vehicle production for six weeks this […]

BMW Group Continues to Drive Electromobility: Long-term Supply Contract with Northvolt for Battery Cells from Europe concluded

Order volume of 2 billion euros from 2024 +++ Sustainable production using 100% wind and hydroelectric power +++ Oliver Zipse: “For an effective contribution to climate protection BMW Group aims to improve its products’ overall environmental […]

The First-Ever BMW iX3 & Statement Oliver Zipse, World Premiere of the first-ever BMW iX3.

Statement, Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, World Premiere of the first-ever BMW iX3 Tuesday, 14 July 2020, 10:00 a.m. Hello everyone! A very warm welcome to the world premiere of […]

Raw Material Supplies for Battery Cells: BMW Group Sources Sustainable Cobalt worth around 100 million euros from Morocco

Supply contract signed with Managem Group (contract period: 2020 – 2025) +++ BMW AG Board of Management member for Purchasing Andreas Wendt: We are systematically driving electrification of our vehicle fleet. Sustainability plays a central role […]