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, […]

The Future of Vehicle to Grid EV Charging

By 2050, up to 45% of households will actively provide Vehicle to Grid (V2G) services, according to National Grid ESO’s Future Energy Scenarios, July 2020 Vehicle to Grid EV charging is seen as important to achieve […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

UN Highlights Urgent need to Tackle Impact of likely Electric Car Battery Production Boom

Originally published on UN News, Global perspective, Human stories Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD, to call for the social […]

BMW Group steps up Electromobility: E-drives for half a Million Electrified Vehicles

Munich/Dingolfing. The BMW Group is stepping up its e-mobility ramp-up and setting new standards for the transformation of the industry with its production. Today, at its largest European manufacturing location in Dingolfing, the company opened the […]