Munich for electric vehicles, Dingolfing for internal combustion institutional investors… BMW restructures its “Made in Germany” production base

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The BMW Group announced on the 30th that it will invest a total of approximately 2 billion euros to build facilities for producing the new 3 Series and manufacturing batteries within Germany. This investment is a measure to strengthen the competitiveness of the German automotive industry and facilitate its transition to electrification in response to the crisis in the auto industry originating from China, and it also signifies that Germany itself is reaffirming its status as the heart of the BMW Group’s production network.

Looking at the detailed investment breakdown, approximately 1 billion euros will be invested in the modernization of the Munich and Dingolfing finished vehicle plants and the construction of production equipment for next-generation models. Separately, approximately 1 billion euros has been concentrated as an investment in the newly built Elbach-Strasskirchen battery plant in Bavaria. Raymond Wittmann, BMW Group’s board member responsible for production, emphasized that continuous development is essential to maintaining industrial strengths.

In terms of role division by production hub, the new i3, a pure electric model based on the Neue Klasse, will be produced entirely at the extensively renovated Munich headquarters plant. Meanwhile, the new 3 Series equipped with internal combustion institutional investors and plug-in HYBRID (PHEV) powertrains will be manufactured at the Dingolfing plant, Europe’s largest production hub. Additionally, the sixth-generation high-voltage batteries for the new i3 produced at the Munich plant are scheduled to be supplied stably from the newly established Elbach-Strasskirchen plant starting this October.

The BMW 3 Series, which has sold approximately 18 million units worldwide (including 15 million units produced in Germany) since its launch in 1975, is an iconic model in the global premium mid-size segment. Currently, the BMW Group produces more than 1 million vehicles annually at its plants within Germany, accounting for approximately 25% of domestic production volume, and about 55% of its total employees work in Germany. This move by BWM, which contrasts with the recent severe management difficulties of the Volkswagen Group, can be analyzed as a measure to differentiate itself by emphasizing “German production.”

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