BMW Group will produce drive components for electrified vehicles from 2021

REGENSBURG: The BMW Group is further expanding its Germany-based production capacities for electric drives and from 2021, battery cells for high-voltage batteries will be coated at BMW Group Plant Regensburg and complete high-voltage batteries will be produced from 2022.

The new e-drive production location was announced by Michael Nikolaides, Head of Planning and Production Engines and E-Drives, and Frank Bachmann, Director of BMW Group Plant Regensburg, at an event with the Lord Mayor of Regensburg, Gertrud Maltz-Schwarzfischer.

“Electric mobility is substantially driving growth for the BMW Group and this development is also reflected in our e-drive production. In 2020, we went full throttle on e-drive production,” explained Michael Nikolaides.

In July, the company opened the Competence Center for E-drive Production in Dingolfing and doubled the production capacity of high-voltage batteries at BMW Brilliance Automotive by opening another battery center in China.

As recently as September, the BMW Group announced it would be producing battery modules at BMW Group Plant Leipzig from 2021.

“Now Regensburg will see battery component production added in 2021, followed just a year later by high-voltage battery production. All of this demonstrates that we are consistently ramping up the production of e-drives,” stressed Nikolaides.

In total, the BMW Group is investing around 750 million euros (RM3.7bil) across its Dingolfing, Leipzig and Regensburg sites in expanding its production capacity for electrified vehicle drive components by 2022.