BMW Element Plant 02.20 – higher generally known as Dingolfing for the city during which it’s positioned – has marked an vital milestone this week, celebrating 10 years of electrical automobile element manufacturing.
Since going “on-stream” 10 years in the past, Dingolfing has produced greater than 1.5 million electrical motors (or 80 per cent of the Group’s complete), a million high-voltage batteries (or round 60 per cent of the Group’s complete), and 10 million battery modules.
BMW says that immediately, the Group has a better proportion of complete gross sales from electrified automobiles than every other German automotive producer, with Dingolfing a key a part of that success.
“Our plant 02.20 in Dingolfing performs a vital half on this,” mentioned BMW vice chairman of high-voltage battery manufacturing Stefan Kasperowski.
“We offer the BMW Group’s automobile crops with a dependable and versatile provide of e-drive elements for our electrified automobiles.”
A former components warehouse, Dingolfing helps roughly 2500 staff throughout 15 manufacturing traces. It kinds a part of a world EV provide chain for the BMW Group’s fifth-generation e-Drive system becoming a member of related websites in Leipzig, Regensburg, Spartanburg (USA), and Shenyang (China).
For the incoming sixth era e-Drive system – which will probably be used from 2025 onwards in Neue Klasse fashions – the 4 services will probably be bolstered by the addition of web sites in China, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, and america.
However because the “nucleus of electrification” BMW says Plant 02.20 will “proceed to play a key function” in the way forward for its electrification plans. In addition to producing elements, Dingolfing will present new staff with the abilities required to ascertain bases elsewhere, every offering an vital localised hyperlink within the provide chain for BMW’s international manufacturing presence.
“Each the capability of the Dingolfing location and its staff’ abilities will proceed to be in demand,” added Mr Kasperowski in a comment echoed by his colleague and senior vice chairman of battery manufacturing at BMW Group, Markus Fallbohmer.
“We’re reaping big advantages from having navigated the training curve for e-component manufacturing forward of others,” he acknowledged.
“The entire manufacturing community is now harnessing this information to proceed the success and bolster the expansion of e-mobility because the BMW Group.”
