The first BMW iX3 has rolled off the production line at BMW Brilliance Automotive plant in Shenyang, China. The plant features a comprehensive quality management system. A special "zero defect concept" ensures that the globally high market requirements for electric mobility are met. 128 mechanical tests and 994 software functionality tests ensure the high quality of high-voltage batteries throughout the entire...

2 October 2020

BMW announced that it will expand its Leipzig site in Germany with a second plant where it intends to start producing battery modules for its EVs from 2021. The Leipzig site is the e-mobility pioneer among the BMW Group's plants. As the production site of the BMW i3, the brand's first all-electric vehicle, it has been involved in electric mobility since 2013. By 2022, the company will invest more than €100 million...

24 September 2020

BMW has announced the 2021 BMW iX3 on July 15th and now the pricing, availability and first specifications for the UK market are unveiled. Launching in summer 2021, UK customers will be able to choose between the BMW iX3 Premier Edition and BMW iX3 Premier Edition Pro. Each will be available in four exterior colors: Carbon Black, Mineral White, Phytonic Blue, and Sophisto Grey. Two exterior trim colours will be...

17 September 2020

BMW's Brilliance Automotive joint venture in China doubles production capacity for high-voltage batteries in its Tiexi factory. It has been expanded with a new battery center that will immediately begin producing the new and more powerful batteries of the fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology used in the fully-electric BMW iX3. Production of the new fully-electric BMW iX3 will get underway at BBA Plant Dadong by...

16 September 2020

BMW has already announced on a number of occasions that it will release 25 electrified models by 2023. However, the latest press release regarding the company's strategy for improving efficiency and sustainability mentions not only electrifying the BMW 7 Series, but also the BMW X1 and BMW 5 Series. All this is a part of the Power of Choice strategy of the brand. The latter refers to BMW's usage of modular platforms...

28 July 2020

BMW's Munich plant will stop from July 24 to September 4 to be remodeled for the production of the BMW i4. Once remodeling is finished, BMW will be able to produce vehicles with diesel, petrol and hybrid drive trains, as well as the fully-electric BMW i4, all on the same line.

22 July 2020