BMW Group predicts that by 2030, half of the cars sold will be electric. To achieve this goal, the German company is investing in set up your factories to the creation of new battery models.
The Neue Klasse platform will be very important to this strategy as it will be used for all future new electric vehicles from the German brand. The first models will arrive within 2025. From the looks of it, these next-generation battery-powered vehicles will also built in china. In fact, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary BMW Brilliance Automotive Joint Venturethe automaker said models based on the Neue Klasse platform will also be produced from 2026 at the Chinese plant Shenyang.
Batteries only designed for these vehicles will be produced on this site. In fact, at the same time, the German brand started building a new plant where BMW’s sixth generation batteries will be produced. The total investment of the joint venture will be about 1.3 billion euros. As previously reported, these batteries will have cylindrical cells and will increase autonomy and recharge power up to 30%.
The new battery plant will also be of great importance to the local economy, as it will create about 2,000 new jobs.
The first production site to use the new BMW platform will be in Debrecen, Hungary, where construction is currently underway. As the German brand has reported in the past, the plan is to launch 6 new vehicles based on the Neue Klasse between 2025 and 2027. The first two models will be a sedan and an SUV that will enter the current Series 3 market segment.
In addition to Hungary and China, vehicles built on this platform will also be produced at the head plant in Munich, Germany from 2026. Subsequently, from 2027, Neue Klasse vehicles will also be assembled at the plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Source: HD Motori
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