Expect all-electric versions of the 3 Series, X3, X5, X7 and more with fresh battery chemistry on BMW's next-generation EV platform.
BMW is gearing up for an onslaught of electric vehicle production over the next few years with a new investment of $1.7 billion in the automaker's U.S. manufacturing operations that should support two new battery production facilities and the introduction of at least six new all-electric vehicles. The new stateside manufacturing of battery cells and battery packs, as well as its U.S.
to some of the government incentives made available in the recently-introduced Inflation Reduction Act legislation that requires North American sourcing and production.BMW's next-generation"Neue Klasse" vehicle platform's high-voltage battery packs will be assembled in a new $700 million plant near Woodruff, South Carolina that promises at least 300 new local jobs.
The new generation of battery cells use more nickel and silicon and less cobalt in its chemistry, which contributes to a 20 percent increase in energy density, 30 percent more range, and 30 percent quicker charge times. BMW's latest packaging assembly methods reduce pack costs by as much as 50 percent, and the new cells will be constructed with some recycled cobalt, nickel, and lithium materials which is said to cut back assembly carbon emissions by as much as 60 percent.
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