BMW to co-locate battery meeting and car manufacturing crops in Hungary
BMW is constructing a battery meeting plant in Hungary for its Neue Klasse autos. It will likely be positioned on the location of the Debrecen car manufacturing plant, for which building was begun about six months in the past.
Markus Fallböhmer, BMW’s Senior VP of Battery Manufacturing, explains: “The BMW iFACTORY can also be about guaranteeing brief distances for logistics. The shut hyperlink between battery meeting and car manufacturing is a part of our technique.”
BMW plans to assemble all batteries for the autos from Plant Debrecen onsite on the 140,000-square-meter facility. The sixth-generation spherical battery cells might be assembled right into a metallic battery housing which is later built-in into the underbody of the automotive.
The corporate goals to create greater than 500 jobs and make investments over two billion euros within the building and launch of your complete plant by the tip of 2025. BMW is hiring and coaching in Debrecen. It plans to work with native instructional organizations to launch a twin training program in autumn 2023 at its in-house coaching heart.
Manufacturing of each autos and batteries on the web site is slated to start in 2025.
Supply: BMW