BMW’s historic plant in Munich, Germany, will transition to completely constructing electrical autos on the finish of 2027, the automaker introduced on Wednesday.

The plant, which is adjoining to BMW’s international headquarters, dates again to 1922, when BMW constructed plane engines. It has been churning out vehicles since 1952, beginning with the BMW 501.

BMW has earmarked 650 million euros (roughly $714 million) to rework the plant for quantity EV manufacturing, together with increasing the positioning with an extra meeting space and new physique store.

To unlock house, engine manufacturing was moved final yr to websites in Austria and the U.Ok. It means BMW now not builds any engines in Germany.

Artist’s impression of upgraded BMW plant in Munich, Germany

The Munich plant is at present answerable for the 3-Collection and 4-Collection traces, and can construct the final combustion variations in late 2027. Roughly 1,000 vehicles are assembled on the website per day. In 2026 the plant will begin manufacturing of a Neue Klasse EV, a sedan regarded as a member of the next-generation 3-Collection household.

The primary Neue Klasse EV will enter manufacturing in 2025 at a brand new plant in Debrecen, Hungary. Neue Klasse EVs are additionally scheduled to be constructed at crops in China and North America this decade.

Neue Klasse, German for “New Class,” is a code-name for the following technology of BMW EVs that may make the most of a newly developed platform. The autos may also introduce new design themes for the outside and cabins of BMW autos, which have been previewed final yr on the Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse idea. BMW CEO Oliver Zipse mentioned on the reveal that the idea is a detailed illustration of the upcoming Neue Klasse sedan.

The sedan will probably be adopted carefully by an SUV, a prototype for which has been noticed. The SUV will probably be a member of the next-generation X3 household. The sedan and SUV will probably be adopted in fast succession by 4 extra Neue Klasse EVs, prone to be extra physique types quite distinct mannequin traces.