BMW is within the midst of a serious transformation. In 2025, the Munich-based automaker will start manufacturing of their Neue Klasse automobiles. At an occasion in Munich, BMW highlighted for the media their plans across the re-invention of the plant. A part of the transformation is a considerable funding of 650 million euros to rework its Munich plant right into a facility devoted solely to the manufacturing of electrical autos by the tip of 2027.

This transfer marks a major milestone for the automaker because it progresses in the direction of the electrical period. The initiative includes the development of 4 new buildings, together with a state-of-the-art automobile meeting line and physique store. In tandem with this transition, BMW has relocated conventional engine manufacturing to the UK and Austria, with 1,200 workers present process retraining or being transferred to totally different areas.

Based in 1922

The transition to electrical automobile manufacturing in 2027 signifies the conclusion of 75 years of inner combustion engine (ICE) automobile manufacturing in BMW’s hometown. The Munich plant was based in 1922 and initially centered on motorbike manufacturing till the relocation of automobile manufacturing from Eisenach in 1952. The BMW 501 is the primary automobile produced in Munich that means. Almost 10 years later, in 1961, the Munich plant begins considered one of its most intensive conversions to arrange for the manufacturing of the Neue Klasse which started in 1962. Three years later, BMW offered over 100,000 Neue Klasse autos.

First 100,000 Items Offered – BMW 02 Collection

The debut of the BMW 02 Collection in 1966 marked a major milestone, firmly establishing BMW within the automotive sector. Three years later, the remaining motorbike manufacturing was relocated to Berlin to create house and capability for the rising demand for the 02 Collection. The momentum continued within the Nineteen Seventies with the introduction of the primary 3 Collection, which turned BMW’s inaugural mannequin to surpass one million models in gross sales.

Recognizing the necessity for ongoing enhancements, BMW initiated the institution of a pilot plant, known as “Plant 0,” in 1979. This facility served because the testing floor for each deliberate collection manufacturing. In a pioneering transfer, BMW launched its first Kuka industrial robotic a decade later, by 1982, working over 300 robots within the Munich and Dingolfing vegetation. This innovation allowed workers to shift to extra extremely certified duties whereas considerably growing the day by day manufacturing of autos.

In 1985, BMW additional enhanced its manufacturing effectivity with the introduction of “just-in-time” manufacturing practices, contributing to the corporate’s continued progress and success.

1,000 automobiles per day

At current, the ability is tasked with producing a variety of autos, together with the three Collection (encompassing the Touring property, M3, and plug-in hybrid 330e and 320e fashions) and the 4 Collection Gran Coupe, that includes the high-seller electrical i4. An fascinating tidbit: each second BMW inbuilt Plant Munich is an i4. Munich’s manufacturing output totals round 1000 automobiles per day.

Wanting forward, Plant Munich will enter a brand new section with the heightened digitalization and integration of synthetic intelligence (AI) by way of BMW’s ‘iFactory’ precept. What’s much more fascinating is that for a interval of two years, the Munich manufacturing facility will produce in parallel the prevailing CLAR-based lineup and the brand new Neue Klasse electrical sedan (prone to be referred to as the BMW i3).

Milan Nedeljković, Member of the Board of Administration of BMW AG, Manufacturing, highlighted the corporate’s means to adapt whereas delivering gross sales information. “Final yr alone, six all-electric fashions went into manufacturing. On the similar time, we additionally set a manufacturing document, proving that we’re concurrently in a position to each ship and form the longer term in our manufacturing community.”

BMW says that manufacturing of the brand new electrical sedan will start in September 2026 and extra variants will be part of inside 24 months.