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It will model series production of lithium-ion battery cells and validate the feasibility of their large-scale manufacture, especially with regard to quality, time and costs. Located in Parsdorf, just to the east of the city, the new facility will be a pilot plant for battery cell production. Just outside Munich, the BMW Group is soon to open a Cell Manufacturing Competence Centre.
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In Munich, the BMW Group operates an e-drive pilot plant and a Battery Cell Competence Centre, where battery cell value creation processes are analysed in full and technologies for production processes are refined. There is also localised production of high-voltage batteries in Thailand, for the plant in Rayong. The high-voltage batteries and battery components for the full range of electrified BMW and MINI vehicles are made at the company’s own battery facilities, in Dingolfing, Leipzig and Regensburg in Germany, as well as Spartanburg (USA) and Shenyang (China). To meet rising demand for e-drive component production capacity, the BMW Group draws on a worldwide production network. So, each high-voltage battery can be optimally adjusted to suit the car it will power. The size and shape of the housing and the number of battery modules used differ depending on the vehicle variant. The completed battery modules are then installed in an aluminium housing, together with the connectors and the control and cooling units. The BMW Group sources its battery cells from partners who produce them to the company’s exact specifications. They are then combined to form larger units known as modules. Module production is a highly automated process in which the lithium-ion cells first undergo plasma cleaning, before being coated by a specially developed system to ensure optimal insulation. Production of high-voltage batteries can be broken down into two stages: module production and high-voltage battery assembly. The crossover model will be available with combustion engines as well as an all-electric drive. To prepare for the steady increase in electrified vehicles, e-drive production in Leipzig will become even more extensive and flexible as early as next year, with upcoming stages of the expansion programme creating further new jobs.Īnother major milestone will be production of the successor to the MINI Countryman, due to roll off the production lines from 2023.
Peterhänsel adds that this would continue to ensure the future viability of the plant. “Now that BMW i3 production has wound down, we can use the skills and experience of our employees elsewhere and offer them secure jobs for the long term.” Petra Peterhänsel, plant director, says: “Plant Leipzig remains electrified. Each battery module passes through 196 production stations in total before it is complete and ready for further processing.
4,250 sq m and uses BMW i production areas that are now vacant after the BMW i3 was phased out on 30 June. Plant Leipzig’s second battery module production system occupies an area of approx. As the expansion of e-component production continues, new jobs are being created as well, with some 250 people working on the new line by the end of 2022, in addition to the current 700-plus already in e-component production in Leipzig. The new battery module production line alone comes at an investment of around €70 million.