Sixth generation battery production line

Will BMW build a sixth-generation high-voltage battery plant?

The new facility will supply sixth-generation high-voltage batteries to German car plants. The BMW Group was granted permission to build the new high-voltage battery assembly plant in April 2024 and erected the first of more than 1,000 concrete pillars for the production hall in late June 2024.

What is 6th-generation BMW battery technology?

Sixth-generation BMW battery technology: New cell format and enhanced cell chemistry The battery cell is responsible for electric vehicles’ core properties: range, driving performance and charging time.

Will BMW make a new generation of high-voltage batteries?

Think global – act local for local: Where the BMW Group will make its next generation of high-voltage batteries. The Neue Klasse will usher in a new era of fully electric driving at the BMW Group – the success of which will depend heavily on the production of powerful high-voltage batteries.

What is the difference between BMW 5th and 6th generation battery cells?

Compared to the prismatic cells of the fifth BMW battery cell generation, the nickel content of the sixth-generation BMW round cells will be higher on the cathode side, while the cobalt content will be reduced. On the anode side, the silicon content will be increased.

Will China make high-voltage car batteries?

Here, too, the sixth-generation high-voltage batteries required for the cars will be manufactured locally. The production hall was completed in November 2023, and the installation of plant and machinery has been underway since March 2024. The first Chinese-made pre-series batteries will roll off the production line at the end of this year.

Where are high-voltage batteries made?

State-of-the-art assembly plants for sixth-generation high-voltage batteries are currently under construction in Irlbach-Strasskirchen (Lower Bavaria), Debrecen (Hungary), Woodruff (near Plant Spartanburg in the US), Shenyang (China) and San Luis Potosí, Mexico.