BMW’s Dingolfing EV plant celebrates 10 years

BMW Component Plant 02.20 – better known as Dingolfing for the town in which it is located – has marked an important milestone this week, celebrating 10 years of electric vehicle component production.

Since going “on-stream” 10 years ago, Dingolfing has produced more than 1.5 million electric motors (or 80 per cent of the Group’s total), one million high-voltage batteries (or around 60 per cent of the Group’s total), and 10 million battery modules.

BMW says that today, the Group has a higher percentage of total sales from electrified vehicles than any other German automotive manufacturer, with Dingolfing a key part of that success.

“Our plant 02.20 in Dingolfing plays a crucial part in this,” said BMW vice president of high-voltage battery production Stefan Kasperowski.

“We provide the BMW Group’s vehicle plants with a reliable and flexible supply of e-drive components for our electrified vehicles.”

A former parts warehouse, Dingolfing supports approximately 2500 employees across 15 production lines. It forms part of a global EV supply chain for the BMW Group’s fifth-generation e-Drive system joining similar sites in Leipzig, Regensburg, Spartanburg (USA), and Shenyang (China).

For the incoming sixth generation e-Drive system – which will be used from 2025 onwards in Neue Klasse models – the four facilities will be bolstered by the addition of sites in China, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, and the United States.

But as the “nucleus of electrification” BMW says Plant 02.20 will “continue to play a key role” in the future of its electrification plans. As well as producing components, Dingolfing will provide new employees with the skills required to establish bases elsewhere, each providing an important localised link in the supply chain for BMW’s global manufacturing presence.

“Both the capacity of the Dingolfing location and its employees’ skills will continue to be in demand,” added Mr Kasperowski in a remark echoed by his colleague and senior vice president of battery production at BMW Group, Markus Fallbohmer.

“We are reaping huge benefits from having navigated the learning curve for e-component production ahead of others,” he stated.

“The whole production network is now harnessing this knowledge to continue the success and bolster the growth of e-mobility as the BMW Group.”