Strong commitment to Bavaria: BMW Group is planning a new assembly site for high-voltage batteries in the Straubing-Bogen district.
The BMW Group directs its Production network consistently focused on e-mobility and the future NEW CLASS vehicle generation. An essential component of electric vehicles is the high-voltage battery, which provides the electric drive with Powered. The next-generation high-voltage batteries are designed to: for Bayerische Fahrzeugwerke at a new location in Straßkirchen and lrlbach in the district of Straubing-Bogen.
Milan Nedeljković, Board Member for Production at BMW AG, said:
The new location plays a crucial role in Transformation to electromobility.
“A state-of-the-art production, from which our automobile plants in Munich will in the future, Dingolfing and Regensburg will be supplied with high-voltage batteries.”
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The planned production site is a clear commitment by the Company to Bavaria as a location for innovation and production. In February 2023, the BMW Group has completed the required land on the The territory of the two municipalities of Straßkirchen and Irlbach was acquired.
On the more than 1,000 attractive High-tech jobs are being created, which to a large extent are associated with existing employees from other locations and partly replaced. In the coming months, the official approval procedures, such as the amendment of the Land use plan and the preparation of a development plan.
The BMW Group: a strong partner in Bavaria
Around 36,000 people are currently employed in Bavaria alone in the Fahrzeugwerke München, Dingolfing and Regensburg. The The new location secures the future of these plants by combining them with the supplied with high-voltage batteries required for e-mobility. Stay the same way Bavarian jobs at the BMW Group’s automotive plants and new jobs in the future-oriented field of E-mobility is also coming.
The BMW Group’s decision to locate of the company maintain important jobs and create new ones. The company currently maintains business relationships with around 1,000 Suppliers and service providers from Lower Bavaria, of which about 120 from the district of Straubing-Bogen: from suppliers of series components via Craft and construction companies to bus companies and bakeries.
The BMW Group has been a reliable player for decades. Trade tax payers with levies in the high three-digit range millions per year – to the municipalities of their locations in Germany. The municipalities of Straßkirchen and Irlbach would also be replaced by Tax revenues benefit significantly from the success of the BMW Group. In an open dialogue with the residents of the two municipalities is planned by the BMW Group is now planning the further implementation of the new location.
New location will be the linchpin for e-mobility
The high-voltage battery is the energy source for battery-electric vehicles and drives the electric motor. The components including the Battery cells are supplied by suppliers and then delivered by specially trained employees to a unit – in high-precision production and Assembly processes. Subsequently, the high-voltage batteries are installed in the plants in Munich, Dingolfing and Regensburg were installed in the automobiles. Construction of the new site is scheduled to begin in 2024.
One of the most important prerequisites for the site selection was the good logistical connection to the Bavarian plants. On the basis of the BMW Group, approximately 105 hectares of land are initially 60 hectares as a production site.
For the remaining 45 hectares there are expansion scenarios, but no decisions yet with regard to the extent and timing of the development. For another 36 hectares, the BMW Group has a purchase option. For this area there are currently no concrete implementation measures, it is still in the Owned and managed by the respective owners.
Supply of green electricity and high environmental standards
The new location will comply with the KfW 40 building standard, which highest standard for energy efficiency in buildings. The following are planned: in addition, the use of photovoltaic systems and the purchase of green electricity from renewable sources. A central heat storage system can Use waste heat from production for building air conditioning.
For the Production of high-voltage batteries is basically no water needed. Rainwater to be collected for further use become. Excess rainwater can be transported via infiltration areas expire. An environmentally friendly lighting concept will increase the light intensity of outdoor lighting.
The roofs of buildings can be greened where there is no Photovoltaic systems are planned. The experts of the BMW Group work together with architects on coherent architectural concepts, • the development of local conditions and the use of regional Consider raw materials and recycled materials.
The greening of the Roofs and the terrain blends together with the flat Building structures well integrated into the landscape. In order to increase the development of the In order to compensate for the area, ecological upgrading measures are being taken in the local area.
The BMW Group is actively seeking contact as part of the urban management procedure with the residents of the region and has its own website for Project created. Details and up-to-date information on the new Location can be found on the new project website under www.bmwgroup-werke.com/irlbach-strasskirchen.
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