Recently, we learned from relevant channels that to celebrate the 30th anniversary of production, the BMW Group’s Spartanburg factory in South Carolina, USA, has opened a state-of-the-art stamping workshop to prepare for the launch of the new BMW X3.
The new X3’s body, including the outside, doors, side panels and tailgates, will all be produced by the factory’s stamping shop.
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, between now and 2030, at least six pure electric vehicles will be put into production in U.S. factories.
The high-voltage batteries for future pure electric vehicles in Spartanburg will come from nearby Woodruff, where the BMW Group is currently building a sixth-generation battery assembly plant in Woodruff.
BMW Group invested more than 200 million US dollars to build this approximately 20,000-square-meter stamping workshop.
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, in 2024, the Spartanburg factory celebrated its 30th anniversary in South Carolina.
More than 6.
7 million BMW cars have been produced in the past 30 years.
The factory has more than 11000 employees and produces a variety of BMW X models.
It is one of the BMW Group’s largest factories in the world, producing more than 1500 vehicles every day.
The factory covers an area of 750000 square meters and includes three body workshops (with more than 2600 robots), two painting workshops and two assembly workshops.
The plant recovers methane gas from local landfills, produces about 20% of its own electricity, and uses hydrogen fuel cell technology to power about 800 logistics vehicles.
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, BMW Group announced in 2022 that it will invest US$1.
7 billion in its U.S. operations, of which US$1 billion will be used to prepare for the production of pure electric vehicles at the Spartanburg plant, and US$700 million will be used to build a new high-voltage battery assembly plant in Woodruff.
The Woodruff plant in South Carolina will be completed in 2026, when sixth-generation batteries will be assembled to power pure electric vehicles at the BMW Group’s Spartanburg plant.
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