- BMW’s new electrical SUV has entered pro-production standing
- Manufacturing is on monitor for late 2025
- Preliminary manufacturing will happen in Hungary and Germany, then Mexico can be added to the combination
BMW is now constructing pre-productions examples of the primary of its next-generation Neue Klasse EVs at its meeting plant in Debrecen, Hungary.
That is the “last preparation part” earlier than the beginning of collection manufacturing, which continues to be on monitor for late 2025, BMW stated. A regular a part of the ramp-up of any quantity mannequin, the pre-production course of permits automakers to check each facet of car meeting, in addition to the attendant logistics processes, to make sure every part is working easily.
BMW Group Plant Debrecen, Hungary
The primary Neue Klasse mannequin can be an SUV previewed by the Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse X idea revealed earlier this yr. It is going to be adopted by a sedan primarily based on the Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse idea first proven in late 2023, with each sporting a minimalist look and tech options like a panoramic head-up show. The identify honors a household of fashions from the Nineteen Sixties that set the template for contemporary BMWs.
Neue Klasse fashions additionally mark a battery shift for BMW to cylindrical cells, which the automaker has stated can have a volumetric power density greater than 20% increased than the prismatic cells it at present makes use of. They will mix with an 800-volt electrical structure to hurry up charging by 30%, BMW has stated. The automaker has additionally promised bidirectional charging functionality, permitting Neue Klasse EVs to function dwelling backup energy sources.
BMW Group Plant Debrecen, Hungary
The Neue Klasse EVs decide up the place the formative BMW i3—the automaker’s first devoted EV—left off, however with designs aimed extra on the mainstream and the potential for a lot increased manufacturing volumes. After manufacturing will get underway in Hungary, BMW plans so as to add Neue Klasse fashions at its fundamental plant in Munich, Germany. Manufacturing in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, will then observe in 2027.
Plans for Mexican meeting, which embrace a new battery-assembly facility, might assist Neue Klasse fashions qualify for a federal EV tax credit score within the U.S. However by the point BMW is able to begin constructing EVs in Mexico, the tax credit score could have already been nixed by the second Trump administration.
