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febbraio 21, 2019 - BMW

BMW Group Plant Dingolfing to create up to 2,000 secure jobs in e-mobility

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Dingolfing. The #mobility of tomorrow is being turned into reality to a large extent in #dingolfing. Ilka Horstmeier, the new director of the #bmw Group’s plant in Lower Bavaria, is convinced of this: “We want to, and will, emerge as a winner in our industry’s technological transformation. And we will continue to pioneer future topics such as e-mobility and autonomous driving.” In this context, the plant director announced that “we will increase the number of Dingolfing-based jobs in the production of e-drive components several times over in the next few years – to a total of up to 2,000.”

The increasing demand for e-mobility, which benefits #dingolfing in particular, is also noticeable at the vehicle plant. In 2018, the share of electrified models more than doubled year-on-year, to around 9% of the total production output. Almost 30,000 plug-in hybrids of the #bmw 5 Series and 7 Series rolled off the assembly lines at the #dingolfing plant. A total of around 330,000 vehicles were built at the location in 2018, including, as a first, the new #bmw 8 Series’ coupe and convertible variants. Thanks to these figures, #dingolfing was once again the #bmw Group's largest European production site in terms of production output.

In the coming years, the #bmwinext, scheduled for production at the #dingolfing plant from 2021 on, will be among the major milestones on the road to future #mobility. Extensive investments are already being made all around the plant to prepare for the model. Ilka Horstmeier: “The #bmwinext brings together all key #automotive technologies: it is fully electric, fully connected and highly automated. It is the technology flagship for the future of the entire #bmw Group. And we are proud that this car of the future will be built here at our plant.”

The #bmwinext paves the way for a number of innovations: Starting in 2021, it will be the first all-electric #bmw to be produced in #dingolfing, where it will be assembled flexibly and efficiently on a single line together with plug-in hybrid and combustion-engine models. According to Horstmeier, the new addition would also allow the location to play a pioneering role in the future-oriented field of autonomous driving.

Ilka Horstmeier has been director of the #bmw Group's largest European vehicle plant since November 2018. Commenting on her area of responsibility, she stated: “Our industry is experiencing exciting times, and the #dingolfing plant is definitely the most exciting place you can be right now. This is where #corporate strategy becomes reality.”

 

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