BMW will start building its 'Neue Klasse' EVs in Mexico in 2027. We chatted with the plant's CEO for a peek behind the curtain.
BMW’s electric future is taking shape on the outskirts of the Mexican city of San Luis Potosi, some 450 miles south of the U.S. border. The five-year-old plant there is where BMW will make its faster-charging, longer-range and more high-tech next-generation of battery-powered vehicles, dubbed the “Neue Klasse,” or “New Class.” That starts in 2027. But preparations are already underway to expand the plant, add battery-pack production and start pumping out the new and critical models.
If that fails again, this pack of 800 cells is scrap,” he said. That’s thousands of dollars down the drain. For that reason, BMW is investing in innovative welding techniques and ways to spot issues on the assembly line. It’s also introducing “a completely new level of quality control” for cell suppliers and for its own processes, Gottsche said. One hundred bad parts per million , a quality benchmark for other components, won’t cut it for batteries, he said.
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