Commissioning of the new light metal foundry at BMW Group Landshut

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28. October 2024

Pre-series production of electric motor housings for the New Class started

Pressemitteilung | Reading time: min | Bildquelle: BMW Group Werk Landshut

BMW Group Plant Landshut has launched pre-series production of the central housing for the electric drive motor of the New Class , together with Dr. Joachim Post, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Purchasing and Supplier Network, and Dr. Florian Herrmann, Minister of State and Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery.

With the commissioning of the new production area in the light metal foundry, the BMW Group Plant Landshut is concluding an investment of around 200 million euros. Since 2020, the BMW Group has invested around one billion euros in the Lower Bavarian plant location, including around 500 million euros in the expansion of electromobility. With the production of the housing for the sixth generation of the electric drive unit, the Landshut plant is taking a further step in its transformation to electromobility.

Openess to Technology

Minister of State Dr. Florian Herrmann, Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery: “To achieve the climate targets, we need change, progress and openness to technology. This is at the core of Bavarian innovation policy and part of the BMW Group's company DNA. This ensures jobs and technological competitiveness.”

“The Landshut plant is once again demonstrating its innovative strength and playing an important role in the New Class,” emphasized Dr. Joachim Post, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Purchasing and Supplier Network. ”By investing in this completely new production hall for the electric motor housing, we are underlining our clear commitment to Germany as an industrial location.”

from left: Dr. Joachim Post, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Purchasing and Supplier Network, and Minister of State Dr Florian Herrmann, Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery, start pre-series production of the New Class e-motor housing at BMW Group Plant Landshut (10/2024)

The sixth generation of electric drive in the New Class vehicles will achieve up to 30 percent more range and 30 percent shorter charging times, as well as 30 percent greater efficiency compared to the current generation of vehicles.

The center housing for the electric drive motor is a key cast component of the electric drive system. It houses the core components of the electric motor: the rotor, stator, gearbox and inverter, which are manufactured at BMW Group Steyr and compactly installed in the Landshut housing.

The company's technological openness is evident in Landshut. The plant is characterized by a high degree of production flexibility. In addition to the ongoing transformation and the production of components for battery-electric vehicles, Landshut continues to manufacture components for efficient combustion-engine vehicles, such as cylinder heads, crankcases and drive shafts. The plant is a center of innovation and is highly skilled in the latest manufacturing technologies. Landshut has further developed its own casting process, the injector casting process, for the next generation of housings. This innovative process not only guarantees optimal mechanical properties of the casting, but also reduces energy consumption, CO2 emissions and the use of resources. The Landshut plant is therefore making an important contribution to sustainability.

Outlook for the New Class The all-electric New Class will start production at the end of 2025, initially with an X model at the Debrecen plant in Hungary. The Munich plant will follow shortly afterwards with the sporty sedan. The high-voltage batteries for the New Class vehicles produced in the Bavarian plants of the BMW Group will in future be manufactured at the Irlbach-Straßkirchen site in Lower Bavaria.