t over CNY 14 billion together with a Chinese partner. Starting in 2025, the company will produce EV models exclusively for China. BMW Spotlight Automotive Limited, a joint venture with Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. (GWM), qualified for production in December 2023. BMW Brilliance Automotive Limited (BBA) and Mercedes-Benz established a joint venture in the charging business in March 2024, and began operating the fast-charging brand IONCHI in Octob...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/04

2,521,514 2,399,632 2,554,183 1,836,563 1,754,157 Motorcycle 165,566 175,162 169,272 194,261 202,895 209,006 164,908 163,436 Source: BMW Annual Report 2023, BMW Quarterly Statement (30 September 2024)Note: The BMW and Automotive totals include unit sales of the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA) joint venture in China before its full consolidation. (2018: 455,581 units, 2019: 538,612 units, 2020: 602,247 units, 2021: 651,236 units, Januar...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/18

W Upgrade of Shenyang production site On April 26, 2024, BMW Group announced plans to invest an additional CNY 20 billion in its production facility in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. The company will focus on large-scale upgrading and technological innovation at the BMW Brilliance Automotive Limited (BBA), Dadong Plant. In 2026, the company will begin laying the groundwork for local production of BMW's next-generation models. Toyota Fuel cell...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/01

ectric SUVs, as well as MINI’s new Cooper SE hatchback EV.   The BMW Group opened a new R&D center in Shanghai in July 2023. It is the largest outside of Germany and will cover the development of user experience design and human-machine interaction. A majority stake in BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA), a joint venture between BMW and Brilliance China Automotive, was acquired by the BMW Group on February 11, 2022, and BBA was fully consolidated ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/27

t for this purpose in the German town of Salzgitter. It will form part of the planned battery cell factory being established by VW with its Swedish partner Northvolt and will recycle 1200 metric tons of batteries each year.   BMW is working with its Chinese joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) in this area. It intends to reuse the nickel, lithium and cobalt from end-of-life batteries and is cooperating with a local recycling company. Th...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/01/30

ting in 2026. Green steel, which reduces CO2 emissions by 95%, will then be introduced. The plan is to achieve carbon neutrality in the entire supply chain by 2039. BMW Drive battery project A new drive battery project was signed on November 11, 2022, at the BMW Brilliance Automotive Limited (BBA) Shenyang production site. The project will be funded by BBA and the plant will be enlarged to increase drive battery production. The plant is loc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/01/26

Samsung LiB 32.6kWh BMW i4 BEV Germany Munich Plant 2021 Samsung/CATL LiB 80.7/83.9kWh BMW i7 BEV Germany Dingolfing Plant 2022 LiB 101.7kWh BMW iX BEV Germany Dingolfing Plant 2021 Samsung LiB 71/105.2kWh BMW iX1 xDrive30e BEV Germany Regensburg Plant 2022 LiB 64.7kWh BMW iX3 BEV China BBA, Dadong Plant 2020 LiB 74kWh BMW X3 xDrive30e PHEV U.S. Spartanburg Plant 2021 Samsung LiB 12kWh BMW X5 xDrive 45e PHEV U.S. Spartanburg Plan...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/11/11

BMW Group: Accelerating Electrification to Increase EV Share of Sales to Over 50% Building EV assembly plant in Hungary; BBA and Spotlight Automotive setting up plants in China Summary BMW Group targets to deliver 2 million EVs by 2025 Transforming plants to ramp up EV production Autonomous driving technology: Level 2/3 systems to be developed with Qualcomm and Arriver Mobility services: BMW and Daimler to sell Share Now joint venture to Stellant...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/08/04

y Brake Warning (EBW) in realistic and demanding traffic scenarios can be verified using a minimum of test equipment and the same test setup from lab to proving ground. The system comprises an R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester, an R&S SMBV100B vector signal generator (lab only), an R&S BBA150 broadband amplifier and an R&S HF918 antenna with a tripod and adapter. R&S® SMBV100B vector signal generator (lab only) (top)R&S® ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/05/17

million BMW electrified vehicles expected to be on the road by the end of 2021 Autonomous driving technology: co-development with Daimler AG put on hold, Samsung’s 5G TCU to be supplied Mobility services: BMW and Daimler AG set up joint ventures, car-sharing operations exit North America China: BBA increasing production capacity at Tiexi Plant, Spotlight Automotive to build MINI brand vehicles Unit sales decline by 12.5% to 1.64 million units...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/12/16

The all-new Z4, 8 Series and X7 made good starts. BMW plans to launch the all-new 1 Series, 3 Series Touring and X6 as well as the 8 Series Gran Coupe, a new variant of the 8 Series, by the end of 2019.  In China, the BMW Group’s largest market, it raised its stake in BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA), a joint venture with Brilliance China Automobile, to 75%. BBA plans to double the production capacity at its Tiexi plant in Shenyang City by bui...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/10/18

i8 Roadster will join the 7 Series in the premium-segment lineup. The Rolls-Royce brand plans to launch a new Phantom, its flagship sedan, and a new Cullinan, the brand’s first SUV.   In China, the Group’s largest market, it will significantly expand the business of BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA), a joint venture between BMW and Brilliance Automotive Group. BBA will increase the production capacity of its plants in Shenyang and expand its ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/09/14