60 km / 100 miles on a single charge. The BMW Group announced production of an electric vehicle at its plant in Leipzig by use of carbon fiber to reduce the vehicle weight. Its joint venture, "SGL Automotive Fibers GmbH" will produce carbon fiber fabrics at the Wackersdorf plant for processing into CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic) components at the Landshut plant. BMW is aiming to mass produce an electric vehicle known by its project name o...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/18

itive manufacturing, especially for creating moulds for aluminum cylinder heads using sand casting. This process enables the creation of complex structures filled with liquefied aluminum. The Lightweight Construction and Technology Centre in Landshut uses a 120-kilogram 3D-printed robot gripper for CFRP roof production. This gripper, lighter by 20%, extends robot life, reduces system wear, and cuts maintenance. It combines selective laser sinteri...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/18

show car combines a 1,111 kilograms total weight with a 2.0 TFSI engine delivering 228 kW (310 hp) and 400 Nm. The TT ultra quattro concept is catapulted in 4.2 seconds to 100 km/h (62.14 mph). The engineers from Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm fine-tuned the body frame in the current TT generation with CFRP, shedding another 43 kilograms from the body structure. Together with the optimized detachable body parts, the result is a weight saving of 100 k...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/09

show car combines a 1,111 kilograms total weight with a 2.0 TFSI engine delivering 228 kW (310 hp) and 400 Nm. The TT ultra quattro concept is catapulted in 4.2 seconds to 100 km/h (62.14 mph). The engineers from Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm fine-tuned the body frame in the current TT generation with CFRP, shedding another 43 kilograms from the body structure. Together with the optimized detachable body parts, the result is a weight saving of 100 k...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/09

ing system, which means that one and the same production line will be able to build high-voltage battery modules not just for the i8 but also for the future X5 eDrive. On July 1 the new 7 series begins production at Plant Dingolfing, which is BMW's largest in Germany, and serves as the aluminum and CFRP hybrid construction competence center for BMW worldwide. Responding to the downturn in the market, BMW announced to introduce shorter working hou...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/01

wo-seater PHV has a fuel consumption of 0.9 liters/100km and CO2 emissions of just 21g/km. It can cruise with a range of up to 50km in all-electric mode and up to 500km in combined one. The XL1 is 3,888 mm long, 1,665 mm wide and just 1,153 mm tall. Its aerodynamics are extraordinary Cd 0.189. With CFRP used on its monocoque and part of the exterior, it weighs 795 kg. XL1 will be produced by handcrafting-like methods at the Osnabrück plant in Ge...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/27

BMW AG, Landshut Plant Engine parts, Interior & Exterior components, CPRF parts, shafts, special engines, exchange engines, aluminum casting parts, Cockpits; Electric motors and a range extender, and motor gear units for BMW i & MINI, electric drive modules, body parts from CFRP and aluminium; Electric drive housing for iX3 & iX5 Hydrogen; Hydrogen-electric drive train for BMW i Hydrogen NEXT (2022-); Aluminum housing for electric drive units (20...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/27

BMW AG, Wackersdorf Plant Cockpits, CFRP (Carbon Fiber Parts), Doors for Rolls-Royce (2024-); Components production plant, plans to start battery test center in 2025. - Number of Employees: 2,500 (as of March 2024) - From 2025, the BMW Group will carry out extensive tests on storage systems, battery modules, and electrified vehicles in a new battery test center in Wackersdorf. - Established in 1989 BMW Landshut and Wackersdorf plant optimizes co...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/21

itive manufacturing, especially for creating moulds for aluminum cylinder heads using sand casting. This process enables the creation of complex structures filled with liquefied aluminum. The Lightweight Construction and Technology Centre in Landshut uses a 120-kilogram 3D-printed robot gripper for CFRP roof production. This gripper, lighter by 20%, extends robot life, reduces system wear, and cuts maintenance. It combines selective laser sinteri...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/21

ogy (NI Tech) established a research hub named "Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory Japan" or "ACSL Japan" within a campus in alliance with Italian Lamborghini on November 12. The objective of the research hub is high-volume production of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). NI Tech invites Dr. Paolo Feraboli, Director of ACSL at Washington University, USA, who is an expert on CFRP as a professor and will collaborat...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/11

ership such that AESC will provide battery components for BMW’s Mexico Assembly Operations.  On May 23, BMW Group announced that it currently manufactures many work aids and tools using 3D printing, including orthoses for employees, teaching aids, and large robot grippers for tasks like handling CFRP roofs and floor assemblies. At the "Additive Manufacturing Campus" in Oberschleißheim, BMW produced over 300,000 parts in 2023. Globally, more t...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/09/26

anned to transfer 900 workers at the Rennes Plant to another plant, which manufactures models in lower-price segments. PSA will unveil its 4-seater convertible concept "C5 Airscape" at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. The car has an electrically folding roof made of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) material with a glazed upper section. It is powered by a DPF equipped 2,700cc V6 diesel engine combined with a 6-speed automatic transmission. C...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/22

pan and U.S. for battery production Toyota sets up "focused sharpening and grinding centers" at eight plants in Japan Toyota restarts operations at component plants Toyota reveals production technology for next-generation EVs including Gigacast Obayashi and Toyota develop new technology to recycle CFRP waste into concrete material On August 31, Toyota Motor Corporation announced it will invest up to JPY 730 billion (approximately USD 5.6 billion...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/07

570Nm/5,750rpm for a maximum speed of 302km/h. Acceleration from 0 to 100km/h takes only 4.3 seconds. The "Adaptive Damping System (ADS)" uses two separate valves to set the dampers to five different positions, and automatically alters the suspension settings. Aluminum alloys, magnesium alloys and carbon fiber reinforced plastics are used for body panels. "Carbon Ceramic Matrix" brakes made of carbon plastic composites are used. Aston Martin unv...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/02

sing WAAM technology, allowing for flexibility in manufacturing without the need for new tools. On May 23, BMW Group announced that it currently manufactures many work aids and tools using 3D printing, including orthoses for employees, teaching aids, and large robot grippers for tasks like handling CFRP roofs and floor assemblies. At the "Additive Manufacturing Campus" in Oberschleißheim, BMW produced over 300,000 parts in 2023. Globally, more t...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2024/11/27