Sponsored BMW invests billions in the future of the 3 Series With investments of around two billion euros, BMW is reorganising production of the new 3 Series in Bavaria. Munich is becoming an electric location, Dingolfing is concentrating internal combustion engines and plug-in hybrids. Gen6 batteries, recycling and new assistance systems are intended to secure efficiency and technology leadership. Andrea Hoffmann-Topp
How the Steyr plant is building BMW's fifth powertrain BMW is equipping Steyr for the series launch of the iX5 Hydrogen. Fuel cell production is being created on a former V8 area - integrated into production for five powertrain variants. Andrea Hoffmann-Topp
BMW’s new factory logic The Munich parent plant shows just how much automotive production is changing: it is a precise, finely balanced system of data, equipment and material flows – with employees’ know-how and commitment turning it into robust industrial practice. Andrea Hoffmann-Topp
Munich’s electric centrepiece Munich can do cold and it can do pathos. In mid-March 2026, both will have their moment. While prototypes of the new fully electric BMW i3 are still undergoing their final endurance tests in Sweden, the saloon will celebrate its design premiere in Munich. BMW calls this the start of a new era. Andrea Hoffmann-Topp
