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BMW to produce Neue Klasse in China from 2026

2023-05-18T17:55:00+01:00By Nick Holt

The BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) joint venture has announced it will build the next model generation, Neue Klasse at its production plant in Shenyang

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Shaping the future – Developing electric vehicle architectures

2023-05-02T17:36:00+01:00By Michael Nash

In our AMS Evolution Livestream experts from ArcelorMittal and Gestamp tackle EV production challenges and explain how digital tools, new technologies, processes and materials innovations could help solve some key issues

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Re-evaluating recycled materials

2023-04-05T17:10:00+01:00By James Bakewell

Carmakers are increasingly looking into ways of reducing the environmental impact of their vehicle manufacture – and one way to do this is by using more recycled materials in their cars. But how can they go about this?

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AMS Spring 2023 – Next level digital production engineering

2023-04-02T18:25:00+01:00By AMS

In this latest AMS digital edition we have features on Audi’s digital production engineering strategy, Dacia’s vehicle plant Mioveni, production cloud systems, toolmaking, China, sustainability and more.

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China: European, US and Japanese Vehicle Manufacturers rebalance production and supply chains

2023-03-28T10:00:00+01:00By Ian Henry

AMS looks at the changing role of the Chinese operations of European and other long established brands’ operations in China and their changing roles in the global auto sector

BMW Group is taking a digital-first approach to validate and optimise complex manufacturing systems across its production network

Virtual production underway in BMW Group’s future plant Debrecen

2023-03-22T16:32:00+00:00By Rebecca Morley

NVIDIA Omniverse is enabling virtual production in the plant more than two years before actual series production is launched

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BMW Group’s Leipzig plant prepares production of electric Mini Countryman

2023-03-02T16:24:00+00:00By Rebecca Morley

The company says this will be the first time that a Mini model is produced entirely in Germany

BMW Group plans to source aluminium from sustainable production in Canada from 2024

BMW Group to source aluminium with reduced CO2 emissions from 2024

2023-02-23T16:48:00+00:00By Rebecca Morley

The company is planning to source aluminium with significantly reduced CO2 emissions from Rio Tinto’s hydro-powered operations in Canada, starting next year. Compared to conventionally manufactured aluminium, this approach can save around 70% of CO2 emissions

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BMW 3.0 CSL going into production at Dingolfing plant this spring

2023-02-20T15:57:00+00:00By Rebecca Morley

The company is building an exclusive small series with a limited edition of just 50 models. The assembly process for one vehicle will take almost two weeks

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BMW’s San Luis Potosí plant to build EVs based on Neue Klasse platform

2023-02-10T18:50:00+00:00By AMS

BMW is investing €800m in its Mexican production site to integrate production of the full-electric Neue Klasse models and construction of local high-voltage battery assembly

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BMW Leipzig starts first cell coating line for battery modules

2023-02-07T10:34:00+00:00By AMS

BMW launches the first of five cell coating lines at Leipzig to run complete high-voltage battery production process by 2024

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BMW and Solid Power expand joint development partnership

2023-01-23T19:33:00+00:00By AMS

BMW to adopt Solid Power’s cell pilot production lines at its own Cell Manufacturing Competence Centre at Parsdorf

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AMS Automotive Evolution Europe – a review from Munich 2022

2022-12-19T18:38:00+00:00By Michael Nash

The first AMS Evolution Europe Summit saw experts from BMW, Audi, ZF CATL and more discussing speeding time to market, greater agility in production, factory conversion and boosting battery cell manufacturing in the region.

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AMS Winter 2022-23 – M-power in Mexico

2022-12-18T17:55:00+00:00By AMS

In this latest AMS digital edition we have features on BMW’s San Luis Potosi facility in Mexico, Ford’s planned European Electrification Centre at Cologne, CATL’s battery cell production operations in Europe, ZF’s upgrading of its plants for EVs and electronics, and more.

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More than moving parts – autonomous mobile robots

2022-12-13T12:26:00+00:00By Mike Farish

AMRs are developing beyond just electric trucks or trollies used to transport parts and increasingly vehicle assemblies around manufacturing plants

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Welcome to Automotive Evolution Europe 2022!

2022-12-12T23:41:00+00:00By Christopher Ludwig

Editor-in-Chief Christopher Ludwig kicks off the 1st Automotive Evolution Europe

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AMS Evolution Munich – Building Europe’s EV production network

2022-12-12T14:09:00+00:00By Michael Nash

Building battery gigafactories and updating existing plants are key in ensuring Europe will become an EV production powerhouse

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Future-proof Plant Munich - interview with Peter Weber, BMW

2022-12-10T00:15:00+00:00By Christopher Ludwig

Christopher Ludwig caught up with Peter Weber, Director Plant Munich, BMW Group following the closing session of AMS Automotive Evolution Europe 2022.

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Blossoming brownfields: rejuvenating Europe’s car plants

2022-12-09T12:31:00+00:00By Christopher Ludwig

BMW and Volta Trucks joined the closing panel discussion at Automotive Evolution Europe to discuss how Europe is revamping production plants and ensuring their existing production plants can be as flexible and efficient as any greenfield.

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Data at the heart of Europe’s manufacturing evolution

2022-12-08T17:57:00+00:00By Christopher Ludwig

Audi, BMW and AWS joined the opening panel at Automotive Evolution Europe to discuss opportunities in data analytics, artificial intelligence, digital simulation, the industrial cloud and tools that support them.

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