BMW Celebrates Historic Milestone: 3 Million Electrified Vehicles Produced

This is a BMW 330e Touring, painted in the distinctive Portimao Blue, ready to hit the UK market. This milestone reflects the German company’s growing emphasis on sustainable mobility and confirms the success of its electrification strategy that began over a decade ago.

2024 was a particularly significant year for BMW: one in four vehicles sold by the group was a fully electric or plug-in hybrid, underlining the rapidly evolving preferences of consumers. The BMW Group’s flexible production, which allows electric and combustion models to be assembled on the same line, has enabled an agile and timely response to global market demands.

“The flexibility of our plants is crucial to responding quickly to market needs,” explained Milan Nedeljković, BMW Board Member for Production. “All our production facilities around the world are already prepared for an increasingly electric future, enabling us to continue to grow in the electromobility segment.”

This electric adventure began in 2013, when BMW began series production of the pioneering BMW i3 at the Leipzig plant. The fascinating BMW i8 plug-in hybrid also took shape alongside it, creating a production model that initially ran parallel to that of conventional combustion-engined vehicles. Since then, the production philosophy has evolved radically, integrating electric vehicles into all global plant lines.

In the years since, the electrified portfolio has grown to include iconic models such as the MINI Cooper SE, produced in Oxford since 2019, the BMW iX3 manufactured in China, and the BMW iX and i4 models assembled at the German plants in Dingolfing and Munich since 2021. An acceleration that has allowed BMW to exceed the 1.5 million mark of fully electric vehicles sold across the BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands.

The expansion of the electric production network continues globally. In the United States, the Spartanburg plant will start producing electric vehicles from 2026, while in Mexico, in San Luis Potosí, the BEV models of the new Neue Klasse platform will be assembled from 2027. Already active in the production of plug-in hybrids since 2024, the South African plant in Rosslyn is another piece of the global BMW strategy.

Not just cars: Production capacity for essential components such as batteries and electric motors has grown significantly. Dingolfing, which has become a true competence center for electrification, exceeded an annual capacity of 500,000 e-drives in 2022. Fifth-generation battery technology is now also assembled in Regensburg, Leipzig and Spartanburg, paving the way for the next generation of e-drives that will debut with the Neue Klasse at the Hungarian plant in Debrecen.

This path marks a virtuous example of industrial transformation, maintaining the high production quality and technological innovation typical of the BMW brand. The milestone of three million electrified vehicles is therefore much more than a simple figure: it represents a concrete commitment and a strong signal towards an increasingly sustainable and clean future, anticipating the challenges of the global automotive market.