It’s been in series production since October 2021, and what’s special about it is that it’s an electric car produced on the same assembly line as vehicles with all other drive variants. One fully electric model is already rolling off the production line at Plant Munich: the new BMW i4. Meanwhile preparations are being made for the production of the Neue Klasse, with a new vehicle assembly hall and bodyshop under construction. The Plant Munich is to go electric: The BMW i4 has already been rolling off the assembly line since October 2021, and from 2023 more than half the vehicles produced there will be powered by electric drives. CO2 emissions are down as well, by about 2,000 tonnes a year.īMW Group Plant Munich to go fully electric: With 100 years of history, the BMW Group plant now paves the way for the Neue Klasse with the BMW i4. And because it requires less air, it also saves energy: consumption across 7,000 hours of operations is down by about 6,000 megawatt hours. No more overspray means no more excess paint particles to dispose of. The new painting system also offers major benefits in terms of sustainability. It also opens up even more scope for individual customer designs. This high-precision “overspray-free” painting technique makes it much easier to apply paint in different colours and patterns, consigning templates and masking to the history books. Development work on the innovative painting technology continues: The new system will enter series operation in the BMW Group network during the course of 2022.
Individual, smart, sustainable: Innovative painting technology soon in series production.Īs part of a pilot project, a small series of 19 BMW M4 Coupes with custom bi-colour paintwork and M4 lettering on the bonnet and tailgate have already rolled off the production line at Plant Dingolfing in 2021. The seamless integration of new production plants and new vehicle models into existing production processes or even the planning of a completely new plant are thus much more precise, faster and more efficient. Due to the realistic virtual environment, planners and production specialists can assess changes and adjustments at a very early stage and create an overall view of the highly complex production systems. BMW Group and US chip and processor manufacturer NVIDIA have jointly developed this new platform, taking virtual planning to the next level.įactory dimensions, plants, vehicle data, material flow - in Omniverse, all live data and applications for the virtual planning of an entire factory or individual process sequences flow together. In the virtual planning environment Omniverse, innovators of the BMW Group design a wide range of production processes – collaboratively, worldwide and without compatibility hurdles. The principle of virtual reality, known from the world of computer games, is also used by the BMW Group to simulate highly complex production systems – realistically and in real time. Omniverse - The future of production has already begun at the BMW Group.
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