BMW Breaks Ground on EV Battery Factory in South Carolina
WOODRUFF, SC—BMW Group has begun building a state-of-the-art battery factory here. It will produce next-generation batteries that will be used in vehicles assembled at the automaker’s nearby facility in Spartanburg.
“Today’s groundbreaking is the start of a new era as we prepare to produce fully electric BMW X models for the world,” says Robert Engelhorn, president and CEO of BMW Manufacturing. “The road to the future begins here in South Caronlina. Plant Woodruff will be state-of-the-art in terms of sustainability, flexibility and digitalization.”