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After 45 Years, The Two Millionth BMW 7 Series, An Electric i7, Rolls Off The Assembly Line

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After 45 Years, The Two Millionth BMW 7 Series, An Electric i7, Rolls Off The Assembly Line - autojosh

After 45 years, the two millionth BMW 7 Series sedan, an all-electric BMW i7, rolls off the assembly line in Dingolfing.

BMW’s Dingolfing plant in Germany began assembling the 7 Series back in 1977 with the original E23 generation.

BMW says it invested over €300m in the Dingolfing plant to prepare it for the start of production of the new 7 Series and i7.

The factory, which also produces the 4 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series, 8 Series, and iX, is currently its largest in Europe.





After 45 Years, The Two Millionth BMW 7 Series, An Electric i7, Rolls Off The Assembly Line - autojosh

After 45 Years, The Two Millionth BMW 7 Series, An Electric i7, Rolls Off The Assembly Line - autojosh

BMW Group is celebrating a new production milestone as the two millionth example of the flagship BMW 7 Series sedan, an all-electric BMW i7, rolls off the assembly line in Dingolfing, Germany.

Production milestone comes 6 months after BMW commenced series production of the revamped, seventh-generation BMW 7-Series lux sedan at the Dingolfing factory, Germany.

After 45 Years, The Two Millionth BMW 7 Series, An Electric i7, Rolls Off The Assembly Line - autojosh

After 45 Years, The Two Millionth BMW 7 Series, An Electric i7, Rolls Off The Assembly Line - autojosh

After 45 Years, The Two Millionth BMW 7 Series, An Electric i7, Rolls Off The Assembly Line - autojosh





After 45 Years, The Two Millionth BMW 7 Series, An Electric i7, Rolls Off The Assembly Line - autojosh

The milestone vehicle is a Carbon Black BMW i7 xDrive60 (G70) all-electric sedan with a vegan interior. BMW i7 currently comes with two electric motors, producing 536 horsepower and 549 lb-ft, and a 101.7 kWh battery pack that provides up to 318 miles of range.

Dingolfing plant in Germany

BMW’s Dingolfing plant in Germany began assembling the 7 Series back in 1977 with the original E23 generation. The brand said it invested over €300 million to modernize the Dingolfing vehicle plant to prepare it for the start of production of the new 7 Series and i7.

After 45 Years, The Two Millionth BMW 7 Series, An Electric i7, Rolls Off The Assembly Line - autojosh

After 45 Years, The Two Millionth BMW 7 Series, An Electric i7, Rolls Off The Assembly Line - autojosh

After 45 Years, The Two Millionth BMW 7 Series, An Electric i7, Rolls Off The Assembly Line - autojosh

The start of the production also saw the inauguration of an automated driving pilot program at the Dingolfing plant which allows the latest flagship BMW 7-Series to drive themselves out of the factory with no one behind the wheels.

The factory in southern Bavaria, Germany, which also produces models like the 4 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series, 8 Series and the iX, is currently the luxury car brand’s largest in Europe.





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