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BMW Starts Production Of Electric i5 At Plant Dingolfing
BMW officially begins the production of new 5 Series, all-new fully-electric i5 at Plant Dingolfing.
The all-electric BMW i5 come in two variants, including the eDrive40 and the M60 performance version.
The 2024 BMW i5 eDrive40 starts at $66,800 while the performance M60 starts at $84,100.
Group Plant Dingolfing is also celebrating 50 years of BMW automotive production in 2023.
BMW has officially began the production of the new 5 Series and the all-new fully-electric i5 at Group Plant Dingolfing, which is also celebrating 50 years of BMW automotive production in 2023.
The BMW i5 mid-sized sedan will be the third all-electric model that will be produced at the Group’s site in Lower Bavaria, joining the BMW iX and flagship BMW i7 sedan.
The all-electric BMW i5 come in two variants, including the eDrive40 and the M60 performance version. The 2024 BMW i5 eDrive40 starts at $66,800 while the performance M60 starts at $84,100.
Milan Nedeljković, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production, explained :
“The BMW i5 and our plant in Dingolfing are perfect examples of how the BMW Group is transforming itself for e-mobility and developing our plants on the road to the BMW iFACTORY.
“E-mobility is the new normal at our plants worldwide. Between 2021 and 2024, we will have integrated a total of 15 fully-electric vehicles into our production network.”
Like the BMW 7 Series and BMW X1 before it, the BMW 5 Series will be available with a fully-electric drive train or internal combustion engine, or as a plug-in hybrid.
“We are following the market. Customer requirements determine what the actual drive train mix looks like.” said Nedeljković.
The BMW Group has invested more than one billion euros ($1.1 billion) in integrating the BMW iX, BMW 7 Series and BMW 5 Series at the Dingolfing vehicle plant.
More than 280,000 vehicles came off the assembly line at Plant Dingolfing last year, a number that is expected to climb to over 300,000 vehicles when the production for the 5 Series Touring and the 8th-gen BMW M5 models starts.
