Recently, the BMW Group announced that its Cell Manufacturing Competence Center (Cell Manufacturing Competence Center) in Parsdorf, east of Munich, will be officially opened this fall.

Recently, the BMW Group announced that its Cell Manufacturing Competence Center (Cell Manufacturing Competence Center) in Parsdorf, east of Munich, will be officially opened this fall. As an important part of the company's overall electrification strategy, the battery cell manufacturing technology center will help the BMW Group further deepen its technical reserves in this field, strengthen its advantages in battery system R&D and manufacturing, and accelerate the group's electrification transformation. In 2019, the BMW Group's Battery Cell Competence Center was officially opened to promote the development of BMW Group's battery technology, focusing on improving battery performance, such as energy density, peak power, service life, safety, and load. Features etc.

Markus Fallböhmer, Director of Engine and E-drive Planning and Production at the BMW Group Markus Fallböhmer said: "The Cell Manufacturing Technology Center allows us to improve our expertise across the entire value chain. The opening of the Cell Manufacturing Technology Center means that the BMW Group will be able to cooperate with battery manufacturing We will conduct in-depth discussions with suppliers and optimize processes and technologies.” In terms of battery research, the BMW Group focuses on long-term technical capabilities from modules to cells, from basic research to applications, and thinks about the battery from the complete value chain and entire life cycle. R&D and manufacturing. Its research content covers the complete value chain such as the basic working principles of batteries, battery internal material combinations, electrode components, and cell structures, and is committed to early research and concept verification of products and processes. In this process, the BMW Group and its supplier partners worked together to complete the industrialization of new technologies, jointly promote the development of battery technology, and at the same time improve the core competitiveness of BMW Group's electric products from the component level.

In-depth research and development of the battery technology value chain

Strengthening technical strength and reserves

The BMW Group's battery cell manufacturing technology center to be opened covers an area of ​​approximately 15,000 square meters, with a total investment of approximately 170 million euros in the initial development phase, and has approximately 80 employees. BMW will verify the feasibility of future high-performance battery industry here, comprehensively analyze and gain an in-depth understanding of the upstream value chain of battery cells, and help suppliers produce batteries that meet the specifications of the BMW Group, thereby further optimizing the quality, production efficiency and cost of battery production. Batteries produced by the BMW Group's Technical Center for Cell Manufacturing are only used for research and development and verification functions.

Currently, the BMW Group’s Battery Cell Manufacturing Technology Center has planned capabilities including production, development, and technical verification. After the first phase of construction is completed, the technology center will put into operation the electrode production system, including the battery electrode production part, the separate metering and mixing of graphite and lithium transition metal oxides; as well as the subsequent coating and rolling on the current collector metal foil. Pressing and slitting. In the second phase, the Manufacturing Technology Center will install systems for battery assembly and activation (formation). Here, electrodes and other structural parts are assembled into cells, activated (formed) and quality checked.

The Battery Cell Manufacturing Technology Center will support the development and production of

battery cells for "new generation" models.

The BMW Group is expected to launch a "new generation" model in 2025, and will be the first to be equipped with the sixth-generation eDrive electric drive system. The "new generation" models will feature a completely redesigned IT and software architecture, a new generation of high-performance electric drive systems and batteries, and a new sustainability concept throughout the entire vehicle life cycle, especially the prioritization of reusable and recycled materials. Advocate circular economy.

The BMW Group’s Battery Cell Manufacturing Technology Center will provide support for the development and production of the sixth-generation eDrive electric drive system for “new generation” models, including significantly increasing the energy density of next-generation lithium-ion batteries while reducing material usage and Cost of production. The sixth-generation eDrive electric drive system will take into account performance and cost control, and use a new chemical system and battery form.

Implementing the "Home in China" development strategy

Promoting BMW's electrification development in China

China has become the world's largest electric vehicle market and an important market for the BMW Group's move towards electrified travel.The powertrain factory in Shenyang is one of the three major battery production bases of the BMW Group in the world. It not only meets the needs of the production of complete vehicle power batteries, but also integrates the production of prototype power batteries. The BMW R&D center in Shenyang focuses on the field of electrification. Its research and development scope includes localized development and verification of power batteries, including hardware design and simulation of battery sub-components, software function calibration and integration verification, and verification of battery safety and performance.

BMW Brilliance Power Battery Center opened in 2017, integrating battery R&D, production and testing. It is the first battery center of the BMW Group outside Germany with complete battery equipment capabilities. In 2020, the second phase of BMW Brilliance Power Battery Center was officially unveiled, becoming the BMW Group's first production base in the world to produce BMW's fifth-generation power batteries. Currently, the fifth-generation power batteries equipped with the new BMW iX3 and the new BMW i3 are produced in the second phase of the BMW Brilliance Power Battery Center.

In 2022, the BMW Group will mass-produce and trial-produce 15 pure electric models, covering about 90% of the luxury car market segments. At the same time, it will present 5 pure electric products in the Chinese market: including innovative BMW iX, innovative BMW i4, BMW iX3, the new BMW i3 and the innovative BMW i7. By the end of 2025, the BMW Group expects to have delivered a total of 2 million pure electric vehicles globally; by then, one in every four new cars sold in China will be a pure electric model. Anchoring a clear transformation path, the BMW Group is continuing to lead the innovation and development of the industry and promote the implementation of luxury electric travel. In the future, the BMW Group will continue to lead innovative development, promote sustainable mobility, and firmly accelerate towards an electrified future.