BMW Stops Smoking in Munich

The BMW factory in Munich will exclusively produce fully electric models from the end of 2027.

A new era begins for BMW Group’s Munich factory: starting in 2026, the iconic parent plant will produce the Neue Klasse sedan. Just a year later, the factory will only manufacture fully electric models, making Munich the first site in BMW’s existing production network to successfully complete the transition to electric mobility by the end of 2027.

In 2015, the first plug-in hybrid models of the BMW Series 3 were produced on the same assembly line as combustion vehicles. In 2021, the BMW i4 became the first fully electric vehicle to be produced on the same line. Today, one in two vehicles exiting the production line is equipped with a fully electric powertrain.

Starting in 2026, the production of the Neue Klasse in the Munich factory will initially run concurrently with the current models. About a year later, from the end of 2027, BMW’s parent plant will be the first existing site in the global production network to manufacture exclusively fully electric vehicles, after being transformed accordingly. Thus, the era of combustion engine vehicles in Munich will end 75 years after the launch of the BMW 501 in 1952.

After the launch of the new Debrecen factory in Hungary and the Munich plant, Neue Klasse vehicles will also be produced in Shenyang, China, and in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

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