BMW Says New Gen 6 Batteries Provide 30% More Range, Cost 50% Less via insideevs.com
With the launch of its Neue Klasse platform and series of electric models, BMW will also introduce its Gen 6 battery technology, which brings significant improvements in all areas that matter. The manufacturer is touting 30 percent improved range, 50 percent reduction of production cost and 60 percent reduction in carbon emissions, as well as an integration of the battery pack as a part of the car’s structure.
Automotive News quotes Simon Erhard, one of the lead engineers behind Gen 6 battery tech development atGroup, who said that “energy density is much higher than before. You can put more cells into the battery pack.” He also explained that “with Gen 6, we're integrating cylindrical battery cells straight into the vehicle.”
Interestingly, even with BMW’s engineering prowess, the fact that the manufacturer has not previously integrated a battery pack into an EV’s structure seemed evident when Erhard noted that"the main challenge is to achieve the right compromise between stiffness and flexibility. The most integrated [design] would be where the vehicle floor is the upper part of the battery pack.
The plant will stretch over 140,000 m² and the plan is for battery production to come online at the same time as vehicle production.will first begin to roll out of the Debrecen factory in late 2025, but BMW will also start manufacturing of vehicles on this new architecture at its Munich plant starting in 2026.
The actual battery cells won’t be manufactured locally and will be sourced from Nissan-owned Envision Automotive Energy Supply Corporation , located in the US, in South Carolina. It will be able to supply enough cells for 300,000 EVs every year, although according to a previous report,
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