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XPENG G9L has started production at Magna’s Graz facility in Austria ahead of its planned global debut in Paris. The move indicates the model is moving from announcement to manufacturing, but the source provides limited operational detail.
Toyota plans to invest around $1.3 billion at its Buenos Aires site to produce a new electric vehicle. The company says the project would be the largest investment in Argentina’s automotive industry to date.
BMW has begun battery output for the Neue Klasse at a plant in Bavaria. The faster-than-planned ramp-up suggests the program is moving quickly and will test BMW’s battery supply chain from the start.
BMW has opened its new battery plant in Irlbach-Straßkirchen and started series production of sixth-generation high-voltage batteries. The site is expected to supply the new BMW i3 from Munich and become part of the company’s German production network.
BMW Group has begun series production of sixth-generation high-voltage batteries at its new Plant Irlbach-Straßkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. The batteries are being supplied to Plant Munich for use in a new i3, according to the source.