BMW's Spartanburg plant will produce six different BEVs by 2030
- The BMW plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina (USA), was inaugurated in 1994. It was the first to produce the brand's SUVs, first the X5 and then the X6 (E-segment SUVs), then the X3 and X4 (D-segment SUVs), and finally the X7 and XM (F-segment SUVs). These mid-size and larger SUVs were initially targeted for the American market, but were quickly exported worldwide. As a result, the Spartanburg plant gradually became the largest assembly plant in the BMW Group, with a production volume of 400,000 vehicles by 2024, for a production capacity estimated at 450,000 vehicles per year.
- Despite the relative weakness of the BEV market in North America (1.3 million units sold in 2024), the BMW group has decided to produce the battery electric versions of the future X3, X4, X5, X6 and X7 in this factory, undoubtedly encouraged by the Trump administration's proposed tariffs on automobile imports.
- The future BMW X5 (G65) based on the CLAR platform will be launched in 2026 and will be available in petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid and battery electric iX5 versions.
- The future BMW X6 (G66) based on the CLAR platform will be launched in 2027 and will be available in petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid and battery electric iX6 versions.
- The future BMW X7 (G67) based on the CLAR platform will be launched in 2027 and will be available in petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid and battery electric iX7 versions.
- The carmake plans to produce six battery electric models at the Spartanburg site by 2030, meaning the future X3 and X4 will be produced at the site in gasoline, diesel, plug-in hybrid and all-electric iX3 and iX4 versions.