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Munich. New momentum in challenging times: The Supervisory Board of BMW AG today appointed Dorothea von Boxberg to the company’s Board of Management, effective 1 September, and named her Labour Relations Director. She succeeds Ilka Horstmeier (57), who, in agreement with the Supervisory Board and in the shared interest of arranging an early succession, is handing over her role as Member of the Board of Management responsible for People and Real Estate.

Dorothea von Boxberg (52) is currently Chief Executive Officer of Brussels Airlines. Previously, she held several leadership positions at Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Lufthansa Cargo AG, including Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Lufthansa Cargo. After studying industrial engineering and business administration in Berlin and Paris, she also spent several years working in management consulting.

“Dorothea von Boxberg not only brings extensive experience in implementing transformation processes, but also an outside-in perspective on our industry. At the same time, her technical background makes her an excellent fit for the BMW Group. In addition, Dorothea von Boxberg has the decisive leadership strength to drive forward the necessary structural transformation of the BMW Group in the coming years,” said the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW AG, Dr. Nicolas Peter.

“Ilka Horstmeier has provided decisive impulses for the BMW Group’s Human Resources function and has made a significant contribution to the BMW Group being regarded today as one of the most attractive employers in Germany. On behalf of the entire Supervisory Board, I would like to thank her for her service to the BMW Group, and we wish her all the best for the future,” Peter continued.

“The BMW Group faces new challenges that require consistent adjustment of our structures and ways of working. I am convinced that Dorothea von Boxberg will be an excellent addition to the Board of Management in addressing these tasks successfully,” said the Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Dr. Milan Nedeljković.

“On behalf of the General Works Council, I would like to thank Ilka Horstmeier for the trusting and constructive collaboration over the past years,” said the Chairman of the BMW Group General Works Council, Dr. Martin Kimmich. “At the same time, I am pleased that, in Dorothea von Boxberg, we are gaining an experienced leader with a strong track record in transformation processes.Together with us, she will devote her full focus in the coming years to further developing our structures and ways of working in line with our BMW culture.”

BMW Group Corporate Communications 

Max-Morten Borgmann, Head of Communications BMW Group, Finance, Sales

Telephone: +49 89 382-24118

Email: max-morten.borgmann@bmwgroup.com

Media website: https://newsroom.bmwgroup.com/global/en

Email: presse@bmwgroup.com

The BMW Group

With its four brands, BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial services. The BMW Group production network comprises over 30 production sites worldwide; the company has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.

In 2025, the BMW Group sold 2.46 million passenger vehicles and more than 202,500 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the financial year 2025 was € 10.2 billion on revenues amounting to € 133.5 billion. As of 31 December 2025, the BMW Group had a workforce of 154,540 employees.

The economic success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action. Sustainability is a key element of the BMW Group’s corporate strategy and covers all products – from the supply chain through production to the end of their useful life. 

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With Sylvia Neubauer, BMW Group Switzerland gains an experienced executive with more than 25 years of international expertise in brand management, sales, customer experience and transformation. Most recently, she served as Vice President Customer, Brand & Sales at BMW M GmbH, where she was globally responsible for key functions including marketing, sales, product management and driving experience (Area M). In this role, she played a key part in shaping the continued development of the BMW M brand, with a focus on electrification, digitalization and evolving customer expectations. Previously, she held several leadership positions within the BMW Group, including in Corporate Strategy, Customer Experience and CRM. In addition, she brings cross-industry experience from aviation, telecommunications and media.

“The Swiss market is one of the most innovative and demanding automotive markets in Europe,” says Sylvia Neubauer. “I am very much looking forward to working together with the team and our partners to actively shape the future of individual mobility.”

Sylvia Neubauer succeeds Sergio Solero, who will move to Italy within the BMW Group to again assume the role of President and CEO of BMW Italia S.p.A.

Michelle Roberts will succeed Sylvia Neubauer as Vice President Customer, Brand & Sales at BMW M GmbH as of July 1, 2026. She brings extensive international experience within the BMW Group and strong expertise in brand management, sales and customer strategy. Most recently, she served as Managing Director of the BMW Group’s flagship retailer Park Lane in London, where she was responsible for one of the company’s most important retail locations globally. Prior to that, she was Marketing Director at BMW UK, leading brand management in one of the company’s core markets and successfully driving digital transformation as well as the brand’s positioning in electromobility.

Further stages of her career include international leadership roles in brand and communications strategy as well as marketing at MINI UK. In her new role, Michelle Roberts will take on global responsibility for brand, customer and sales at BMW M GmbH and will drive the continued development of the brand at the intersection of performance, innovation and transformation.

Salzburg. Spiros Philippas ima bogate izkušnje na področju finančnih storitev in prodaje ter poglobljeno poznavanje organizacije, saj je opravljal funkcijo direktorja na različnih trgih in v različnih regijah znotraj skupine BMW. Nazadnje je uspešno vodil poslovanje Financial Services na Poljskem. Tako prinaša odlične kompetence za nadaljnji razvoj BMW Group Financial Services v Srednji in Jugovzhodni Evropi.

Kathrin Frauscher bo zapustila regijo Srednje in Jugovzhodne Evrope in bo prav tako s 1. julijem prevzela novo funkcijo podpredsednice za prodajo, strategijo in upravljanje pri BMW Financial Services na sedežu v Münchnu. V tej vlogi bo globalno odgovorna za strateško in prodajno upravljanje ter nadaljnji razvoj poslovanja s strankami BMW Financial Services.

Alexander Buresch, globalni izvršni direktor BMW Group Financial Services:

»V času njenega mandata izvršne direktorice za Srednjo in Jugovzhodno Evropo je Kathrin opravila izjemno delo in uspešno peljala razvoj našega poslovanja v regiji. S svojim strateškim razmišljanjem ter bogatimi izkušnjami kot izvršna direktorica in generalna direktorica nacionalnih podružnic na Danskem in v Indiji bo izjemna pridobitev za vodstveno ekipo BMW Financial Services v Münchnu. V Spirosu Philippasu smo našli idealnega naslednika, ki regijo odlično pozna zaradi svojega uspešnega dela kot izvršni direktor na Poljskem ter poglobljenega poznavanja grškega trga, ter bo nadaljeval rast BMW Financial Services v Srednji in Jugovzhodni Evropi.«

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Hams Hall, UK. BMW Group’s Hams Hall plant, located in the UK, has reached a major milestone: For exactly 25 years, the plant near Birmingham has produced highly efficient internal combustion engines for a variety of BMW Group vehicle models. More than 7.6 million engines have shipped from Hams Hall since 2001. The facility supplies numerous production sites worldwide with highly efficient petrol engines for the BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands, including drive trains for plug-in hybrid models – making the plant an integral part of the BMW Group’s technology-open approach. Today, Plant Hams Hall produces three and four-cylinder petrol engines to high performance V8 engines, powering vehicles across both BMW and MINI. Separately, the V12 engine is produced at Plant Hams Hall exclusively for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Its assembly follows a distinct, bespoke production process, carried out by specially trained engineers and technicians, before final delivery to the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood.

Plant Hams Hall – an integral part of the global production network

"This anniversary is a special milestone for our site," says Dirk Dreher, Head of the BMW Group's Hams Hall plant. "We are a competitive plant and there’s always been a real passion among our workforce to continually improve our manufacturing processes and site. Building on our strong foundation, we are looking forward to remaining a successful plant in the future."

“The Hams Hall plant is an integral part of our global production network,” explains Harald Gottsche, Head of Engine Production at BMW AG. “The site combines technological expertise with high flexibility. It reliably supplies our vehicle plants with efficient, powerful engines of premium quality. This includes the V12 engine – a masterpiece from Hams Hall!”

61% reduction in energy use per engine built since the start of full production

The British engine plant is systematically implementing the principles of the BMW iFACTORY. The strategic vision of the BMW iFACTORY focusses on sustainability, electrification, digitalisation and profitability. From the first concept of the plant to the present day, the Hams Hall team has made sustainability a key consideration. Since the first full year of production, the plant has made a 61% reduction in energy required per engine built, meaning the overall energy to operate the site has remained level even though there has been a considerable increase in production. The plant purchases 100% of its external electricity from renewable energy sources today. It has also worked to reduce its consumption of natural gas.

SpOTTO robotic dog scans and monitors manufacturing equipment

A four-legged autonomous robot named “SpOTTO” joined the Hams Hall team in 2024. The autonomous robotic dog scans the plant, supports maintenance and ensures production processes run smoothly. Equipped with visual, thermal and acoustic sensors, SpOTTO collects valuable data for the plant’s digital twin. It also serves as a watchdog, monitoring the maintenance of production facilities. SpOTTO was developed by Boston Dynamics under the product name “Spot”, an agile robot capable of climbing stairs and traversing rough terrain with ease. At Hams Hall, “Spot” was fondly renamed SpOTTO, paying tribute to the engine plant’s proud heritage: Gustav Otto, one of the founders of BMW, was the son of Nicolaus Otto, inventor of the four-stroke engine.

Fully connected digital twin: Big data on three levels

At the core of the Hams Hall plant’s digital transformation is the fully connected digital twin, which consists of three levels: On the first level, 3D representations of the entire plant are generated. The second level comprises a large data layer, continuously updated with all relevant information from the SpOTTO robotic dog, the plant’s manufacturing equipment and its IT systems. On the third level – the application level – dedicated programmes organise the collected data into comprehensible units. Using special apps, experts at Plant Hams Hall can leverage this information for tasks such as production planning and quality assurance.

A history of continuous growth

Over the past 25 years, BMW Group Plant Hams Hall has continuously evolved, establishing itself as a key pillar of the company’s production network. Relying on state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies, it provides drive trains for numerous BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce models.

Selected historic milestones:

• 2001: Plant Hams Hall launches series production with new four-cylinder engines, using innovative Valvetronic technology in large-scale manufacturing for the first time.
• 2006: An additional engine family is introduced; Plant Hams Hall produces engines for the MINI brand for the first time.
• 2013: Plant Hams Hall becomes the exclusive manufacturer of the award-winning three-cylinder engine for the iconic BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car. The plant also integrates additional production lines for three- and four-cylinder petrol engines. At the same time, the processing hall for crankshafts, crankcases and cylinder heads is expanded.
• 2022: The plant takes over production of V8 and V12 engines. With this step the plant generates even greater business value for the company.
• 2026: Plant Hams Hall celebrates 25 years of production.

The BMW Group’s drive train production network

The BMW Group’s engine production network comprises several plants alongside Hams Hall: Its largest engine facility is in Steyr, Austria, where diesel and petrol engines, as well as sixth-generation electric motors, are developed and produced. The fifth generation of electric motors is produced in Dingolfing. Plant Munich handles mechanical production of V8 and V12 engine components, while Plant Landshut manufactures special engines. The Chinese joint venture BMW Brilliance builds engines for the local market in Shenyang. Collectively, these locations support the BMW Group's technology-open powertrain strategy.

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• The development of BMW's first series model of the Neue Klasse, the new BMW iX3, was filmed over more than 2.5 years
• The documentary, available in four episodes on the BMW Group YouTube channel, covers the relevance of the Neue Klasse for the entire company, the development of the latest technologies, new design, and a new driving experience
• Additional detailed infotainment content shows the sustainability of the series model and the new design language
• The new corporate website marks the start of a new era

Munich. For the BMW Group, the new BMW iX3 represents a milestone in the transformation affecting all areas of the company. An extensive video documentary on the BMW Group YouTube channel offers exclusive insights into the vision of the Neue Klasse, now becoming reality with the first series model, the BMW iX3. The project team has been filmed over several years, from building the first prototype, test drives with board members, crossing the Alps with pre-production models, to the development of the latest technologies and a new design language. For the first time, this documentary provides insights into BMW Group's structures, which are usually kept confidential.

Documentary Overview

Episode 1: "The Big Picture". The strategic positioning of the Neue Klasse and the leap into a new era, including personal insights from Oliver Zipse, CEO, as well as otherboard members and project participants.

Duration: 6:29 Minutes

Link Episode 1: https://youtu.be/fWOx09Lvwg4

Episode 2: "Reinventing Freude am Fahren". The development of a new model generation, from a blank sheet to the pre-drive with international media representatives. Mike Reichelt, Head of Neue Klasse, and his team provide exclusive insights into the last four years of development.

Duration: 09:44 Minutes Link Episode 2: https://youtu.be/CKrLUixaWl4

Episode 3: "Start of the New Design Language". Bigger steps in technology can only become meaningful hand in hand with big steps in design.. Adrian van Hooydonk, Head of BMW Group Design, and his team have a unique opportunity: to create a new design language for all future models.

Duration: 04:25 Minutes Link Episode 3: https://youtu.be/8amA1rK_m-

Episode 4: "The Digital Experience ". Four elements, one goal: Perfect driver orientation. Stefan Durach, Senior Vice President Connected Company BMW Group, and his team redefine the industry standard for multimodal interaction. 

Duration: 06:44 Minutes Link Episode 4: https://youtu.be/bivniN7ksSg  

YouTube videos on Sustainability and Design of the new BMW iX3  

With the new BMW iX3, the BMW Group shows how a holistic approach to product sustainability becomes reality throughout the entire lifecycle. The video explains the "Design for Circularity" principle, involving secondary materials, targeted material selection, and disassembly optimization. As a result, about one-third of the new BMW iX3 consists of secondary materials.

Duration: 4:07 Minutes

Link Deep Dive Sustainability: https://youtu.be/ugGK8FGq7s8

The launch of the new BMW iX3 introduces BMW's new design language, which will be reflected across the entire model range. The  video, featuring designers led by Adrian van Hooydonk, explains this modern interpretation of BMW's essence - timeless, yet contemporary.

Duration:07:17 Minutes

Link Deep Dive Design: https://youtu.be/GnsghaXyaTE

New design of the BMW Group Corporate Website – the digital home of the Neue Klasse

The relaunch of the BMW Group website emphasizes the company's innovation and modern design. The new, elegant web design offers an improved user experience, with precise and careful results from a new semantic search. A dedicated page provides extensive information about the history of the Neue Klasse, the new BMW iX3, and the technologies of the new model generation.

Link Corporate Website: www.bmwgroup.com

The BMW Group 

With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial services. The BMW Group production network comprises over 30 production sites worldwide; the company has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.

In 2024, the BMW Group sold over 2.45 million passenger vehicles and more than 210,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the financial year 2024 was € 11.0 billion on revenues amounting to € 142.4 billion. As of 31 December 2024, the BMW Group had a workforce of 159,104 employees.

The economic success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action. Sustainability is a key element of the BMW Group’s corporate strategy and covers all products from the supply chain and production to the end of their useful life.

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Massimo Senatore, prej generalni direktor BMW Group Portugal, s takojšnjo veljavnostjo prevzema vodenje znamke MINI v dvanajstih državah regije BMW Group Srednja in Jugovzhodna Evropa s sedežem v Salzburgu.

Massimo Senatore se je pridružil BMW Group leta 2002. Po različnih vodstvenih položajih, vključno z direktorjem prodaje v Italiji, je bil nazadnje generalni direktor BMW Group na Portugalskem.

Neil Fiorentinos, izvršni direktor BMW Vertriebs GmbH in predsednik regije BMW Group Srednja in Jugovzhodna Evropa, je izjavil: "Massima Senatore toplo pozdravljamo v regiji CS in mu želimo vse najboljše na novi funkciji. Prepričani smo, da bosta njegova strast do znamke MINI in njegove bogate izkušnje znotraj BMW Group zelo dragoceni za nadaljnji uspeh ekipe v regiji."

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Change at the top of BMW Group Financial Services and BMW Group IT: As of August 1, Alexander Buresch will take over the leadership of the BMW Group’s financial services business. His successor as CIO and Senior Vice President BMW Group IT will be Franz Decker. 

Alexander Buresch began his career with the BMW Group in April 1998 at BMW Bank GmbH in Munich and has been responsible for the Group’s global IT since January 2020. Prior to this, he was responsible for the strategy and business development of the BMW Group in China, including the joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA). His predecessor, Gerald Holzmann, will retire on July 31 of this year.

The new CIO and Senior Vice President BMW Group IT will be Franz Decker, who has served since April 2022 as President & CEO of BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd., overseeing the joint venture's sites in Shenyang and Beijing as well as the LingYue IT hub in Nanjing.

Birgit Böhm-Wannenwetsch will assume responsibility for BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. from Franz Decker. Before this new role in China, she was in charge of the Americas region for BMW Group Financial Services.

BMW Group Financial Services operates in over 50 countries worldwide through subsidiaries and partnerships with local financial institutions and importers. With nearly 8,500 employees, it is one of the leading financial service providers in the automotive sector. In 2024, the Financial Services segment achieved a pre-tax profit of €2.53 billion. Nearly every second new BMW and MINI vehicle is financed or leased through BMW Group Financial Services.

BMW Group IT drives the digital transformation of the BMW Group worldwide. With a clear focus on stable, secure IT systems and consistent customer orientation, it develops innovative software platforms and applications for all business areas. Through targeted industrialization of new technologies, BMW Group IT lays the foundation for future-proof business models. With six global IT and software hubs and employees from over 60 nations in 30 countries, it actively shapes the digital future of the company.

The joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. has been in existence since May 2003. BBA produces seven model series for the Chinese market. The production capacity of the joint venture has grown steadily from 30,000 to over 800,000 units across three plants. In May 2024, the six millionth vehicle was produced at BBA.

V priponki dostopate do življenjepisa dr. Joachima Posta, člana upravnega odbora BMW AG, pristojnega za razvoj.

V priponki dostopate do življenjepisa dr. Nicolaija Martinar, člana upravnega odbora BMW AG, pristojnega za nabavo in mrežo dobaviteljev. 

Motoristična sezona 2025 se je tradicionalno začela z dogodkom BMW Motorrad Roadshow, ki je 10. aprila obiskal Slovensko Bistrico, nato pa nadaljeval 16. aprila v Motorrad salonu Avtovalu. Dogajanje je bilo prava predstava za vse ljubitelje motorjev, ki so prišli spoznat najnovejše novosti in doživet adrenalin na dveh kolesih. Letos pa je bilo še posebej razburljivo, saj se je dogodek začel z zajtrkom z motoristi, kjer BMW Motorrad ni predstavil le slovenskih premier, ki postavljajo nove mejnike v svetu motociklizma, ampak je tudi predstavil svojega prvega ambasadorja.

Toni Mulec, slovenski motociklistični dirkač, čigar ime je povezano z izjemnimi dosežki na svetovnih tekmovanjih, kot je Dakar, je prejel to častno titulo. Zdaj bo svojo strast do motociklov prinesel tudi na domače ceste, kjer bo z novim BMW F 900 GS raziskoval slovenske makadamske poti. Njegov avanturistični duh in ljubezen do vožnje po težkih terenih se bosta popolnoma ujemala z njegovim novim enduro motorjem, ki je narejen za terensko uporabo in omogoča nepozabne izkušnje.

Na motorističnem srečanju so se zvrstile tudi slovenske premiere potovalnega motorja R 1300 GS Adventure, največjega potovalnika BMW Motorrad, ki združuje preprostost, udobje in neverjetno moč. Ta motor je prava izbira za tiste, ki želijo raziskovati svet z močnim, a udobnim motorjem, ki se ne bo ustrašil nobenega terena. Predstavljena sta bila tudi roadsterja F 900 R in S 1000 R ter športna motorja S 1000 RR in M 1000 R, podpisana z najmočnejšo črko na svetu.

Udeleženci BMW Motorrad roadshowa so imeli priložnost preizkusiti zmogljivosti teh izjemnih motorjev in občutiti adrenalin, ki ga ponujajo. Dogodek je bil prava motoristična zabava, ki je združevala vse tiste, ki delijo strast do motociklov. Sezona 2025 se šele začenja, vendar je že zdaj jasno, da bo to leto polno nepozabnih trenutkov, novih avantur in vrhunskih motorjev, ki nas bodo spremljali na vsakem koraku.

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Munich/Landshut. The BMW Group is presenting its next leap forward in the field of electric drive technology – and in the process ushering in a new era of all-electric driving. At the Tech Days event in Landshut, the company has provided some initial insights into the development and production of high-voltage batteries and electric drive systems using the sixth generation of BMW eDrive technology. Every fully electric Neue Klasse vehicle will enjoy the benefits. The first Neue Klasse model will go into series production later this year at Plant Debrecen in Hungary. Below is an overview of the technology highlights:

• The Energy Master intelligent central control unit on the high-voltage battery – developed by the BMW Group and produced at Plant Landshut.
• A new high-voltage battery concept that, together with the BMW cylindrical cell, promises to bring about a technological quantum leap – including significant improvements in energy density, charging speed and range.
• The BMW Group also demonstrates its technology-openness with electric drive systems – through the use of different electric motor types: SSM and ASM.
• A modular approach to electric motor production gives the BMW Group an exceptional degree of flexibility.
• The BMW Group pools together expertise from the entire electric mobility value chain in Bavaria and Austria – from development, via purchasing and production, to recycling.
• The BMW Group demonstrates both technology-openness and full expertise across all areas of electric mobility.

Adopting a technology-open approach while setting the pace in electric mobility

“For the BMW Group, electric mobility is the future and a key area of growth. We are leading the way with this drivetrain technology. At the same time, we are deliberately taking a technology-open approach, recognizing that mobility needs vary between different regions of the world,” explains Dr Joachim Post, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Purchasing and Supplier Network. “We want to offer our customers the best drive concept for every need. It is possible to do both: offer the best drive technology for every need and be at the forefront of electric mobility.”

Slimmer, faster, further: the high-voltage batteries for Gen6

With the new sixth-generation BMW eDrive technology (Gen6 for short), the BMW Group is making a technological quantum leap. Improvements on the product side include a 30% faster charging speed and 30% increase in range, with certain models achieving even higher figures. Added to which, the Gen6 high-voltage battery concept benefits from the new 800V technology. Gen6 will make its debut this year in the Neue Klasse and subsequently be used to drive models across the BMW Group’s fully electric product range. The concept for the Gen6 high-voltage batteries is fundamentally new and will find applications in all vehicle segments – right up to the high-performance models from BMW M GmbH. Its new, even slimmer design allows the high-voltage battery to be integrated into a spread of different models, regardless of vehicle height. The high-voltage battery takes on the role of a structural component in the bodies of the Neue Klasse models (“pack-to-open-body”), and the new cylindrical cells will be integrated directly into the high-voltage battery (“cell-to-pack”). The new BMW cylindrical cell has a 20% greater energy density than its predecessor, the Gen5 prismatic battery cell. And charging in both directions will be possible: the BMW Group has confirmed bidirectional charging as standard for Gen6.

Highly intelligent central control unit: the BMW Energy Master

All of the elements that enable this technological leap forward come together in the BMW Energy Master. This central control unit is positioned on the high-voltage battery and provides the interface for high- and low-voltage power supply and for data from the high-voltage battery. It also controls the power supply for the electric motor and vehicle electrical system and ensures the safe and intelligent operation of the high-voltage battery. The BMW Group has filed a whole series of new patent applications for the vehicle electrical system, including its electronic fuses. Both the hardware and software of the Energy Master were developed fully in-house at the BMW Group. This ensures technological developments and updates for vehicles can be implemented independently and in real time via Remote Software Upgrades, providing a particular benefit for customers.

“Local for local” approach for high-voltage battery assembly and supplier network

The high-voltage batteries for the Neue Klasse are assembled in five new production facilities that the BMW Group has located close to its vehicle plants as part of a “local for local” approach. For example, cutting-edge assembly locations for Gen6 high-voltage batteries are taking shape in Irlbach-Straßkirchen (Lower Bavaria), Debrecen (Hungary), Shenyang (China), San Luis Potosí (Mexico) and Woodruff, near Spartanburg (USA). This approach safeguards production even in the event of unforeseen political and economic events. In addition, the existing locations are being strengthened, with jobs both secured and created. The “local for local” principle continues in the supplier network for battery cells: in order to cover the demand for Gen6, the BMW Group has reached contractual agreements for five battery cell factories – spread across Europe, China and the USA – with various partners.

“Cell-to-pack” and “pack-to-open-body”

Production of the Gen6 high-voltage batteries follows the “cell-to-pack” and “pack-to-open-body” principles. “Cell-to-pack” involves positioning the cylindrical cells – manufactured by the suppliers according to BMW Group specifications – directly in the housing of the high-voltage battery, without the intermediate step of a module being produced. “Pack-to-open-body” refers to the high-voltage battery’s new role as a structural component in the vehicle architecture. Numerous innovations patented by the BMW Group can be found here.

Know-how from Bavaria and Austria – in demand around the world

Before series production of the high-voltage batteries gets underway worldwide, the production processes will be developed and pre-series batteries subjected to thorough testing. This will happen at the BMW Group pilot plants for high-voltage batteries in Parsdorf, Hallbergmoos and Munich. The new series production plants around the world will then be ready. The product and process expertise is centred in Bavaria. Production of the Energy Master will take place at Plant Landshut, which will then supply all the high-voltage battery assembly plants around the world. There, the highly intelligent control unit will be installed on the high-voltage battery. The electric motor with sixth-generation BMW eDrive technology is produced at Plant Steyr in Austria, which is also home to a development centre for electric drive systems and thermal management.

Production of the Energy Master at BMW Group Plant Landshut  

A state-of-the-art production system for the BMW Energy Master is taking shape at Plant Landshut. The plant is currently producing the highly complex control unit in pre-series. Series production on the first production line will begin in August 2025, with a further expansion stage to follow in mid-2026. This is the first time the development and production of this central control unit has taken place in-house at the BMW Group. “As the company’s largest in-house component manufacturer, Landshut plays an important role for the Neue Klasse,” says Dr Joachim Post. “The plant is an innovation hub and a driver of transformation.” Around 200 people will be employed in the Energy Master production area at Landshut when production begins, rising to as many as 700 people as it ramps up further. The BMW Group has channelled investment in the high hundreds of millions of euros into the expansion of electric mobility at Plant Landshut since 2020, strengthening both the production facility itself and Germany’s status as an industrial powerhouse for the long term. The modular manufacturing system used to produce the Energy Master was also designed fully in-house by the BMW Group. It is supplied with subcomponents by a supply chain set up by the BMW Group. This extends to the n-tier supply chain for supply-critical components such as semiconductors. The benefits of this set-up can be seen in terms of both costs and supply security. The scalable production system enables the company to respond quickly and flexibly to market requirements. The high degree of automation, involving up to 400 robots in the final expansion stage, maximises efficiency. Comprehensive in-process monitoring, which includes the use of AI-based camera systems, and 100-per-cent end-of-line system checks in a clean-room environment ensure optimum quality.

Different recycling processes within the value chain

As electric mobility ramps up, there is an increasing focus on recycling of high-voltage batteries at the end of their lifecycle. Under a long-term partnership with SK tes – a leading provider of innovative technology lifecycle solutions – cobalt, nickel and lithium from end-of-life batteries are recovered from the BMW Group and integrated into the supply chain for the manufacture of new batteries. This closed-loop approach increases the efficiency and resilience of the BMW Group as part of a circular economy. The BMW Group will follow a similar path in the USA, Mexico and Canada up to 2026 with a separate partnership.

Innovative direct recycling at the BMW Group

The BMW Group is also exploring other recycling options in the value creation process. One example of this is the direct recycling method developed in-house. The BMW Group is working with its joint venture Encory to set up a competence centre for battery cell recycling in Lower Bavaria, where the company will put its direct recycling ideas into practice. This innovative process will enable residual materials from battery cell production and whole battery cells to be mechanically broken down into their valuable constituent components. The raw materials obtained in this way will be re-used directly in the pilot production process for battery cells at the company’s competence centres.

Technology-open approach for electric mobility: the new e-drive system of Gen6

The BMW Group has retained the principle of an electrically excited synchronous motor (EESM) for its Gen6 power unit. On this type of synchronous motor, the magnetic field in the rotor is generated by windings fed with direct current rather than permanent magnets. In this way, the strength of the rotor’s magnetic field can be optimally adjusted to the prevailing load conditions. This results in both excellent levels of efficiency at customer-relevant operating points and constant power output at high rotational speeds. As with the Gen5 version, the synchronous motor will be positioned above the rear axle and feature a compact housing incorporating the electric drive unit, power electronics and transmission. Many of the motor’s technical details were created with the help of patented expertise, with the non-potted rotor alone accounting for more than ten patent applications.

Neue Klasse additionally incorporates ASM technology

The Gen6 powertrain employs a second, additional electric motor technology in the form of the asynchronous motor (ASM). Here, instead of being generated by permanent magnets (PSM) or electrical excitation (EESM), the rotor’s magnetic field is induced by the stator. On this type of motor, the rotor takes the form of a metal cage. The asynchronous motor offers the advantage of a more compact design and superior cost efficiency. The ASM motor variants will be fitted at the front axle of Neue Klasse cars with BMW xDrive.

Extensive improvements to EESM technology

Besides the addition of ASM technology, the EESM technology has also undergone a major upgrade for Gen6: rotor, stator and inverter have all been fully designed for the new 800V architecture of the Gen6 tech in order to maximise drive system performance and efficiency. This has been further helped by a complete redesign of the oil and water cooling systems. In addition to this, the experts from the BMW Group have also succeeded in improving the electric motor and central housing in terms of their weight and rigidity too. The transmission still uses a two-stage helical design, but has been further optimised by enhancements to its geometry and cooling, lower friction levels and more pleasant acoustics. The electrically excited synchronous motor’s “brain”, the inverter, now features 800V technology along with silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors to boost efficiency. The inverter is completely integrated into the electric motor’s housing. Its task is to convert the DC power supply from the high-voltage battery to AC for use in the electric motor. The inverter was developed in-house by the BMW Group and is produced at Plant Steyr in Austria.

Lower weight, costs and energy losses – greater efficiency in the vehicle

The results obtained from intelligently incorporating new technologies into the electric powertrain while consistently enhancing existing systems make impressive reading. When compared to a Gen5 xDrive model, a future Neue Klasse model complete with EESM and ASM technology boasts the following improvements: energy losses have been reduced by 40%, costs by 20% and weight by 10%. By combining different types of electric motor, the BMW Group’s technology-open approach is therefore clearly in evidence within the field of electric mobility. In future, customers will be able to choose from models equipped with one, two, three or four electric motors to suit their individual preferences and requirements. The sixth generation BMW eDrive technology is a significant factor in the gain in overall vehicle efficiency of around 20 per cent for the Neue Klasse. This figure is based on a comparison with the current generation of all-electric vehicles from the BMW Group.

Modular concept provides crucial advantage for manufacturing electric motors

The manufacturing concept for the Gen6 electric drive system uses the principle of modular building blocks. This forms the basis for highly flexible manufacturing of various electric drive variants across the entire Neue Klasse model range. The modular "building block” concept leads to positive economies of scale and cost savings in development and production. It also has the effect of improving the scalability of production volumes. The modular approach ensures a high degree of flexibility in production, the supply networks and procurement.

The Gen6 electric drive systems: made in Steyr

Series production of the Gen6 electric drive systems will commence at BMW Group Plant Steyr in summer 2025. Pre-production already got underway at the Austrian facility in September 2024. The pre-production motors are undergoing rigorous testing and some are already being fitted in Neue Klasse test vehicles from Plant Debrecen. By 2030, the BMW Group will have invested over one billion euros at the site since the project’s launch in 2022 to expand its development and production expertise for electric drive systems. Thanks to the increase in capacity, the plant will retain its status as the BMW Group’s leading facility for drive systems. The plant has been developing and building combustion engines for the BMW and MINI brands for over 40 years. Plant Steyr’s many years of experience and high level of expertise in the field of drive systems make it the ideal site for manufacturing the Gen6 electric motors. It has an annual production capacity of 600,000 electric drive units. Diesel and petrol engines continue to be manufactured there alongside the electric motors. By 2030, around half of the on-site employees should be working in electric mobility – a vital step for safeguarding the more than 4,700 jobs at the plant in the long term. In future, all key components of the innovative, highly integrated electric drive unit – i.e. the rotor, stator, transmission, inverter and housing – will be produced at Steyr. This will include manufacturing the inverters in an in-house clean room environment for the first time, thereby taking the engine plant into the realm of electrical engineering. The electric drive components will be built on two new assembly lines at Steyr.

Thermal management: complex interaction, crucial for performance
Thermal management involves highly complex interaction between various systems in an electric vehicle and is of critical importance for a host of performance parameters, including range, real-world consumption, acceleration and charging time. Thermal management is a question of constantly keeping the temperature of the electric motor, power electronics and high-voltage battery in the optimum range, while maintaining standards of passenger comfort at the same time. Efficient thermal management is important for fast charging too. Here, the battery temperature must be kept within a defined window in order to make optimum use of the available charging capacity. Unlike combustion engines, electric motors give off little heat. This means that, depending on the operating state, the battery and the passenger cell have to be not only cooled, but heated too. The Steyr site develops the thermal management systems for all electric vehicles from the BMW Group. The plant’s development centre is also responsible for the brain at the heart of the electric motor – the inverter.

BMW Group Plant Landshut – a multi-talented component manufacturer

BMW Group Plant Landshut is the BMW Group’s largest component plant anywhere in the world, supplying components to all the company’s vehicle and drive system plants. Its workforce of around 3,700 employees produces a broad spectrum of cutting-edge components for vehicles from the BMW Group. Working closely with the BMW Group’s Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ) in Munich, Plant Landshut plays a pivotal role as a hub of innovation for the automotive industry. It develops pioneering technologies and manufacturing processes that serve to maintain the company’s competitive edge. Over the course of the Neue Klasse project, the site is investing some €200 million in its light metal foundry to increase annual production capacity for the electric motor housings. The Injector Casting (ICA) process developed and patented in Landshut is a prime example of the plant’s innovative strength. This globally unique process is used to manufacture the electric motors’ highly complex aluminium housings that set new standards for lightweight design and functional integration.

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Spokesperson Production Network, Powertrain and High-voltage Batteries

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Spokesperson BMW Group Plant Landshut

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Team Lead Purchasing and Supplier Network, Spokesperson Dr Joachim Post

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Spokesperson Drive Technology, Battery, Charging, Efficient Dynamics

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With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial services. The BMW Group production network comprises over 30 production sites worldwide; the company has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.

In 2024, the BMW Group sold 2.45 million passenger vehicles and more than 210,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the financial year 2023 was € 17.1 billion on revenues amounting to € 155.5 billion. As of 31 December 2023, the BMW Group had a workforce of 154,950 employees.

The economic success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action. Sustainability is a key element of the BMW Group’s corporate strategy and covers all products from the supply chain and production to the end of their useful life.

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Munich. Corporate Communications and Governmental Affairs at BMW AG is restructuring its management team at department level with effect from 1 January 2025.

Here are the changes in detail:

Benjamin Titz will take over as Head of Communications Central and Southeastern Europe. He will also be responsible for communications for the Debrecen and Steyr production sites.

Titz has been with the BMW Group for 19 years. After spokesperson for MW Motorsport, BMW Motorrad and BMW M GmbH he took over the responsibility for design, innovation and motorsport communications.

Most recently, he headed the BMW Group Media House, which is responsible for orchestrating, creating, and producing content for the BMW Group’s own internal and external channels.

Eckhard Wannieck takes over the management of the BMW Group Media House. After various management positions, including in communications strategy, sports and cultural sponsorship and BMW product communications, he has been responsible for the BMW Group's business and financial communications for the last four and a half years.

Max-Morten Borgmann succeeds Wannieck as head of department for Corporate, Finance and Sales Communications.

Borgmann has been press spokesman for Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management at BMW AG, since 2019. Prior to that, he was responsible for the then CFO Nicolas Peter in the same role.

Before joining the BMW Group in 2015, he worked as a journalist for the dpa and dpa-AFX news agencies, where the automotive industry was among his specialist areas.

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Dr. Hans-Peter Ketterl

Spokesperson for Human Resources and for the Member of the Board of Management for Human Resources and Real Estate

Phone: +49-89-382-23923

Mail: Hans-Peter.Ketterl@bmwgroup.com

The BMW Group

With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services. The BMW Group production network comprises over 30 production sites worldwide; the company has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.

In 2023, the BMW Group sold over 2.55 million passenger vehicles and more than 209,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the financial year 2023 was € 17.1 billion on revenues amounting to € 155.5 billion. As of 31 December 2023, the BMW Group had a workforce of 154,950 employees.

The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action, from the supply chain through production to the end of the use phase of all products. 

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Munich. At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of BMW AG set the course for a continuity of succession at the head of its board. To this end, the Supervisory Board will put forward Dr. Nicolas Peter for election to the Supervisory Board of BMW AG at the 2025 Annual General Meeting. The Supervisory Board also expressed its support for the proposal that Peter — subject to his election to the Supervisory Board — be elected as Chairman of the Supervisory Board after the 2025 Annual General Meeting.

The mandate of the current Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr.-Ing. Norbert Reithofer, as a member of the Supervisory Board will finish as planned at the end of the 2025 Annual General Meeting. He will not run for re-election after two terms of office. This also observes the standard age limit set by the Supervisory Board itself.

Nicolas Peter has extensive international experience in the automotive industry. He was Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Finance, from January 2017 to May 2023, and has also held various management positions in Finance and Sales at the BMW Group, including positions in several European markets. As former Chairman of the Board of Directors of BMW Brilliance Automotive, he also has extensive experience in the Chinese market. Nicolas Peter holds a doctorate in law and has both German and French citizenship.

After May 11, 2023, Nicolas Peter did not hold a position within BMW AG and will therefore have completed a two-year cooling-off period in May 2025, in accordance with the German Corporate Governance Code.

Nicolas Peter is currently a member of two supervisory bodies outside the BMW Group: He is a member of the Supervisory Board of KION GROUP AG, where he chairs the audit committee. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the listed company FORVIA SE (France) and a member of the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code.

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Eckhard Wannieck, head of Communications BMW Group, Finance, Sales

Telephone: +49 89 382-24544

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Email: presse@bmwgroup.com

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With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services. The BMW Group production network comprises over 30 production sites worldwide; the company has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.

In 2023, the BMW Group sold over 2.55 million passenger vehicles and more than 209,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the financial year 2023 was € 17.1 billion on revenues amounting to € 155.5 billion. As of 31 December 2023, the BMW Group had a workforce of 154,950 employees.

The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action, from the supply chain through production to the end of the use phase of all products. 

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Ljubljana. Slovenski chef in poslovnež Jorg Zupan je postal novi ambasador znamke MINI. Jorg Zupan je priznan kot vodilni kuharski mojster, ki vodi kulinarično evolucijo s svojimi drznimi in ustvarjalnimi pristopi. S tem partnerstvom MINI še dodatno poudarja svojo zavezanost inovacijam, trajnosti in preoblikovanju tradicionalnosti v sodobno umetnost.

Jorg Zupan je v svoji karieri prejel številne prestižne nagrade, med njimi tudi naziv najmlajšega slovenskega chefa z Michelinovo zvezdico. Njegova kulinarična vizija poudarja sezonske in lokalno pridelane sestavine. S svojo globalno izkušnjo v vrhunskih restavracijah, kot sta The Fat Duck in Maaemo, ustvarja edinstvene jedi, ki presegajo meje pričakovanega. Restavracije BREG in AFTR, ki jih vodi in sta uvrščeni v Michelinov vodič za leto 2023, ponujata vrhunske kulinarične izkušnje: AFTR v središču Ljubljane nudi sproščeno gastronomsko vzdušje, medtem ko BREG ob ljubljanskem nabrežju ponuja mednarodno kuhinjo z lokalnim pridihom.

Dražen Vranješ Kosi, direktor marketing na BMW Slovenija, je ob začetku partnerstva poudaril, da blagovno znamko MINI ob že 65-letni tradiciji zaznamujejo radovednost, morda celo lakota, po novem, trajnost in izstopanje iz množice. In to imata z Jorgom, ki zase trdi, da je »skoz lačn«, nedvomno skupno.

MINI in Jorg Zupan imata tako veliko skupnega – oba se odlikujeta po inovativnosti, zavezanosti k odličnosti in želji po preoblikovanju tradicije. Obe strani tako delita strast do raziskovanja novih obzorij in prinašanja svežih perspektiv, bodisi v svetu kulinarike bodisi v avtomobilski industriji.

Jorgov ustvarjalni pristop v kulinariki, ki združuje umetnost z domiselnim smislom za humor, se popolnoma ujema z MINI-jevo filozofijo modernih in stilskih vozil, ki izstopajo iz množice. Poleg tega se MINI in Jorg zavezujeta k trajnosti in odgovornosti - kuharski mojster z lokalno pridelanimi sestavinami in MINI z električnimi vozili. Skupna predanost personalizaciji in pozornosti do detajlov pa omogoča ustvarjanje edinstvenih izkušenj, ki navdušujejo z brezkompromisno kakovostjo. 

V sodelovanju z znamko MINI bo Jorg Zupan MINI navdušencem prinesel ekskluzivne in nepozabne kulinarične dogodke ter delavnice, s čimer bo širil MINI duh in kulturo. Ta doživetja bodo priložnost za raziskovanje vrhunskih kulinaričnih trenutkov, ki jih bo Jorg ustvaril z enako pozornostjo do detajlov, kot je značilna za oblikovanje in izdelavo MINI vozil.

S tem partnerstvom MINI in Jorg Zupan združujeta svoje moči, da bi še naprej postavljala nove standarde v kulinariki in avtomobilski industriji ter navduševala ljudi s svojo ustvarjalnostjo, inovativnostjo in predanostjo k trajnosti. 

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Salzburg. As of 1 July 2024, Kathrin Frauscher will be the new CEO of BMW Financial Services Central and Southeastern Europe. She is taking over the position of chairperson of the management board of BMW Austria Bank GmbH, BMW Austria Leasing GmbH as well as the responsibility for Financial Services in the 11 markets of the Central and Southeastern Europe Region. She will be succeeding Kerstin Zerbst, who has successfully developed the financial services business in this region since 2019. In July, Kerstin Zerbst will be joining BMW Bank, which is headquartered in Munich and has branches in Italy, Spain and Portugal, to take up the position of CFO there on 1 August. 

“I am particularly proud to be able to hold the position of CEO in my home country” says Kathrin Frauscher, who was born in Upper Austria. In her new role, Kathrin Frauscher, brings with her extensive experience in the banking and financial services sector. She has a degree in Business Administration from the Vienna University of Economics and has been working for the BMW Group since 2007. Since joining the headquarters of BMW AG in Munich, Kathrin Frauscher has held various management positions with BMW Financial Services worldwide, including CEO & Managing Director of the national companies in Denmark and India. 

In her last position, which Kathrin Frauscher has held since 2022, she was responsible for sales and marketing management for BMW Financial Services in Central and Southeastern Europe and, as a result, she already has extensive knowledge of her new area of responsibility.
 

In recent years, BMW Financial Services has enjoyed a steady increase in the number of contracts and profitable growth in Central and Southeastern Europe. With her 17 years of experience of working for the BMW Group and her international background, Kathrin Frauscher brings with her extensive expertise to further advance the positive development of Financial Services in Central and Southeastern Europe.

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Munich. The BMW Group has announced a change in personnel at the helm of the MINI brand. Effective 1 August 2024, Stefan Richmann will take over management of MINI from Stefanie Wurst, who has held this position since 1 February 2022. 

In recent years, Stefanie Wurst has strategically successfully focused the British premium brand MINI on new markets and target groups, and in particular on electric mobility and digitalization. She has also developed the international MINI sales organisation into a sustainable and customer-focused sales model and has played a decisive role in the phased introduction of MINI direct sales in China and Europe.

Wurst built on the MINI brand’s strong heritage, while at the same time realigning it for the future. With the rollout of the New MINI Family, the brand is currently at a high point in its 65-year history. Three models with strong characters, the MINI Cooper*, MINI Aceman* and MINI Countryman*, embody the digitalisation of products and services, electrification of the brand and MINI’s signature go-kart feeling.

Jochen Goller, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Customer, Brands, Sales: “We would like to thank Stefanie Wurst for her great personal commitment and her valuable contribution to MINI's future direction. With Stefan Richmann, a senior executive of the BMW Group with many years of experience in Germany and abroad, will take over the management of the MINI brand from August.”

Richmann began his career at the BMW Group in 1997. Since then, he has held numerous managerial positions within the company. In 2000, he moved to Corporate Strategic Planning and, in 2004, was appointed head of Sales Controlling. From 2008, Richmann was responsible for the finances of BMW Spain as CFO. He returned to Munich at the end of 2010, where he fulfilled several further management roles in the Finance and Controlling division and Product Management at BMW Group headquarters. From 2017, Richmann served as CFO in the US. In April 2022, he took over as head of the Corporate Strategy division. 

BMW Group Corporate Communications

Andreas Lampka, head of MINI Communications

Telephone: +49 89 382-23662

Email: andreas.lampka@MINI.com

Eckhard Wannieck, head of Communications BMW Group, Finance, Sales

Telephone: +49 89 382-24544

Email: eckhard.wannieck@bmwgroup.com

Media website: https://newsroom.bmwgroup.com/global/en

Email: presse@bmwgroup.com

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With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services. The BMW Group production network comprises over 30 production sites worldwide; the company has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.

In 2023, the BMW Group sold over 2.55 million passenger vehicles and more than 209,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the financial year 2023 was € 17.1 billion on revenues amounting to € 155.5 billion. As of 31 December 2023, the BMW Group had a workforce of 154,950 employees.

The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action. The company set the course for the future at an early stage and consistently makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction, from the supply chain through production to the end of the use phase of all products. 

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V medijskem gradivu najdete korporativne fotografije Aleša Suhorepca, generalnega direktorja BMW Slovenije.

Ljubljana, marec 2024. Aleš Suhorepec bo s prvim majem 2024 postal Generalni direktor BMW Slovenije. A. Suhorepec se je skupini BMW pridružil leta 2013 kot Direktor prodaje za vozila BMW in MINI v Sloveniji. Z letom 2021 je ob prodaji prevzel tudi vodenje marketinga in s tem odgovornost za blagovne znamke, obenem pa je od vsega začetka aktivno vpleten v projekt direktne prodaje, ki bo v naslednjem letu zaživel tudi v Sloveniji za MINI. Preden se je pridružil skupini BMW je deloval na več vodilnih pozicijah v avtomobilski branži, in sicer od financiranja prodaje vozil za več blagovnih znamk do odgovornosti za prodajo dveh avtomobilskih znamk za slovenski trg. Avtomobilski branži je posvetil svojo kariero in ji je predan že od leta 1991 ter jo aktivno sooblikuje že 33 let.

Christopher Puth, ki je vodil BMW Slovenijo od avgusta 2019, bo nadaljeval svojo kariero kot Generalni direktor BMW Hellas v Grčiji, obenem pa bo tudi vnaprej odgovoren za uvozniške trge EU, in sicer za Malto, Ciper in Hrvaško. Pod njegovim vodstvom je BMW Slovenija naredila pomemben preboj na področju elektromobilnosti in dosegla, da je bilo v letu 2023 že kar vsako tretje registrirano vozilo BMW Group električno ali priključno hibridno, obenem pa ima BMW Slovenija trdno vodstvo v najvišjem in najprestižnejšem segmentu vozil, pa tudi v segmentu visokozmogljivih športnih vozil med najbližjima nemškima konkurentoma. V letu 2023 je BMW Motorrad presegel izjemen mejnik in prodal več kot 400 motorjev v Sloveniji, oddelek poprodaje prav tako vsako leto dosega rekordne rezultate.

C. Puth je vodil slovenski trg v nestanovitnih in negotovih časih korone, izzivov v proizvodnji in gospodarske nestabilnosti. Kljub zahtevnim okoliščinam, skozi katere je uspešno vodil trgovsko mrežo, je le-ta že v letu 2021 dosegla predkoronske prodajne rezultate. V času njegovega vodenja se je tudi konsolidirala trgovska mreža, ki je postala močnejša, stabilnejša in pripravljena na prihodnji model direktne prodaje.

„Ikonična arhitektura, legendarni avtomobilski dizajn“ je razstava, ki se ozira na trenutek preobrazbe v zgodovini podjetja pred 50 leti

Bukarešta/Temišvar. CODRU SustainArt village x CSWeek je v sodelovanju z BMW v Temišvaru predstavil razstavo IKONIČNA ARHITEKTURA, LEGENDARNO OBLIKOVANJE AVTOMOBILOV, dogodek, ki je vključen v agendo "Timišvar, evropska kulturna prestolnica". Projekt vključuje izbor oblikovalskih projektov, od katerih so mnogi prvič predstavljeni širši javnosti, pa tudi predstavitev sedeža BMW, pod katerega se je podpisal avstrijski arhitekt Karl Schwanzer, ki je simbol tako BMW kot tudi mesta München.

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This exhibition captures the transformative energy which BMW showed to the world in the early 1970s. With a unique and innovative new headquarters building, a concept car - the BMW Turbo, which showcased BMW’s approach to innovations in driving pleasure, safety, environmental responsibility, and design, and a new range of cars which launched a fresh, sustainable design strategy, the transformations of those years played a major role in the creation of what BMW is today, 50 years later. Truly sustainable impulses.

In the history of the company, the 1970s where some of the most transformative years. In the 1970s, BMW successfully established its image as an important automobile manufacturer for the global market and as a forward-thinking company. Several landmark projects shaped the company evolution in that period – the BMW Motorsport started in 1972, the first BMW concept car, the BMW Turbo, was presented in 1972, the current model structure was first defined in ’70s, starting with the presentation of the first-generation BMW 5 Series. The iconic BMW headquarters “The 4 Cyilinder” was opened in 1973, first major cultural cooperations with such artists as Gerhard Richter, Alexander Calder, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol were also established in those years.

The exhibition is organized in big panels that explore the BMW design explorations under the guidance of Paul Bracq, Director of BMW design from 1970 to 1974. It follows the first generations of BMW 5 Series, 3 Series, 7 Series and 6 Series, as well as other defining projects of the company, such as the design evolution towards the BMW Turbo concept. There is also a special presentation dedicated to the 4 Cylinder building that follows the design and building process.

The exhibition will feature also a special event on the 8^th of October that will include a special screening of the documentary “He Flew Ahead”,  a highly emotional portrait of designer Karl Schwanzer, the creator of the 4 Cylinder building.

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Munich. The Supervisory Board of BMW AG has today extended the contract of Oliver Zipse as Chairman of the Board of Management until 2026. Zipse has been a member of the Board of Management since 2015 and Chairman of the Board since August 2019. During his term of office, the BMW Group significantly expanded its range of electric vehicles and today offers fully electric models in almost all of its core segments. In addition, development began on the Neue Klasse as the next model generation, with production starting in 2025.

Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW AG, said: “Oliver Zipse has very successfully steered the company in recent years through an extremely volatile environment. In a phase of global crises and profound transformation, the BMW Group has not only achieved reliably robust results under his leadership, but has also sustainably strengthened its leading position in global competition. With the Neue Klasse, the BMW Group is well on track to further expand this position.”

Martin Kimmich, Chairman of the General Works Council of BMW AG, said: “The good cooperation between the Board of Management and the Works Council will be continued with the reappointment of Oliver Zipse. I am convinced that we will continue to jointly take constructive decisions and I am therefore looking positively to the future.”

At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board also appointed Jochen Goller to the Board of Management of BMW AG. He will succeed Pieter Nota and take over responsibility for the division Customer, Brands and Sales on November 1, 2023. Nota took over the division in 2018 and played a key role in significantly accelerating sales of all-electric models in recent years and systematically digitalizing the customer interface. In addition, he has sharpened the BMW Group's brand portfolio with the BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands and further developed the international sales organization towards a sustainable and customer-centric sales model.. Since he took office, the BMW Group has significantly increased its global market share and achieved a sales record in 2019 with more than 2.5 million vehicles. In 2023, under his leadership, BMW Group sales is on course to once again reach or even exceed this pre-corona level.

“The Supervisory Board would like to thank Pieter Nota for his great commitment and in particular for the important impulses he has brought to the sales organization with his extensive experience outside the automotive industry,” said Reithofer. “With Jochen Goller, we are appointing an internationally experienced sales manager to the Board of Management and a proven China expert who knows the BMW Group's largest market like no other.”

Jochen Goller has been with the BMW Group since 1999 and spent more than ten years with the company in the UK and China in various, also cross-brand functions. Since 2018, he has been very successfully managing the activities in the China region. During this time, the BMW Group was able to take over a majority stake in its local joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive. Goller was previously also responsible for the MINI brand.

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Max-Morten Borgmann, Communications BMW Group

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The BMW Group

With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services. The BMW Group production network comprises over 30 production sites worldwide; the company has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.

In 2022, the BMW Group sold nearly 2.4 million passenger vehicles and more than 202,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the financial year 2022 was € 23.5 billion on revenues amounting to € 142.6 billion. As of 31 December 2022, the BMW Group had a workforce of 149,475 employees.

The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action. The company set the course for the future at an early stage and consistently makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction, from the supply chain through production to the end of the use phase of all products. 

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Munich. Alexander Buckan will take over from Edgar Heinrich as the new head of BMW Motorrad Design, effective 1 January 2024. Buckan will be responsible for the design of all BMW Group two-wheeled vehicles, rider's equipment and accessories. Edgar Heinrich, who has been BMW Motorrad’s head of Design since 2012, is retiring after 35 years at the BMW Group.

“We are delighted to be able to present our experienced colleague and motorcycle enthusiast Alexander Buckan as the new head of BMW Motorrad Design,” declared Dr Markus Schramm, head of BMW Motorrad. “Alexander has already contributed a great deal to our motorcycle design as the manager of our design team – making him the ideal choice to lead and bring new impetus to BMW Motorrad Design,” added Adrian van Hooydonk, head of BMW Group Design.

Long-serving employee and motorcycle enthusiast Alexander Buckan takes the helm of design team.
Buckan began his career at BMW Motorrad as a transportation designer back in 2003. Since then, he has been responsible for a variety of different models, including the BMW F 800 GS, BMW G 450 X, BMW R 1200 GS LC and BMW R 1200 GS Adventure LC.

In April 2015, Buckan was promoted to head of BMW Motorrad Vehicle Design. As design manager, he worked with Edgar Heinrich on the design of the BMW Motorrad VISION NEXT 100. The design of the BMW CE 04 and BMW CE 02 e-scooters was also Buckan’s responsibility, as well as the design of the new BMW R 1300 GS, which will celebrate its world premiere on 28 September 2023 at BMW Motorrad Welt in Berlin.

Edgar Heinrich: 35 years of passion for BMW Motorrad.
“We would like to thank Edgar Heinrich for his many years of outstanding service,” said Markus Schramm. “His enthusiasm for riding pleasure on two wheels has inspired countless fans around the world.”

Adrian van Hooydonk: “With his creativity and passion for BMW Motorrad, Edgar Heinrich has shaped the brand like no one else. Under his leadership, BMW Motorrad design has been significantly broadened, modernised and, above all, made more emotional.”

Edgar Heinrich began his career at BMW Motorrad in 1985 and was elevated to senior designer in 1992. In 2005, he was appointed head of BMW Motorrad Vehicle Design and, seven years later, assumed overall responsibility as head of BMW Motorrad Design. During this time, Heinrich shaped the brand’s design language and developed motorcycles that set the benchmark for their segments. Models like the BMW R 1100 S sports boxer, the BMW K 1200 R naked bike and the touring enduro icon, the BMW R 1200 GS, were all created under his leadership. Heinrich was also involved in developing HP models, rally motorcycles, electric scooters and the ground-breaking BMW Motorrad VISION NEXT 100 design concept.

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Munich. Effective 1 September 2023, Isabel Richter became the Head of Sustainability Communications at the BMW Group, with responsibility for development, coordination and implementation of communications messaging on the subject of sustainability. Isabel Richter is assigned to the main department of Alexander Bilgeri, Vice President Communications Human Resources, Production, Purchasing and Sustainability. Richter comes from Microsoft Germany, where she was responsible for economic and corporate strategy topics, such as digital transformation and AI, cybersecurity, corporate citizenship and sustainability, as Corporate Communications Lead. She also headed communications at the Berlin location, where she shaped digital policy dialogue with the press, policymakers as well as society and established digital public affairs.

Prior to working for Microsoft, Richter was Head of the Environment and Sustainability division at the digital association BITKOM in Berlin. Richter began her career in corporate communications at IBM in London, before working for communications agency Waggener Edstrom in London, Seattle and Munich for several years. Ms. Richter earned a degree in Communication and Media Studies from Leipzig University.

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Diana Schaidnagel, Press Spokesperson Sustainability BMW Group
Telephone: +49-151-601-38407
Email: Diana.Schaidnagel@bmw.de

Isabel Richter, Head of Sustainability Communications BMW Group
Telephone: +49-151-601-53189
Email: Isabel.Richter@bmw.de

Media website: https://newsroom.bmwgroup.com/global/en

Email: presse@bmwgroup.com

The BMW Group

With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services. The BMW Group production network comprises over 30 production sites worldwide; the company has a global sales network in more than 140 countries. In 2022, the BMW Group sold nearly 2.4 million passenger vehicles and more than 202,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the financial year 2022 was € 23.5 billion on revenues amounting to € 142.6 billion. As of 31 December 2022, the BMW Group had a workforce of 149,475 employees. The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action. The company set the course for the future at an early stage and consistently makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction, from the supply chain through production to the end of the use phase of all products.

www.bmwgroup.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BMWGroup

Twitter: http://twitter.com/BMWGroup

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