BMW moves engine production to Britain as German plants go electric
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – BMW on Wednesday talked about it could possibly retool its German factories to assemble electric cars and elements and shift manufacturing of combustion engines to plants in Austria and England as part of a broader shift in direction of low-emission cars.
Factories all through the globe are clamouring for funding into next-generation cars as electric autos obtain traction with consumers and as governments hasten the demise of the combustion engine.
Germany on Wednesday unveiled a 3-billion-euro ($3.56 billion) scheme to promote low-emission cars and Britain talked about it could possibly ban the sale of current petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2030.
“By the tip of 2022 all our German factories will make in any case one completely electric automotive,” Milan Nedeljkovic, BMW’s board member answerable for production talked about in an announcement on Wednesday.
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