BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg, South Carolina, broke its own production record in 2021 by churning out 433,810 BMW X cars. This surpasses the previous record of 411,620 units set in 2019 and represents a 20 percent increase over output from the previous year. Additionally, with roughly 70,000 units shipped, the plant manufactured a record amount of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in 2017.
According to Dr. Robert Engelhorn, president and CEO of BMW Manufacturing, “the fact that the Plant Spartanburg team set a production record during a very unexpected year is a credit to the commitment and adaptability of our associates.” “Our associates continue to produce high-quality goods that are highly sought after by our clients worldwide.”
The South Carolina plant produced 400,000+ units for the fourth straight year in 2021. Additionally in 2015 (400,904 units), 2016 (411,171), and 2019 this milestone was reached (411,620). Below is a breakdown of production in 2021 by model:
- BMW X3: 113,831 BMW X3 M: 4,418
- BMW X4: 52,935 BMW X4 M: 2,555
- BMW X5: 165,704 BMW X5 M: 4,976
- 35,421 BMW X6s; 3,184 BMW X6 Ms
- BMW X7: 50,724
Around 70,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles were sent to clients all over the world last year, which resulted in a 48 percent rise in the number of electrified vehicles produced at the BMW Plant Spartanburg. Over 30,000 X3 xDrive30e vehicles were produced in 2021, compared to 39,883 X5 xDrive45e vehicles.
According to Dr. Engelhorn, “Electric mobility is turning into a growth driver and success factor for the organization.” “The electrification goal of the BMW Group has the full backing of our plant. We are eager to expand the Plant Spartanburg family of X vehicles by including the brand-new BMW XM. The BMW XM, the first high-performance plug-in hybrid car in the BMW M lineup, will go into series production in late 2022.”
BMW Manufacturing made a substantial contribution to the company’s 2021 success in the U.S. sales market. 53.4 percent of all BMW brand sales in the US last year, or 179,840 vehicles, came from Plant Spartanburg. The BMW X3 and BMW X5 were the two BMW models that sold the most in America.
The BMW Group has made around $11.9 billion in improvements to its South Carolina facility since 1992. The largest BMW Group factory in the world, BMW Manufacturing turns out more than 1,500 vehicles every day. More than two-thirds of the factory’s automobiles are exported to about 125 countries around the world. It has been the largest value exporter from the United States for seven straight years. The model lineup consists of two plug-in hybrid electric vehicle X models, four Motorsport X models, and five of the best-selling BMW X vehicles. More than 11,000 people work at the factory, which has a production capacity of up to 450,000 vehicles.
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History[edit]
BMW announced in 1992 that it would expand its global production network by constructing a 1,150-acre (470 hectare) manufacturing complex in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA. The facility debuted in 1994.
BMW said in 2010 that it would invest $750 million to increase production at the Greer factory. The plant will grow to be the largest car manufacturing in the US based on personnel count and be able to produce 240,000 vehicles annually. In 2015, 339 dealerships in the United States sold 346,023 vehicles, making it the largest single market for BMW.
In January 2012, the two millionth vehicle produced by BMWUSM left the manufacturing facility. It is a vermilion red metallic X3 xDrive35i with an Oyster Nevada interior and a M Sport Package, and it was driven by 16-year BMW veteran and BMW Associate Terry Gardner. Renita Williams, Trang Pham, and Olga Yurchenko were also present. These employees are teams from the Body, Paint, and Assembly manufacturing technologies at the plant. To honor the achievement, the car was kept on display at the Spartanburg Plant.
The 23,000 workers (BMW and contract) at the $2.2 billion facility are a component of the company’s five-plant worldwide production network.
BMW’s largest US production, with an annual capacity of 480,000 vehicles when incorporating the X7, will be located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, thanks to an additional $1 billion investment by the automaker announced in 2014. In 2016, there were 411,171 automobiles produced, and 140 different nations received 70% of the exports. In terms of volume of vehicles produced, the facility is the largest BMW facility in the world.
In 2018, around 70% of production was exported to 125 markets, which set a new record. China was the largest export destination, receiving one-third of total exports. BMW stopped selling the X3 to China that year.
Many of the plant’s demands for cargo and completed vehicles are taken care of by a neighboring dry inland port, 200 miles from the port of Charleston. 2015 saw the shipment of 250,000 new automobiles via rail from BMW Spartanburg to the port of Charleston. There is some use of air freight.
BMW
With its headquarters in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, also known as BMW (German pronunciation: [,be:?em’ve](listen)), is a global producer of high-performance luxury cars and motorbikes. The company was established in 1916 to develop airplane engines, which it did from 1917 to 1918 and once more from 1933 to 1945.
BMW, Mini, and Rolls-Royce are the brands used to advertise automobiles, and BMW Motorrad is used to promote motorbikes. With 2,279,503 vehicles manufactured in 2017, BMW ranked as the fourteenth-largest automaker in the world. The business has a long history in motorsport, particularly in touring vehicles, sports cars, and the Isle of Man TT.
In addition to producing cars in Germany, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, BMW has its headquarters in Munich. Following investments made by the brothers Herbert and Harald Quandt in 1959 that kept the business from going bankrupt, the Quandt family has been a long-time shareholder of the company (with the remainder shares being owned by the public float).
2021 sees BMW Manufacturing break the previous record for the BMW X.
BMW Manufacturing reported on January 18 that it produced 433,810 BMW X vehicles in 2021, a 20% increase over production in 2020 and a record-breaking number of vehicles, surpassing the previous high of 411,620 units achieved in 2019.
The South Carolina plant produced 400,000+ units for the fourth straight year in 2021. Additionally, this landmark was reached in 2015 (400,904), 2016 (411,171), and 2019. (411,620).
The plant produced the following in 2021:
- BMW X3 – 113,831
- BMW X3 M – 4,418
- BMW X4 – 52,935
- BWM X4 M – 2,555
- BMW X5 – 165,704
- BMW X5 M – 4,976
- BMW X6 – 35,421
- BMW X6 M – 3,184
- BMW X7 – 50,724
BMW Manufacturing President and CEO Robert Engelhorn remarked, “The fact that the Plant Spartanburg team reached a production record during a very unexpected year is a credit to the commitment and flexibility of our workers. “Our associates continue to produce high-quality goods that are highly sought after by our clients worldwide.”
Along with breaking production records for BMW X models, the Spartanburg plant had a 48% increase in 2021 electric vehicle production, which includes over 30,000 X3 xDrive30e models and 39,882 X5 xDrive45e models.
53.4% of all 2021 BMW brand U.S. sales were produced at the Plant Spartanburg location (179,840 vehicles).
a record-breaking year for production at BMW
With a total of 411,620 X models manufactured in 2019, BMW Manufacturing broke the previous record by 449 units as it entered its 25th year of production (411,171 in 2016).
This demonstrates that in the BMW Group’s global production network, the South Carolina factory will continue to be the largest plant in terms of volume. For the third time, BMW Plant Spartanburg produced more than 400,000 units in 2019. (2015: 400,904 and 2016: 411,171). Below is a model-by-model breakdown of production for 2019:
- BMW X3: 115,088
- BMW X4: 65,557
- BMW X5: 161,096
- BMW X6: 17,260
- BMW X7: 52,619
The Spartanburg plant has introduced two electrified vehicles, four Motorsport X variants, and five BMW X models since 2017:
Knudt Flor, president and CEO of BMW Manufacturing, noted that the last three years had been among the most difficult in Plant Spartanburg’s history. “I’m pleased of our team’s dedication to providing our customers with vehicles of the highest caliber. The model lineup from our plant is current and well-liked all across the world.”
BMW Manufacturing has been a major factor in the company’s success in the United States of America. Sales of the 159,277 X models made at Plant Spartanburg last year in the US accounted for 49% of all sales of the BMW brand in the country. The BMW X3 and BMW X5 were the top two BMW models sold in America.
BMW has invested more than $10.6 billion USD at Plant Spartanburg since 1994 and has manufactured more than 4.8 million BMWs there. Currently, the Spartanburg facility manufactures more than 1,500 automobiles each day, with around 70% of these models being exported to more than 125 international markets. More than 11,000 people are employed by the factory, which has a production capacity of 450,000 automobiles.
In 2021, how many automobiles did BMW produce?
12 January (Reuters) According to the company’s announcement on Wednesday, the BMW brand delivered an all-time high of 2.21 million vehicles in 2021, an increase of 9.1% from the previous year. It also more than doubled its global sales of fully-electric vehicles. 2.52 million automobiles were delivered by the BMW Group, an 8.4% increase over the previous year.
How many automobiles will BMW sell in 2020?
1 This includes the Shenyang joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (2017: 385,705 units, 2018: 455,581 units, 2019: 538,612 units, 2020: 602,247 units, 2021: 651,236 units).
Statistics on retail vehicle deliveries reported for 2020 and 2021 cannot be directly compared to data on retail vehicle deliveries offered for earlier years. Please refer to “Comparison of Forecast with Actual Outcomes” in the BMW Group Report 2021 for more details on retail car delivery data.
2 EU-27 nations, including Iceland and Norway; starting in 2021, values are computed on a converted basis in accordance with WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure). values for the New European Driving Cycle from 2017 to 2020 (NEDC).
3 Due to the fact that not all EU member states have released their official registration data, this estimate has a possible error of +/- 0.5 g CO2 per km. Official data is not anticipated to be released by the EU Commission until November of the following year.
4 The following flexibilities are listed in the regulatory criteria for 2021: Green technology with 1.7 g CO2 per kilometre (WLTP).
5 The 2020 NEDC figures were converted to WLTP after being adjusted for permissible flexibilities in order to improve year-over-year comparability. Specifically, they went from 99 g CO2 / km according to NEDC (including 5 g CO2 / km phase-in, 7.5 g CO2 / km supercredits, and 2.4 g CO2 / km eco-innovations) to 135 g CO2 / km according to WLTP (excluding flexibilities). A phase-in regulation and the acceptance of supercredits were both approved for 2020. These two simplifications are no longer applicable to the BMW Group as of 2021.
Efficiency ratio was calculated based on Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2 emissions from vehicle production (BMW Group manufacturing sites, including joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. and motorcycles, excluding contract manufacturers), as we stated in GHG Protocol Scope 2 guidance. This method was primarily based on the use of the VDA emissions factors as well as isolated use of local emissions factors, but excluded climate-changing gases other than carbon dioxide (BMW Group manufacturing sites incl. joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd., excluding contract manufacturers). Beginning in 2021, this indicator will also take into account the carbon emissions produced by all other BMW Group facilities. For comparison, the data for 2019 (base year) and 2020 have been appropriately modified (2019 before adjustment: 0.30 tons, 2020 before adjustment: 0.23 tons). Limited assurance audits are performed on the 2017 and 2018 numbers.