Overview
- The company said it finished the $1.7 billion program on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, completing the Plant Spartanburg expansion and the new Plant Woodruff battery facility.
- BMW confirmed the all-electric iX5 will be the first fully electric BMW assembled in the U.S. with production slated to start in late 2026.
- Spartanburg is now configured to build a single model across five drivetrain types on one line — petrol, mild-hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery-electric and future hydrogen fuel-cell — giving the plant flexible output without retooling.
- Plant Woodruff will supply high-voltage packs using a Cell-to-Pack process that places cells directly into the pack housing to cut assembly steps and feed U.S. BEV production.
- The move pairs advanced automation — including humanoid robots from Figure AI and BMW’s AIQX quality platform — with a regional economic boost that supports more than 11,000 local plant jobs and contributes to BMW’s broader U.S. operations that sustain over 120,000 jobs and large export volumes.