# BMW doubles battery production capacity at Spartanburg plant

BMW has doubled battery production capacity at its Spartanburg plant in South Carolina with a $10 million investment in a new battery assembly line, expanding the area to over 8,000 square meters. Production of the X5 xDrive45e is scheduled to start in August 2019.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-07-24
- Where: Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $10.0M
- Jobs: 120
- Starts operating: Aug 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: doubled battery production capacity
- Products: high-voltage batteries, plug-in hybrid vehicles
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [BMW](https://endata.com/companies/13009.md)

## Sources

- [electrive.com](https://www.electrive.com/2019/07/24/bmw-double-battery-production-capacity-in-spartanburg/), 2019-07-24: "We have invested around ten million US dollars in a new battery assembly line and expanded the area to more than 8,000 square metres."

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