# BMW Group breaks ground on $700M battery assembly plant in Woodruff, South Carolina

BMW Group broke ground on a new high-voltage battery assembly plant in Woodruff, South Carolina, as part of a $1.7 billion investment in U.S. operations. The plant will create over 300 jobs and supply batteries for electric BMW X models at Spartanburg.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-06-27
- Where: Woodruff, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $700.0M
- Jobs: 300
- Status: under construction
- Products: high-voltage batteries
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [automotiveworld.com](https://www.automotiveworld.com/news/ready-for-the-electric-future-groundbreaking-on-new-bmw-group-high-voltage-battery-assembly-factory-in-south-carolina-usa/), 2023-06-27: "We’re making the BMW Group electric. Our new battery assembly plant in Woodruff will soon play an important role in our electric future here in the USA."

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