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The new halls for future e-drive production at the BMW Group site in Steyr, Austria, have been completed.
The 105 x 150m building, covering some 60,000m2, was erected on a tight schedule. According to Helmut Hochsteiner, head of electric drives at the site, construction and installation of the production facility for Neue Klasse e-drives are proceeding as planned.
In the coming months, approximately 300 pieces of plant and equipment, valued at over €500m (US$540m), will be installed to prepare for pre-series production starting in July….