Carmaker BMW to Invest Around $870 Million in Mexico in EV Push

Carmaker BMW to Invest Around $870 Million in Mexico in EV Push
Harald Gottsche, President and CEO at BMW Group Plant San Luis Potosi, speaks during the announcement of a multimillion dollar expansion at the plant of German automaker BMW in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on Feb. 3, 2023. Toya Sarno Jordan/Reuters
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SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico—German automaker BMW will invest 800 million euros ($866 million) in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi to produce high-voltage batteries and fully electric “Neue Klasse” models, the carmaker said Friday.

The expansion, set to add around 1,000 new jobs at its operations in the Mexican state, is BMW’s latest push into electric vehicles (EVs) as it looks to convert more than half of its sales into all-electric cars by 2030, it said.