BMW is gearing up for a ribbon cutting this Friday at a new plant near Greenville, marking a milestone roughly three years in the making since the automaker broke ground on the project. The event caps years of construction work tied to BMW’s push into electric vehicle production in Upstate South Carolina.
The preview of the grand opening was reported by WAFB, which noted that BMW broke ground on the new plant about three years before this week’s ribbon cutting. That timeline tracks with BMW Group’s own account of its Plant Woodruff battery facility, where the company has said the official groundbreaking took place in June 2023, according to a release from BMW Group.
Plant Woodruff has been central to BMW’s electrification plans in the region. The company has said the facility is expected to begin series production of high-voltage batteries this December, per the same BMW Group release. The plant sits roughly 15 miles from BMW’s vehicle assembly plant in nearby Greer, according to the SC Daily Gazette…