BMW Reaches 2 Million Electric Vehicles Production Milestone

BMW Group has produced its two-millionth all-electric vehicle, marking a major milestone in the German luxury carmaker’s global electric vehicle production strategy. The landmark BMW EV was an i5 M60 xDrive sedan in Tansanit Blue, assembled at BMW Group Plant Dingolfing in Lower Bavaria. The two-millionth all-electric BMW Group vehicle will be delivered to a customer in Spain, the company said in a media release dated 5 May 2026.

The BMW electric vehicle production milestone underlines the rapid ramp-up of e-mobility across the company’s global manufacturing network. Dingolfing began series production of all-electric vehicles in 2021 with the BMW iX and now builds the BMW iX, BMW i5 sedan and touring, and BMW i7.

Since 2021, more than 320,000 all-electric vehicles have been produced at the site, accounting for nearly one-sixth of BMW Group’s cumulative two million battery-electric vehicles.

BMW said more than a quarter of vehicles built at Plant Dingolfing in 2025 were all-electric. The company continues to follow a “technology-open” production strategy, making combustion-engine, plug-in hybrid and all-electric models flexibly on shared production lines.

BMW joins a growing list of global carmakers that have crossed similar or larger electric vehicle milestones. Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory produced its two-millionth vehicle in 2023, highlighting the scale of the American EV maker’s China operations.

China’s BYD has gone well beyond the two-million mark in new energy vehicles, a category that includes battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. BYD said in July 2025 that it had produced its 13 millionth new energy vehicle, making it one of the largest electrified vehicle manufacturers in the world.

Volkswagen Group has also crossed a major electric vehicle threshold, announcing in 2026 that it had delivered four million all-electric vehicles globally. The group said its first all-electric series production vehicle was the VW e-up!, launched in 2013.

For BMW, the two-million EV milestone comes as premium carmakers face intensifying competition from Tesla, BYD, Volkswagen and other global players. The achievement also signals that electric vehicle production is no longer limited to specialist EV factories, but is becoming part of mainstream automotive manufacturing.