German carmaker BMW plans to run its new factory in Debrecen, Hungary, fully on renewable electricity, completely dispensing with fossil fuel, the company’ chief executive Oliver Zipse said on the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday.
The majority of the electricity required for production would be generated directly on site, with the rest coming from renewable energy sources, said Zipse. The plant’s construction will begin on June 1, and the first pre-series cars of the all-electric Neue Klasse are scheduled to hit the market in 2025.
