THE BMW i8: FORGED BY THE POWER
OF WIND AND WATER.
Sustainability plays a crucial role for the BMW i8, and the same is true
for the production process. All of the electricity required for the manu-
facturing process in the BMW i Plant in Leipzig is produced from renewa-
ble sources.
BMW has been leading the way in sustainable production
for a long time now, but BMW i has gone even further and signicantly
improved its facilities. The BMW i plant in Leipzig produces its own re-
newable electricity from wind power – directly on the factory premises
– and
operates on 100% clean electric power with zero emissions. It
also
features signicantly reduced resource consumption.
Similarly, the carbon ber production facility located in Moses Lake
(USA) is powered completely by renewable electricity from the large
number of hydroelectric plants in the area.
For BMW i sustainable production has not only an environmental
dimension but a social one as well, creating future-proof job proles
and training BMW i’s suppliers to comply with advanced sustain-
ability standards.
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