BMW prepares Munich factory for the new i3 electric sedan, series production in 2026
A. Krivonosov
BMW retools its Munich plant for the new i3 electric sedan: pilot builds move on-site, series production starts summer 2026, customer cars arrive in H2 2026.
BMW is readying its Munich plant for the new i3 electric sedan. Starting in January, pilot builds will move from the FIZ research center to the Munich production site, where equipment for assembling prototypes for the NA0 project is already in place. Series production is slated for the summer, with customer cars targeted for the second half of 2026. The shift from lab to line reads as a quiet vote of confidence in the program.
For the i3, the site has been effectively reshaped. Over 18 months, BMW reworked roughly a third of the plant, partially dismantling older buildings and creating new zones—a body shop, a logistics center, and an updated assembly line. All the while, current models kept rolling without a pause: up to 1,000 3 and 4 Series cars are built here each day. Rebuilding on the fly is one of manufacturing’s trickiest balancing acts, and keeping output steady under those conditions usually separates well-drilled plants from the rest.
