Rimac will present batteries for the subsequent era of BMW’s electrical vehicles, it has been confirmed. 

The Croatian EV specialist’s engineering division, Rimac Technology, has inked a provide cope with BMW that heralds “the largest and most ambitious project the company has undertaken to date”. 

No monetary phrases of the deal have been disclosed and neither agency has given any indication of the volumes by which Rimac will provide batteries. 

However, Rimac stated the deal requires it to equip its battery manufacturing facility with new “sophisticated automated production lines”.

“A significant portion” of the Rimac Campus close to Zagreb can be devoted to growing and supplying BMW’s new battery packs, “underlining the company’s commitment” to its partnership with BMW. 

The two firms have promised to provide additional particulars of the tie-up “at a later stage”.

Rimac founder and CEO Mate Rimac stated: “My work trip started with a 1984 BMW 3 Series that I transformed into an electrical automotive in my storage on the age of 20, so it’s an ideal piece of symmetry to accomplice with the BMW Group right this moment. 

“This marks a pivotal second within the development of Rimac Technology, from humble beginnings to a significant long-term partnership with one of many biggest automotive manufacturers on the planet.

“It’s a transparent signal of the transition of Rimac Technology from area of interest high-performance provider to high-volume manufacturing functionality. 

“With the relentless development of our enterprise, together with the opening of Rimac Campus, we’re now able to ship large-scale initiatives for the main manufacturers within the automotive business.” 

It stays unclear what implications the brand new deal has for BMW’s current battery provide framework. 

BMW procures EV batteries from 5 world websites presently and is constructing new websites for its next-generation batteries in China, Hungary, Mexico and the US. Another new manufacturing facility is being inbuilt Germany to assemble batteries for EVs constructed by BMW in Munich, Dingolfing and Regensburg. 

BMW has already confirmed preliminary technical particulars of its next-generation batteries, that are as a consequence of be fitted to the Neue Klasse vary of EVs from 2025 onwards and have been described as distinctive to BMW. 

Using cylindrical cells instead of right this moment’s prismatic association, the brand new packs are stated to supply 30% extra vary than right this moment’s EVs whereas boosting charging velocity and lowering weight. 

It’s unclear whether or not Rimac has been introduced on to refine the chemistry and manufacturing course of for these new packs or whether or not BMW plans to make use of a number of forms of battery.