As one of the world’s most sustainable and modern car plants, it is fitting that BMW’s Leipzig plant is home to the two bookends of the automaker's electric offerings: the i3 and the i8. Following a sizeable expansion first announced in 2010, the plant has been the home of BMW’s electrification efforts for more than half a decade now, after the automaker kicked off what it termed a new era in automotive production when it began serial production of BMW i electric vehicles (EVs) in September 2013.
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