A driveshaft transfers power from the engine and transmission to the drive wheels via the axle shaft. So when it comes to delivering the driving dynamics and suspension qualities that set BMW Group vehicles apart, a high strength, smooth-running driveshaft with optimal vibration control is essential.

We are the only plant in the BMW Group’s global production network to produce driveshafts and make about 1.4 million of them a year – in 220 series variants. They are incorporated into BMW Group cars and motorcycles by BMW Motorrad. Our driveshaft production specialists work closely with colleagues from drivetrain and chassis development to incorporate new materials, constructive solutions, lightweight engineering and joining technologies into forthcoming vehicle concepts.

The inside of a BMW is all about comfort, function and individuality – which our cockpit production specialists deliver by leveraging their manufacturing expertise and technological innovations. Several thousand interior components leave our plant every day – 1,260 upper sections for instrument panels and 2,780 gloveboxes among them. We also make 286,000 cockpits in total a year.

In addition, our model and prototype construction department produces mock-ups of concepts for the interiors of future BMW models.

Our light metal foundry is the largest production unit at BMW Group Plant Landshut and the company’s only European facility for light metal casting. In 2024 the foundry team produced 3.6 million cast components with a combined weight of almost 78,000 tonnes. Our products include engine components such as cylinder heads and crank cases, electric drive components and large-scale structural parts for vehicle bodies.

The light metal foundry is one of the most cutting-edge in the world, with innovative and sustainable production processes that have won us a number of awards. Many of our cast parts are shaped using sand cores made with inorganic binders – a sustainable method with hardly any emissions and a world first. Five different techniques are used in standard cast component production, depending on the concept, specifications and production volumes of the component concerned.

Carbon is unlike almost any other conventional material. A composite material, it offers a unique combination of numerous positive characteristics: it’s light, extremely robust and corrosion-resistant.

Plant Landshut has been the BMW Group’s centre of excellence for carbon production ever since 1999, when the Landshut Innovation and Technology Centre opened. With more than 25 years of intensive process and material development experience – including production of carbon roofs for BMW M models – our specialists have acquired unique expertise in large-scale carbon-specific production processes and produce body components for the BMW 7 Series and BMW i.

Plastic opens up a wide range of possibilities, because it gives our designers substantially more creative freedom than conventional materials such as steel or aluminium. It is about 50 percent lighter than steel, resistant to minor damage and does not corrode. 

Through decades of experience, our plastics specialists at BMW Group Plant Landshut have acquired unique expertise in manufacturing and painting large-scale plastic components: in 2024, they produced around 266,000 painted plastic exterior components in 40 standard and 200 individual colours.

All the elements that enable this technological leap forward come together in the BMW Energy Master. This central control unit is positioned on the high-voltage battery and forms the interface for the high- and low-voltage power supply and for data from the battery. It also controls the power supply for the electric motor and on-board network and ensures the safe and intelligent operation of the high-voltage battery. The BMW Group has filed a whole series of new patent applications for the vehicle electrical system, including its electronic fuses. The Energy Master’s hard- and software were developed entirely in-house at the BMW Group.

From Landshut out into the world: for the foreseeable future, BMW Group Plant Landshut will remain the only production site for Energy Masters worldwide. We currently manufacture this complex control unit in pre-series production using a state-of-the-art facility. The first series production line will launch in August 2025, and be expanded in mid-2026.