FRANKFURT — BMW stated it’s going to retool its German factories to construct electrical vehicles and parts and shift manufacturing of combustion engines to vegetation in England and Austria as a part of a broader shift towards low-emission vehicles.

“By the top of 2022 all our German factories will make not less than one totally electrical automobile,” Milan Nedeljkovic, BMW’s board member accountable for manufacturing, stated in a statement on Wednesday.

BMW’s plant in Munich, Germany, which at present builds 4-, 6-, 8- and 12-cylinder combustion engines, will likely be retooled to make next-generation electrical automobiles with a 400 million euro funding till 2026.

BMW stated manufacturing of 8- and 12-cylinder engines will transfer from Munich to Hams Corridor in England, and different engines will likely be made in Steyr, Austria.

Vegetation in Munich, Dingolfing and Regensburg within the German state of Bavaria, the place BMW is predicated, will obtain a lot of the investments.

The BMW i4 full-electric automobile will likely be inbuilt Munich; a full-electric model of the 5-series and 7-series vehicles will likely be made in Dingolfing, Germany; and an electrical X1 will likely be produced in Regensburg.

BMW stated the variety of workers at its Dingolfing manufacturing facility making electrical automobile powertrains, will double to 2,000 staff.

BMW’s plant in Leipzig, Germany, will begin manufacturing Mini Countryman in combustion engine and electrical variations, and the Regensburg and Leipzig vegetation are being ready to make battery modules.

BMW will enhance its value construction by 500 million euros by the top of the 12 months, the corporate additionally stated.

Factories throughout the globe are clamoring for funding into next-generation vehicles as electrical automobiles acquire traction with customers and as governments hasten the demise of the combustion engine.

Germany on Wednesday unveiled a 3-billion-euro ($3.56 billion) scheme to advertise low-emission vehicles and Britain stated it’s going to ban the sale of recent gasoline and diesel vehicles and vans from 2030.