Rimac will provide batteries for the next generation of BMW's electric cars, it has been confirmed. The Croatian outfit's engineering division, Rimac Technology, has inked a supply deal with BMW which it says heralds "the largest and most ambitious project the company has undertaken to date". No financial terms of the deal have been disclosed, and neither firm has given any indication of the volumes in which Rimac will supply batteries.
It remains unclear what implications the new deal has for BMW's existing battery supply framework. The company procures EV batteries from five global sites currently, and is building new sites for its next-gen batteries in Hungary, Mexico, China and the US. Another new factory is being built in Bavaria to assemble batteries for EVs built by BMW in Munich, Dingolfing and Regensburg.