BMW to phase out fossil-fuel burning engines from main plant by 2024


FILE PHOTO: A BMW i4 of the German luxury carmaker is seen during the company's annual news conference in Munich, Germany, March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

BERLIN (Reuters) - BMW will stop making internal combustion engines at its main plant in Munich by 2024, its head of production said on Friday at a conference marking the start of production of its electric i4 model.

The ICE engines currently made in Munich will be produced in BMW's factories in Austria and the UK in future, production chief Milan Nedeljkovic said, though cars using the engines will still be assembled at the Munich plant.

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