Overview

• BMW signed contracts with Mitnetz Gas to build the roughly two‑kilometre spur and with Ontras for the network connection.
• The line is planned to supply the Leipzig factory from mid‑2027, replacing hydrogen delivered by trucked cylinders.
• BMW says the site would be the world’s first auto production facility supplied via a dedicated hydrogen pipeline.
• Plant manager Petra Peterhänsel said pipeline supply would allow hydrogen use at much larger scale, targeting energy‑intensive steps like paint‑shop dryers.
• The project ties the plant into Germany’s planned hydrogen core network, which targets about 9,000 km of lines entering service stepwise through 2032.