Alfonso Lechuga Aguilar, manager in battery production, pauses for a portrait with battery cells that will be used for electric BMWs at the BMW Group Plant San Luis Potosí in San Luis Potosí, State of San Luis Potosí, Mexico on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. BMW's 300-hectare factory in San Luis Potosí began operation in 2019. It has 3,700 employees and produces sedans for export to the United States, Latin America, Europe, China and dozens of other markets. The German carmaker is expanding the factory to produce battery modules for a new generation of electric vehicles to be made in San Luis Potosí beginning in 2027. Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus