The new generation of pure-electric MINI Cooper and Aceman models will be assembled in Plant Oxford in three years time after a £600 Million investment led by BMW.
The UK Government is reportedly giving £75 Million towards the cost of reconfiguring the factory and erecting new logistics facilities, it was announced yesterday.
The investment will also see the end of petrol and diesel models being built there by 2030, the deadline for the Government’s ban on pure ICE models sale.
A third electric model, the Countryman, will be made in Germany on lines which also make an electric BMW.
The first all electric MINI rolled off the Cowley lines 2019 and BMW said a few months ago that it would be making its newest MINI evs in a deal with Great Wall Motor, of China, but the latest announcement indicates change of plan by BMW, who said the cars will now have shared production between the UK and China.
The Midlands investment and models must also overcome steep new tariffs proposed by the EU from next year for batteries from outside Britain or the EU member states.
