MINI Plant Oxford goes Electric: £600m investment for all-electric MINI production in the UK.

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   lostinheadguy 2 years ago

   So this is a big deal. Originally the next-generation Mini Hatch and Aceman EVs were slated for Chinese production only, this has now changed, though it will be a while until it happens. The Countryman will still be produced in Leipzig alongside the BMW X1.

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   >The Oxford plant is gearing-up to build two new all-electric MINI models from 2026, the MINI Cooper 3-door and the compact crossover MINI Aceman. By 2030 production volume will be exclusively electric and the BMW Group will have spent over £3bn on its Swindon, Hams Hall and Oxford plants since 2000.
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   >This development has been supported by the UK Government and will help to secure jobs at the Oxford manufacturing plant and at the body-pressing facility in Swindon.

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   >The MINI Plant Oxford currently produces the MINI 3-door, the MINI 5-door as well as the MINI Clubman and the MINI Electric. From 2024 the plant will start producing the next generation MINI 3-door and MINI 5-door with combustion engines, as well as the new MINI Convertible, before they are joined by the new all-electric vehicles in 2026 – the MINI Cooper 3-door and the MINI Aceman.
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   >The factory will reach a production capacity of around 200,000 cars per year in the medium term, with ICE and battery electric vehicles initially being built on the same production line. From 2030, the Oxford Plant will produce all-electric MINI models exclusively.
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   >In a few weeks, production of the new MINI Countryman will begin at the BMW Group plant Leipzig. This larger crossover model in the MINI line-up, will be offered with both pure electric drive and combustion engines.

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   Presumably this also just drastically increased the likelihood that Mini will sell the next-generation Hatch and Aceman EVs in North America.