The British “Times” reported on the 15th that BMW Group intends to stop the production of MINI electric models at the Oxford plant in the United Kingdom and will transfer the production line to China by the end of next year.
According to China Business News, BMW China said on October 16 that the Oxford plant will suspend the production of electric vehicles, but will not stop the production of MINI models. However, BMW China has not responded to whether the MINI electric car will only be produced in China.
Spotlight Automobile is a joint venture company previously established by BMW and Great Wall Motors. The total investment of the Spotlight Automobile production base project is about 5.1 billion yuan. The construction site is Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province. It is planned to be completed in 2022. This is BMW’s first pure electric vehicle joint venture project in the world, with a planned production capacity of 160,000 vehicles per year. Great Wall Motor previously stated that the cooperation between the two parties is not only at the production level, but also includes joint research and development of pure electric vehicles in China’s new energy vehicle market. It is expected that future MINI pure electric vehicles and new products of Great Wall Motors will be put into production here.
In September this year, MINI Concept Aceman, the first pure electric urban crossover concept car of the MINI brand, was unveiled in Shanghai. In November last year, the MINI brand under the BMW Group announced that in 2023 MINI will produce two pure electric models in China. It is expected that by 2027, pure electric vehicles will account for 50% of MINI’s total global sales. BMW Group said that the Chinese market is becoming the fastest-growing market for MINI in the world, and China will become the focus of MINI’s global strategy.
According to the strategic plan previously released by the BMW Group, the last BMW MINI fuel vehicle will be launched in 2025. By 2030, all MINI models will be fully electric, and the MINI brand will also become a brand within the BMW Group. The first brand to achieve full electrification.
