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11 September 2023
MINI Plant Oxford goes Electric: £600m
investment for all-electric MINI production in the
Investment will transform MINI Plant Oxford to an all-electric production
site from 2030. Production of two new electrified models – MINI Cooper 3door and MINI Aceman – will start in the UK in 2026.
Oxford. BMW Group has announced today a new investment of more than £600
million in the MINI factories at Oxford and Swindon. “With this new investment we
will develop the Oxford plant for production of the new generation of electric MINIs
and set the path for purely electric car manufacturing in the future,” says Milan
Nedeljković, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for
production.
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.
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.
Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch says, “This decision is a big vote of
confidence in the UK economy and the work of this Government to ensure the
continued strength of our world-leading automotive sector. We are proud to be able
to support BMW Group’s investment, which will secure high-quality jobs, strengthen
our supply chains and boost Britain’s economic growth.”
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Oxford to remain the Home of MINI.
The Oxford plant celebrated its 110th anniversary this year and has been
successfully producing the current MINI Electric since 2019, where it is fully
integrated into the production line with the conventional (ICE) models.
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Stefanie Wurst, Head of the MINI brand, says, “MINI has always been aware of
its history – Oxford is and remains the heart of the brand. I am delighted that the
two new, fully electric MINI models – the MINI Cooper and MINI Aceman – are
also being produced in Oxford, thereby confirming our path to a fully electric
future. The continuing high demand for our locally emission-free vehicles shows
the openness of the global MINI community to electromobility, which we will be
able to serve optimally, also thanks to Oxford”.
MINI accelerates toward full electrification with new model line-up and
enhanced production network.
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.
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.
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.
Production of the next generation all-electric MINI Cooper 3-door and MINI
Aceman will begin in China. The new manufacturing plant in Zhangjiagang,
Jiangsu Province is based on a joint venture with Great Wall Motor. Exports will
begin in early 2024.
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