The BMW Group has decided to move production of the electric MINI to China . Currently, this battery-powered model is; built in the UK at the Cowley plant on the outskirts of Oxford. The production terminer & agrave; next year as part of the new industrial plan of the English brand that will start; in 2024. Apparently 40,000 electric MINIs are built annually in the British factory.
WHAT FUTURE FOR THE OXFORD FACTORY?
The new industrial plan includes, among other things, a new structure of the production sites. Where will it be? the electric MINI produced in the future? The assembly of the battery car of the English brand will be held at the Zhangjiagang factory managed by the joint venture with Great Wall Motors .
On this site you will be & agrave; also produced the future electric MINI Aceman. Instead, the new MINI Countryman that will be & agrave; pure electric, it will be; made at the BMW Group's Leipzig factory. However, even following this decision to move the production of the electric MINI to China, the future of the Oxford plant does not seem to be at risk .
In fact, the internal combustion models of the MINI 3-door, 5-door and convertible destined for export to the United States, Japan and the Middle East. This for & ograve; it also means that no further new models will be produced on this site until 2030.
Stefanie Wurst , head of MINI, explained that the decision to move the production of the electric MINI to China is; depended on the fact that the English factory is not; adequately organized for the construction of battery-powered cars on the same lines as the endothermic ones. In addition, she also denied the rumors circulating about the possibility; that the British plant could be sold to the Chinese of Great Wall Motors.
The factory, however, in the future will be & agrave; restructured to produce only electric cars. There are, however, no precise timelines. The number one of MINI, on the other hand, left the possibility open; that at an unspecified time of the future, Great Wall Motors cars under the Ora and Wey brands can also be produced in this plant.
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