Electric and ICE Minis, including Aceman, will be Cowley-built from 2026 - then electric only after 2030
. Initially, the two new cars will be built in Zhangjiagang, China, as part of the joint venture with Great Wall , and it hadn’t been clear what role Oxford had left to play.
Now the future of Mini’s spiritual home has been secured as Mini moves to an all-electric lineup ahead of 2030. The factory was already set to build the new petrol hatch and cabrio versions of the Cooper, though that’s not very many years of Minis before the battery-electric models came on stream. Now with the additional funding given the go-ahead - with money going into the Swindon body pressing plant as well - it secures a viable production path going forward.
Work will include further evolution of the production line, including a new area for battery installation and an extension of the body shop. BMW says that ‘additional logistics facilities’ will be added to both Oxford and Swindon. It has been suggested that the Cooper and Aceman EVs could be made in Oxford as soon as 2026, with electric cars built alongside their combustion-engined equivalents as was the case when the last Electric went into production from 2019. BMW’s funding is set to be backed by the government’s Automotive Transformation Fund, which could add as much as £75m. The medium-term prediction is for around 200,000 cars to be made a year across EV and ICE models.
Stefanie Wurst, Head of the Mini brand, said, “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.
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