BMW Announces £600 Million Investment for All-Electric MINI Production in the UK

BMW Group has announced a new investment of more than £600 million in the MINI factories in the UK. Its plant in 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.

The Oxford plant has been producing the current MINI Electric since 2019, where it is fully integrated into the production line with the conventional (ICE) models.

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.

By 2030 production volume will be exclusively electric and the BMW Group will have spent over £3bn on its UK plants since 2000.

Milan Nedeljković, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for production, says: “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.” 

Stefanie Wurst, Head of the MINI brand, adds: “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."

BMW says this development will help to secure jobs at the Oxford manufacturing plant and at the body-pressing facility in Swindon.