Electric mini plan ‘delayed, not canceled’

The Minister of Trade and Trade has emphasized that BMW’s decision to delay the production of two electric mini models at its plant near Oxford was “commercial”.

Sara Jones said that the company is committed to its investment in the UK.

Responding to a urgent question in Commons to Orthodox Chhaya Minister Greg Smith, he stressed that the plan was delayed, not canceled.

He said that contact with BMW management was going on.

BMW is currently creating electric minis in a feature in China.

In September 2023, it announced a plan to make him a manufacturer at its factory in Cowley.

The plan required £ 600M investment.

In the weekend, the company confirmed that work The factory was suspended to upgrade Due to “many uncertainties facing the motor vehicle industry”.

It said that it was “reviewing the time to resume battery-electric production in Oxford”.

The BBC understands that many issues have fed in BMW’s decision.

But many major markets are considered a major factor at a slow pace compared to the expected pickup of electric cars, meaning that additional production is not currently required.

Mr. Smith said BMW’s decision “had disastrous results of Labor’s rigorous approach to Net Zero, BMW braking on a £ 600M investment in plant Oxford”.