BMW has launched a new line of EV production and unveiled a massive new investment in a UK plant to go with it.
The industry giant is set to funnel millions into the factory as it pivots towards an all-electric future.
The Government revealed that BMW will invest heavily to “transform” their MINI plant in Oxford.
This will secure “4,000 high-quality jobs and strengthen the electric vehicle supply chain”, the press release added”.
Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch said: “Today’s announcement by BMW, coming a week after electric vehicle production started at Stellantis’s site at Ellesmere Port, clearly shows that the Government’s plan for the automotive sector is working.”
BMW recently took the decision to discontinue one of its most iconic MINI cars in favour of a new electric model.
Indeed, they unveiled the first electric MINI at the Oxford plant in 2019 and all cars from the formerly-British will be electric by 2030.
This is in line with the controversial ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars set to be introduced across the country that year.