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BMW pauses £600mn investment plan to produce electric Minis in Oxford

German carmaker’s review follows UK plant closures by Honda, Ford and JLR over the past decade
BMW Minis on the production line at the plant in Cowley, Oxford. Last year, registrations of new Mini cars in the UK fell 1.3% compared with a year earlier

BMW has paused a £600mn investment plan to produce electric Mini cars in Oxford, putting the future of the historic plant under threat as the industry grapples with a slower than expected move away from petrol vehicles. 

The investment review comes as a further blow to the UK’s car industry following plant closures by Honda, Ford and JLR over the past decade. In November, Stellantis blamed the UK’s electric vehicle sales targets as it announced plans to shut its van factory in Luton, putting about 1,100 jobs at risk.

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