Leading to the ban on all diesel and petrol vehicles by 2040, different automakers have started making strategies to shift on electric vehicles. This trend is not only speedy because the UK has given the red signal to the diesel and petrol engines but another European country was first to introduce this trend. France has also stated the same policy and asked for the ban on diesel and petrol vehicles by 2040. Leading to the ban, PSA, VW, BMW and even several other automakers are shifting over the electric cars. BMW is already making electric cars and their i-series is one of the most successful car series.
Now they have decided to shift the UK’s most favorite Mini over the electric power. BMW MINI Engines has decided to produce the electric mini in the UK under the nameplate of e-mini.
The decision to build electric mini models in that the UK has been made by the German automaker and they will use the Cowley production facility. But it is still very fearful decision because if the UK decided to implement the Brexit decision in the future, the automaker will shift it’s all production outside the UK.
A completely electrical variation of the Mini is to be built within the UK, giving a large boost to the British vehicle industry and alleviation to the government as it trails an exit from the European Union. The move ends issues the new model could be made abroad after a warning in February from German automaker BMW that it’s going to look outside the United Kingdom given that of the uncertainties brought on by using Brexit.
BMW currently has decided to produce the mini electric drivetrains in Germany, at their parent production plant in Bavaria. They will afterwards integrate the production into the manufacturing facility at Cowley. The BMW manufacturing facility UK is near the Oxford city of the UK. The electric mini will probably be a variation of its three-door hatch model it is expected that the production will be started in 2019.
The industry secretary, Greg Clark pronouncing the news as a landmark choice that could be a vote of composure within the body of workers and in the determination of industrial procedure to make Britain the place where the next generation of vehicles are always welcomed.
The UK government has released a fund of £246 million for the research on the modern technologies and investing in the batteries technologies for the electric vehicles in the UK. The modern batteries are the key element in the progress of electric powered vehicles. Frank Bachmann, managing director at Cowley production facility of BMW pronounced it as a good information for everyone on the workforce at Plant Oxford and this addition to the mini model line-up an initial next step in the evolution of Mini.
He further stated that because of the important brand of the Mini three-door, with production talents, developed up over a long time, it is a smart and modern step for BMW to build this all-electric model of the well-admired version of Mini. He further stated that he do know that everybody on the planet is looking ahead to the assignment that lies ahead as the production of electric vehicles in the UK, especially the production of all electric mini models will start a new chapter on the subject of electric mobility as Mini is one of the most admired models in the UK and everyone desires an electric Mini.
The vote for leaving the European Union has badly impacted by the overall condition of the UK car industry. There are several international players who are working in the UK and has their manufacturing facilities in the UK. They have limitations about the Brexit, recently, the CEO of Nissan Motors has stated that the future after the Brexit looks dark about their existence in the UK. Similarly, Honda and general motors have shown such kind of limitations in the past. BMW is one of these automakers who are concerned about their future in the UK and along with other producers, had strongly adversarial a leave vote before the referendum in June 2016. In February this year, the company stated that BMW team has eternally made clear that the German automaker assumes the integration of the UK into the European Union single market, keeping free trade and the movement of goods, services, capital and ability, would be on top for trade.
What’s the most important thing in the trade for businesses like the BMW is that the United Kingdom’s negotiations with the European? The negotiations outcomes on the trade in basic must be tariff-free access to the European single market in future but if the outcome will be different, it will definitely push the automaker to produce from outside the UK. The German automaker has warned that Brexit might be seriously hazardous for manufacturing in Britain, must any tariffs be presented that will allow the automakers like BMW, support to retain their businesses in the UK and produce from within the UK.
If in a case of a decision to leaving the European Union in the future, the UK will have to offer more benefits to the manufacturing industry in the UK. Because many vehicle accessories cross the borders between suppliers and plants, many times more than once as they produce at different plants and come to another place before the final assembly. The plant’s neighboring MP, Liberal Democrat Layla Moran, said she had advised the government to heed the automakers and the car industry and seek an interim deal that keeps the United Kingdom in Europe’s customs union and single market, including the hope that she has that this vote of self-belief by BMW is a signal that ministers have listened.
Stated that more than 4500 employees working at the Cowley plant will be at risk if BMW leaves the UK. Same as in the case of other automakers that they will leave thousands of employees unemployed. The UK government will not waste any time in bringing forward an industrial revolution.
READ MORE