Now Mini in UK will most probably shut down in the future as all Electric cars are transferring to China to be made and the great workforce they have will no longer be needed in 2030 for combustion engine cars. Has any gov thought about this as we do not now have many large car production in UK. Could we not get these plants converting combustion engine’s running on Hydrogen or some other pure air anti pollution car as this country does not have the infrastructure for electric cars or may not be suitable for all to have home plug in.
Given the Ora Funky will share the platform and be based on and built alonside the Mini EV in China, in a joint adventure between Great Wall Motors and BMW.
Without a doubt the reason behind it is down to reduced material and labour costs. China’s is also way more advanced in EV technolodgy might also have something to do with it!