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BMW paused in an investment plan of £ 600m to produce electric mini -car production in Oxford, which put the future of the historic plant under threat, while the industry captures more slowly than the expected departure from gasoline vehicles.
The investment review comes as a further blow to the British automotive industry after the Honda, Ford and JLR plant closes for the past decade. In November, Stellantis blamed the British goals of the sales of electric vehicles because he announced plans Close your van factory in LutonPutting about 1,100 risk jobs.
“Given more insecurity facing the automotive industry, BMW Group is currently reviewing the time to re-introduce mini-electric production of batteries in Oxford,” said the German car manufacturer in a statement.
Car companies put pressure on the Government of the UK to overthrow their EV Goals, which require a certain percentage of annual sales of each car manufacturer.
The level should increase from 28 percent this year at 80 percent in 2030, and companies have faced £ 15,000 for each missed vehicle.
The sale of EV is growing in the UK, but it remains below the official goals, which has pushed car manufacturers like Nissan to warn that the UK’s business could be at risk unless the government relaxes its EV sales rules.
According to his original plan announced 2023BMW intended to make two new electric models -mini Cooper with a three-door and a smaller mini aceman place in Cowley, providing a life line to the factory by reducing relief on gasoline cars, which the German group aimed at the phase by 2030.
Two models are based on a system that developed BMW and the Chinese large wall engine. The fact that they are currently manufactured in China and selling in the EU means that the models are affected by the higher tariffs that Brussels has imposed on Chinese imports of EV in October.
Last year, the registrations of new mini cars in the UK fell 1.3 percent compared to 46,975 vehicles, according to the company manufacturers and traders. Schmidt Automotive Research data showed that 2024 registration registrations increased 4.9 percent to 36,932 vehicles in Western Europe, including the UK.
Last week, the government ended its rapid consultation with auto industry how to improve flexibility in the scheme to try to provide manufacturers with more breathing space.
“We recognize the Global Challenges car manufacturers and they listened to their worries. . . At the same time it protects jobs, “said the traffic department.
After the counseling is completed, Lisa Brankin’s Ford Head of Ford invited the incentives to buy and other support from the Government, warning that “the adoption of electric vehicles does not happen quickly enough.” Last year, the US group announced 800 decreasing jobs in the UK because of slower than the expected sale of EV.
