In the wake of Europe’s tougher emission standards, MINI has officially become the latest automaker to announce that their future is fully electric.
BMW’s Chairman of the Board of Management, Oliver Zipse, made the announcement at the automaker’s annual conference, whose highlight was the unveiling of the i4 all-electric sedan in production guise.
“MINI will be the first BMW Group brand to go fully electric. MINI is perfect for the city – and for e-mobility. We will be releasing the last model with a combustion-engine variant in 2025. By early 2030s, MINI will be exclusively fully electric.”
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Expecting their EVs to account for at least 50 percent of deliveries by 2027, the British brand’s electric revolution has already started with the 181 HP Cooper SE Electric, which has an estimated autonomy of 110 miles (177 km) in America.
The small model will be followed by other electric cars, such as the successor of the Countryman that will enter production at the Leipzig plant in Germany from 2023. Besides the usual ICEs, the crossover will be offered with a battery-electric powertrain.
In two years from now, MINI will shift into a higher gear by starting the assembly of electric vehicles in China. These will be built in partnership with Great Wall Motors and will be underpinned by a dedicated architecture.
Finally, Zipse said that “You can also expect to see fully-electric products from Rolls-Royce”.
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