BMW is in advanced talks with China’s Great Wall to manufacture a battery-powered Mini in the country as the German carmaker accelerates its electric vehicle plans in the world’s largest car market.
The vehicle, due out in the early 2020s, would be different from the fully electric Mini that the company plans to assemble at its Oxford site using German batteries from 2019. China is by far BMW’s biggest market. Last year it sold nearly 600,000 cars in the country, nearly twice as much as its sales in Germany.
The pair have signed a letter of intent, and are finalising details for a full joint venture.
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