MINI Electric surpases 11,000 units produced in the UK

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The MINI Electric first premiered in the UK in July 2019, during the brand’s 60th anniversary to mark the start of the British brand's roll-out of its first fully-electric model.

LONDON: MINI in the UK has managed to achieve a production milestone as its plant in Oxford, England rolled out more than 11,000 examples of the Electric model since production began.

Since its launch, more than 3,000 MINI Electric orders have been placed in the UK alone and is priced at £24,900 It has a 181hp electric motor that saps its electric juice from a 32.6kWh lithium-ion battery that gives it the capability to travel up to 270km. The two models have proven to be rather popular so far - accounting for 19% of worldwide electrified MINI sales with 25% of which belonging to orders for the Countryman plug-in hybrid variant.The original Mini, designed by Sir Alec Issigonis in 1959, was born out of the Suez crisis oil shortage and the demand for affordable motoring.This will be increased to a total of 25 electrified models on the road by the end of 2023, with more than half of those models fully electric.

 

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