BMW favours UK plant to build electric Mini

The electric Mini will use an electric motor, components and a battery delivered from BMW's Dingolfing and Landshut plants in Bavaria, Germany.

MUNICH/FRANKFURT: BMW's Oxford factory in England is currently the favoured location for building an electric version of the Mini despite Britain's planned departure from the European Union, two sources familiar with the company's thinking told Reuters on Wednesday. 

Any decision by the German carmaker to commit to further spending at Oxford would be a boost to the British government, which has been warned by businesses at home and abroad that Brexit will hit investment.