British dependence on the British automobile industry, the UKKemi Badenoch, Minister of Commerce, said that the battery did not insist on the battery from Britain.
据彭博社报道，在宝马宣布投资6亿英镑（约10.21亿新元）在2026年恢复电动Mini的生产之后，巴德诺赫星期一（9月11日）说，英国It will seek diversification of the supply chain as much as possible without prohibiting components from specific countries.
"At present, China is leading this technology, so if we completely stop or prohibit Chinese products, we will not be able to achieve the goal of net zero emissWhether it is overly dependent on China's supply chain, "you can't exclude Chinese products from the battery ecosystem."
Although BMW has not finally determined that it will be produced in Oxford, the next generation of Oxford producedThe MINI electric model's battery procurement strategy, but the company's latest battery -driven model was jointly developed with Chinese partner Great Wall Motors.The two companies have begun to assemble electric vehicles in joint ventures in Jiangsu Province, China, and the battery is provided by Hive Energy Technology.
Baduohe refused to comment on the government's subsidies provided by BMW's investment in Oxford.In July this year, Tata Group, the parent company of Jaguar Land Rover, promoted the plan to spend 4 billion pounds in the construction of a battery core factory in Somerset and received the support of the government's 500 million pounds.
