5th generation all-electric MINIs.
Since BMW relaunched the MINI Cooper in 2001, the brand has used a surprisingly wide range of MINI Cooper transmissions. Some became central to the MINI driving experience while others quickly developed reputations enthusiasts would...
In 2021, MINI made one of the boldest commitments of any legacy automaker, announcing it would become fully electric by 2030. Four short years later, those plans and the models that were...
The EU has effectively walked back its planned 2035 ban on new internal combustion engine sales, a cornerstone assumption behind MINI’s push toward an all electric lineup by 2030. With regulators now...
The Improbable Story of How MINI Outlasted the Rest of the British Motoring Industry British automotive history is littered with proud names that lost their way. Some drifted until the market forgot...
“ICE and combustion will never disappear. Never.” With that statement, BMW board member Jochen Goller made clear that petrol power isn’t going anywhere. And nowhere is that more relevant than at MINI....
The future of the MINI Countryman EV just got a lot more interesting. While the current U25 Countryman launched less than a year ago, we’ve confirmed that the next-generation Countryman EV will...
“ICE and combustion will never disappear. Never.” It sounds like a comment in the MotoringFile comment section but it actually came from Jochen Goller, a key BMW leader on the BMW Group...
The EU has announced it will bring forward its review of the 2035 zero-emission vehicle target to the end of this year, two years earlier than planned. On the surface this is...
BMW has been teasing the Neue Klasse for years. On MotoringFile, we’ve covered how it represents a full reboot for BMW Group, built from the ground up for electrification, digitalization, and sustainability....
BMW just hit a major milestone: it’s now actively testing all-solid-state battery (ASSB) cells in a BMW i7 prototype. Developed in collaboration with Solid Power, these smaller, lighter next-gen batteries are finally seeing their first road testing—marking...
For years, MINI has prepared us for its ambitious plan to go fully electric by 2030. But recent developments mean that there’s a big shift in strategy: MINI will now continue producing...
Yesterday we talked about why a rear wheel drive MINI may not be such a bad thing. Today we’re going in-depth on BMW’s Gen6 EV Architecture that powers it and why it...