---
title: "The Upcoming Fully-Electric Mini Will Be a 3-Door Hatchback"
description: "BMW Group confirmed that it has big plans for electrification in the next few years."
date: "2017-07-26"
modified: "2017-07-26"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Constantine"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-constantine"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/12906/the-upcoming-fully-electric-mini-will-be-a-3-door-hatchback"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "BMW Group"
  - "Electric Cars"
  - "Hatchback"
  - "MINI"
  - "News"
  - "sheet/metal"
---

# The Upcoming Fully-Electric Mini Will Be a 3-Door Hatchback

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With Electric Vehicle sales skyrocketing in the 2010s, more and more car manufacturers are embracing the once controversial technology. [BMW Group](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/10002/bmw-going-all-in-on-electric-cars-after-ev-sales-jump-50-percent>)'s success with the i3 and [i8](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/3832/how-will-the-world-remember-the-bmw-i8>) plug-in hybrids have shown the Germans that electrifying their fleet can be a massive boon. While BMW's main lineup is preparing to make the switch, the group also has plans to electrify its subsidiary, [Mini](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/8564/mini-celebrates-15-years-of-sales-in-the-united-states>).

BMW Group released a [statement](<https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0273122EN/bmw-group-announces-next-step-in-electrification-strategy>) on Tuesday confirming its future plans for electrification. The first fully-electric Mini will indeed be a three-door hatchback, not a crossover like the [Countryman](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/9658/2017-mini-countryman-goes-big-and-wins>). All of the new Mini's electric parts will be built at the Landshut and Dingolfing plants in Bavaria, which is where the hybrid BMW 5 and 7 Series cars are built. The completed drivetrain will then be transported to Oxford to be mated with the chassis, where the rest of the MINI three-door lineup is assembled.

The zero-emissions MINI joins the [i8 Roadster](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/12115/watch-the-new-bmw-i8-roadster-teaser>) and the plug-in hybrid Mini Cooper S E Countryman as the newest members of BMW's electric fleet, plus the rumored Tesla-killing [BMW iNext](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/9886/bmw-expands-electric-car-production-plans>). Hopefully, we'll hear more about the all-electric in the next year; for starters, a name would help.

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