BMW is to spend £600m to upgrade its factory in Oxford to electric production of the Mini, in a U-turn that will provide a further boost to the UK car industry. The German carmaker, which has owned Mini since 2000, had decided last year to move production of the electric version to China, in a move that had provoked dismay in the UK industry – particularly in a brand so determinedly British, to the point of offering an option with union jack tail-lights. “We need to make sure that the rules work for today … Hopefully we will get something positive