Spotlight Automotive

Spotlight Automotive Ltd.
Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Automotive
Founded	10 July 2018; 5 years ago
Headquarters	Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China
Products	Automobiles
Owner	BMW Group (50%); Great Wall Motor (50%);
Number of employees	3,000
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	光束汽车
Hanyu Pinyin	Guāngshù Qìchē
Website	en.spotlight.cn

Spotlight Automotive Ltd. (Chinese: 光束汽车; pinyin: Guāngshù Qìchē) is a joint venture between BMW Group and Great Wall Motor (GWM) founded in 2018 to develop and produce Mini-branded battery electric vehicles in China.

History

In November 2019, following an agreement in 2018, BMW and GWM established Spotlight Automotive.^[1]

Its manufacturing plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu was constructed between 2020 and 2022.^[2] Its first mass-produced vehicle, a Mini Cooper SE (J01) rolled off from the plant on 14 October 2023.^[3]

Products

Mini Cooper E/SE (J01) (2024–present), subcompact hacthback, BEV
Mini Aceman (J05) (2024–present), subcompact SUV, BEV

Mini Cooper SE (J01)
Mini Aceman (J05)

References

[1]

[2]

[3]