21 August 2026 · Joe Allum

Inside Minimal's Micro-Factories

Building a new vehicle usually takes billions of dollars, teams of thousands and a production line that can only ever make one thing.

That is how hardware has always been built.

Not at Minimal.

A compact space. Small, efficient and found in cities.

A repeatable layout. Designed to be modular, and opened wherever demand appears.

Our own tooling. AI parts inspection, connected tools and production software, built by us.

Because a factory that takes years to open is built for what the market wanted years ago.

Build big and rigid, and you are committed to one product, in one place, for a decade.

Build small and repeatable, and you put capacity where demand is, and adjust production as it requires.

Open fast. Two months from empty space to building vehicles.

Go anywhere. New cities get their own factories, minimising shipping and tariffs.

Change overnight. The same floor reconfigures between pedal-assist platforms, Micro 4 and autonomous delivery bots.

Improve together. Every capability we build is inherited by every factory we open, from day one.

Lower cost. Local assembly and a shorter route between component and customer.

Less risk. A multi-product supply chain that is not exposed to one route or one region.

Faster supply. Capacity added in months, not years, wherever it is needed.

Hardware built with the speed and flexibility of software.

Our first micro-factory opened in London a year ago. It is the blueprint for every one that follows.

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