BMW to Cut Drivetrain Variations in Half

BMW is moving towards electrification full-force. In doing so BMW and MINI are announcing that they will be cutting in half ICE drivetrain variations in half. This will allow both brands to streamline their offerings and allow consumer make more sense of it all. And perhaps most crucially it will help alleviate costs as BMW and MINI look to spend vast sums of money bringing full electric cars to market.
Just how complex is the current offering of drivetrain variations In MINI alone? A BimmerPost contributor (BradM850i) put together a list that demonstrates this in rather glaring terms.
UKL platform which still has some older ~2014 released Minis has 15 variants:
Then there’s the CLAR platform G platform where thing get really complex (ignoring the F22, F32 as they are effectively EOL) has 17 variants:
What gets killed? We know that the N74 is leaving us and the B37 will likely go away as electrification comes online. Perhaps some of the clues are in the F40 1 Series hatch where there are only 8 variants: