Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

In 2011, BMW Group and Vattenfall Europe began a project with the MINI E to optimize the charging strategy to the use of wind energy. In 2013, the two started a research project on the secondary use of high-voltage EV batteries using batteries from the MINI E and the BMW ActiveE as stationary power storage.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

In 2011, batteries which were previously used in the MINI E test fleet were successfully implemented in a stationary project. In 2013, BMW and the University of San Diego installed a micro grid application with Battery 2nd Life MINI E batteries.

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Energy Storage BMW Energy Batteries 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

In the managed charge pilot program, select BMW i3 owners will allow PG&E to request a delay in the charging of their vehicles by up to an hour, when grid loads are at their peak. BMW will begin accepting applications at www.bmwichargeforward.com in January, and the program will kick off in July 2015.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2009

The first output of project i was the MINI E, which is currently in a large-scale field trial with about 600 vehicles in the US, UK, and Germany. The MINI E is powered by a drive system and battery pack from AC Propulsion. Data resulting from the trials will be used in the development of the Megacity vehicle, BMW said.

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Li-ion BMW Mini E Batteries 150

Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 11, 2010

BMW has recognized that they simply teed up GM and Nissan to benefit from the MINI E experience. Today they announced officially that MINI E "pioneers" will be able to extend their leases until 2011. Will MINI E drivers be so loyal to BMW they'll forgo the opportunity to actually purchase a plug-in car?

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Detroit Mini E Audi BMW 100

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Conducted with PG&E from July 2015 through December 2016, BMW enabled nearly 100 BMW i3 owners located in the San Francisco Bay Area to earn an incentive by offering flexibility in the time by which their vehicle was charged. BMW was the first to showcase this technology in a real-world application.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 3, 2009

The company hopes to produce a battery pack for around €350 by 2015 - that’s around two thirds of the current cost. Its first output was the MINI E, which is currently undergoing a large scale field trial in the US, the UK and Germany.

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