New all-electric Mini E to launch in 2019 as halo for brand
Green Car Reports
MAY 17, 2017
The first Mini E, cobbled together by putting a battery pack where the rear seat used to be, was BMW's very first attempt at building a modern electric car.
MINI to present MINI Electric Concept design study at the IAA; all-electric production model in 2019
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2017
MINI will present the new MINI Electric Concept design study at the IAA Cars 2017 show in Frankfurt am Main. Designed for use in urban areas, this concept car offers a window into how pure-electric day-to-day mobility might look in the years ahead. MINI and electrification make a perfect match.
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After 30 Months In A Mini E Electric Car, BMW ActiveE Coming Up
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 12, 2011
I took possession of my 2009 Mini E electric car (serial number 250) on June 12, 2009. At the time, I signed up for a one year lease, which is all BMW was offering. It was made perfectly clear that after 12 months, we would have to give the car back and that there would be no exceptions.
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Mini E Driver Study: Some Caveats On Electric-Car Happy News
Green Car Reports
JUNE 15, 2011
drivers who were picked to test the BMW Mini E between June 2009 and June 2010 are one happy bunch. They love their cars, they like electric driving in general, they're willing to overlook the car's faults, and they willingly talk not only to BMW but also amongst themselves about it all. The 450 lucky U.S.
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BMW Launches ActiveE Electric Car Forum, Mobile App, Extends MINI E Leases
All Cars Electric
JANUARY 5, 2011
BMW made a step towards its electric car future today by launching its ActiveE electric car forums. In its final Plugged-In newsletter to all its current MINI E Lease participants, BMW announced that the new website will form the backbone of BMW’s next electric car program.
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Green Manhattan Beach Going Plug-In. Here Comes BMW’s Mini E!
Creative Greenius
MAY 6, 2009
Reliable sources inform your Creative Greenius that Manhattan Beach is about to be named the first Southern California city to be part of BMW’s test of the new plug-in Mini E, the EV version of the popular Mini Cooper. Paul Scott of Plug-In America and Wally Rippel of AC Propulsion w/new Mini E (photo (c) Paul Scott).
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Wally Rippel drives the Mini E
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 1, 2009
AC Propulsion, the San Dimas, CA, company that birthed the modern-day EV with its AC-150 drive train, was tapped by BMW last year to provide drivetrains for an initial run of 500 Minis. Dubbed the “Mini E,&# these fully-electric cars are just weeks from being deployed on the streets of Southern Californai, New York, and New Jersey.
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What’s up with the BMW MINI E?
Plugs and Cars
JULY 1, 2009
The BMW Mini E has hit the streets. Barely one year ago, word surfaced that an electric Mini was in the works. In June about 500 cars were placed in consumer and fleet hands in Los Angeles and New York and New Jersey for what BMW calls a " field trial." It is past the time for R & D for electric cars.
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MINI E electric car trial shows positive results
Green Cars News
AUGUST 4, 2011
Almost all of the participants in the recent MINI E trails (96 per cent) said they would consider buying an electric car as a result of their positive experiences of using the electrified model. The trial, run by MINI’s parent firm, BMW ended back in March.
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BMW's UK MINI E Test Ends: Drivers Happy, But.
All Cars Electric
AUGUST 5, 2011
A few months after BMW and MINI's electric car study ended in the United States, a similar scheme run in the U.K. will all look very familiar. Basically, all the drivers loved driving the MINI E, as you.
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BMW: We've Been Making Electric Cars Since The 1972 Olympics
Green Car Reports
MARCH 22, 2012
BMW might be more than a year away from bring its first production electric car -- the 2014 BMW i3 -- to production, but the German automaker wants you to know that it isn’t new to electric cars. You may not know it, but BMW’s electric car history spans 40 years.
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Mini E next month, Lunar Rover at 46, Ford Hub visit, Model 3 assessed: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 14, 2017
Today, a baffling visit in NYC, a tiny two-seat electric car for China, whether the Tesla Model 3 should really be dubbed "Car 2.0," and how does the Lunar Rover compare to a modern electric car? All this and more on Green Car Reports. How does the all-electric Lunar Rover.
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76 Should BMW Have Made the Mini E a Production Car? #YouTellUs
All Cars Electric
JUNE 14, 2011
BMW can’t be accused of rushing into the electric car market. After nearly two years of BMW Mini E testing and countless hours of feedback sessions from test participants, BMW is just about to start its second round of electric car testing with its 1-series based Active-E.
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69 Mini E to return, Mercedes electric SUV driven, diesel NOx emissions bad, Karma redux: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
MAY 17, 2017
Today, two cars with plugs return—one luxury plug-in hybrid, and one all-electric minicar in a couple of years—plus grim news about diesel emissions, an ambitious electric motorcycle ride, a phone app for British electric-car drivers, and a scary IIHS video.
MINI realigning model range with emphasis on electromobility; crossover & premium compact segments; and China
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The second generation of MINI, introduced in 2000, optimized the relationship between fun driving and fuel consumption, including the introduction of diesel engines. In 2008, MINI was a trailblazer for electromobility in the BMW Group. Electrified vehicles now account for 10% of MINI sales. —Bernd Körber, Head of MINI.
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Greenius On The Scene: Plug-In 2009
Creative Greenius
AUGUST 12, 2009
Here’s the Greenius with film director Chris Paine, Tesla owner, all around good guy, and the man behind “Who Killed The Electric Car.&# Chris spoke at the public panel this evening. The Greenius checking out the J1772 connector plug for the BMW Mini-E with Mini-E driver and EV advocate Stefano Paris.
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Range Anxiety? Brit Proves Electric Cars Can Go The Distance
All Cars Electric
JANUARY 13, 2011
Yesterday we covered the unexpected electric car challenge from a Tesla fan to the BBC journalist driving the 400+ mile trip from London to Edinburgh in a prototype 2009 MINI E David Peilow, a regular at TeslaMotorsClub.Com, took some time off from his work to prove that not all electric cars were slow and impractical for long-distance driving.
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2010 Mini E Driven Like Any Other Car, U.K. Trial Shows
All Cars Electric
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Ask a non EV owner what life is like with an electric car and you’re likely to hear tales of range anxiety, slow motoring and constant recharging. But as the results of BMW’s Mini E trial in the U.K.
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47 Peugeot Sets Electric Car Lap Time at Nurburgring in EX1 Concept
All Cars Electric
APRIL 29, 2011
How fast can an electric car get around the iconic Nurburgring Nordschleife in Germany? Until recently, the fastest official time for an electric car stood at 9 minutes and 52 seconds. Recorded last year in a BMW Mini E racing car, it was the first time an all-electric car had completed the course in under 10 minutes.
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73 BMW Releases More Details, Photos Of ActiveE Electric Car
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 11, 2011
The BMW ActiveE, first unveiled at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, is BMW's second attempt at an all-electric vehicle. It follows the not-very-pleasant Mini E, of which 600 examples were tested in the U.S. and Europe during 2009 and 2010.
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109 Learning To Drive In A Nissan Leaf: Video
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 14, 2012
Last year, Michael Thwaite wrote about the experience of teaching his daughter to drive in a MINI E. As he pointed out, the all-electric car made for a smooth ride, which helped cool his nerves and those of his daughter.
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92 Multi-nation survey reports consumers want electric cars. Now.
Plugs and Cars
JANUARY 29, 2009
A large survey, 4000 people in eight countries, has discovered what many of us have been saying all along. There is an existing market for electric vehicles, especially among those who can afford the extra cost of limited-production new technology vehicles. There are no cars for sale. battery electric car.
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Mini E Electric Car Coming To UK, Reaction Not As Expected
All Cars Electric
OCTOBER 15, 2009
As you may remember from previous articles, our Editor in Chief Lyle Dennis took delivery of his Mini E electric vehicle many months ago now.
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Creative Greenius is EV Driven
Creative Greenius
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
We are an on-line community of people who are passionate about Electric Vehicles and we’re not shy about it. So you can see that Climate Change , Environment , Standards , Solar and other such terms all relate heavily to Obama according to what people talk about. * Electric Car Blog. Electric Cars are for Girls.
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Detroit Auto Show Preview: BMW Concept ActiveE Electric Car
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 16, 2009
A little more than a year ago, the all-electric Mini E stole the limelight at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. Now, BMW has released details of its next all-electric concept car, which will formally debut at next month's Detroit Auto Show.
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Smart Move
Revenge of the Electric Car
JUNE 9, 2010
Smart will be launching a test fleet of 250 electric cars in selected areas, including: Portland, San Jose, Indianapolis, Orlando, and the Washington, D.C. Read more in the article: Smart to Launch Test Fleet of Electric Cars. Smart also is joining a growing group of auto makers betting on electric vehicles.
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Chelsea Sexton Slams Bias On Both Sides Over Electric-Car Range (Guest Post)
All Cars Electric
JANUARY 27, 2011
But the recent BBC "Mini Adventure," a 484-mile journey from London to Edinburgh in a Mini E, has caught fire like nothing I've seen in a while. by Chelsea Sexton Slanted, anti-EV reporting is hardly a new thing, and I suspect we're in for a lot more of it in 2011 as plug-in vehicles hit showrooms.
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93 Electric car trial participants express enthusiasm
Green Cars News
JUNE 25, 2009
Some of the participants in the UK Government’s electric car trial have expressed their enthusiasm at earning funding to be part of the scheme. “Smart has been conducting real-life trials of 100 electric cars with partner companies across the country since 2007,&# he said.
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How Ford got back in the EV game
Plugs and Cars
FEBRUARY 2, 2009
Ford has done it's share of electric cars, including the Ranger EV and Th!nk nk City that were its ZEV mandate cars in the '90s. The surprise appearance at the Detroit Auto Show last month of an electric Focus may be evidence of a new day (again) at Ford. All eyes are fixed on 2011.
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UC Davis study highlights results of MINI E field trial in US; MINI E met 90% of daily driving needs
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2011
The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.
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Nissan’s Killer EV App, the Plug-In Car That Puts the Nail in GM’s Coffin
Creative Greenius
AUGUST 5, 2009
I have seen the future and it is a new car electric car from Nissan. Nissan is about to drink GM’s milkshake with a breakthrough, affordable, next generation electric car that will be beat the Chevy Volt to market, cost half as much and work twice as well. Plus it looks ten times cooler.
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191 It’s Happening
Revenge of the Electric Car
JUNE 17, 2009
New production electric cars are being delivered at a rate of 100 per month. Teslas mostly, but the first BMW MINI E was also delivered last week, and we’ll have about 500 more of them on the road within the month. How long before the number of plug-in cars outnumbers the gas burners? It’s happening.
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124 BMW Project Megacity: Ultimate (Electric, Urban) Driving Machine?
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
BMW has now produced two electric cars: the two-seat Mini E, of which 600 examples are on test in the U.S., The company will launch an all-electric vehicle sometime "during the. Europe, and U.K., But these are just preludes.
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60 Greenius Weekend Update
Creative Greenius
MAY 23, 2009
And for the first time ever it’s an all green Fiesta Weekend in Hermosa! It’s because all the buses and generators involved in the Fiesta will be fueled with clean-burning biodiesel, made from used vegetable oil donated by local restaurants Patrick Molloy’s, Sangria, and Café Boogaloo. Bravo, Mr. Montgomery.
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170 BMW ActiveE Concept: 2011 Geneva Motor Show [Video]
All Cars Electric
MARCH 2, 2011
BMW are developing some of the world's most anticipated electric cars at the moment with the i3 and i8 spearheading the launch of BMW's 'i' brand. The 1-Series based ActiveE is the first pure electric car to eminate from Bavaria since the MINI E, and the production car makes its world debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show.
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73 Electric car trial launches
Green Cars News
JUNE 23, 2009
A UK-wide trial of electric cars has been launched. Ministers gathered at London’s Guildhall this morning to unveil the range of electric and low carbon technology vehicles to be used in the trails. Cars set to be used in the trial include the Mini E, the Mitsubishi iMiEV and the electric smart ed.
UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2009
The project, which will put 340 vehicles on the road in trials within the next six to eighteen months, will be the biggest of its kind and is intended to accelerate the availability of low carbon cars to consumers. The majority of the vehicles are electric, with a small number being plug-in gasoline-electric hybrids.
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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?
Revenge of the Electric Car
OCTOBER 25, 2008
The automotive and green electric vehicle blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of the BMW MINI E ever since July 9th, 2008, when AutoblogGreen published the rumor that 500 of the intriguing new electric cars would be released later this year in California. AC Propulsion's 0-60mph in 3.6
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100 Wanted: Electric MINI test drivers
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
MINI is on the hunt for willing test drivers to drive its electric MINI cars as part of a Government-backed scheme to get electric cars on the roads. Pioneering drivers are wanted to partake in MINI E UK research project. The MINI E driver also pays for the electricity used.
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Enter BMW — with Carbon Fiber
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 12, 2010
BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. All MegaCity cars will run solely on electricity stored in a 16-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack. 2009 BMW Concept ActiveE. April 7th, 2010. By John Voelcker Senior Editor.
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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 17, 2010
old question for electric cars – When will electric cars make a real. presence in the world’s two largest passenger car markets (China and the. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40.
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133 Guest blogger: Andrew Grin - From Kansas to LA
Revenge of the Electric Car
DECEMBER 1, 2008
A few weeks back, I read a study which found that dirty air in Southern California’s coastal basin and the San Joaquin Valley kills more people than car accidents. Auto show and to tag along with the “Revenge of the Electric Car&# crew after winning an auction at the first Plug in America Fundraiser.
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BMW selects lithium-ion battery supplier
Green Cars News
AUGUST 3, 2009
SB LiMotive, the joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI, has been selected to supply lithium-ion batteries for the upcoming Megacity vehicle - an electric city vehicle from BMW. It also wants to produce an energy density greater than 150Wh/kg for electric car applications - that’s a 30-40 per cent improvement within three years.
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36 BMW Delivers 40 Electric MINI E Cars for UK Trial
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 14, 2009
Components of the MINI E powertrain. BMW handed over forty electric MINI E cars to their test drivers on Sunday—all members of the public—in the start of two consecutive six-month field trial periods which will evaluate the psychological, social and technical aspects of living with an electric car.
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