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US Mini E leasing program to begin

Green Cars News

A leasing program of 450 Mini E model cars is set to begin in the US. Over the next few weeks a select number of customers in New Jersey, New York and California will take delivery of a fully electric version of the Mini Coupe as part of a trial program. At a high voltage 240v charge, the Mini E takes just 4.4

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Mini E Electric Car Coming To UK, Reaction Not As Expected

All Cars Electric

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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Smart Move

Revenge of the Electric Car

Read more in the article: Smart to Launch Test Fleet of Electric Cars. From the article: “The car would be leased for four years at $599 a month and would be under warranty during the full period. Here’s the link to the full text of the article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. – Boston Corridor.

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10 European Countries: Volkswagen ID.4 & ID.3 Top EV Sales List In April, Tesla Model 3 & VW ID.4 In January–April

CleanTechnica EVs

The site EU-EVs.com have pulled the figures together, and I’ve created some charts of the April and January–April figures for this article. April sales figures are in for electric vehicle models in 10 European countries — Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark.

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How Ford got back in the EV game

Plugs and Cars

As with the BMW MINI E , what is stunning, if not surprising, is how quickly a decent fully electric vehicle can be put on the road. As the article rightly mentions, there is a great upside for the automakers to sell some electric cars. We decided we need to be ready the next time this comes around."

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

Read more in the article: Get in Line for 4,600 Free Electric Car Battery Chargers. From the article: “The goal is to make it easier for consumers and communities to get started with E.V.’s. Read more in the article: Get in Line for 4,600 Free Electric Car Battery Chargers. By Jim Motavalli for the New York Times.

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Enter BMW — with Carbon Fiber

Revenge of the Electric Car

Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. The first was the two-seat Mini E, of which 600 examples are on test in the U.S., It has, however, previously used carbon fiber in race cars as well as body and interior panels for its M Series of performance models. April 7th, 2010.