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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Back in 2009, the MINI E electric car was BMW''s very first attempt at building a battery-electric vehicle. The fleet of several hundred electric MINIs was leased out to volunteer test drivers in the U.S., Europe, China, and the U.K. Now it appears that BMW.'

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MARCH 8, 2010

While the exact size of the fleet has yet to be confirmed, BMW said, it will be at least as large as the MINI E fleet which is currently in operation. There are 450 MINI Es on the road in the US right now, being driven by a group of individuals and select fleet users.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

The contract between the two companies provides that e.motor Advance will deliver 100 sets of its drivetrain and battery pack systems to Foton for their Midi-E electric car. The 100 Midi-E vehicles will be in service as taxis in the Yanqing area of Beijing in 2012. AC Propulsion’s sister company e.motor Advance Corp.

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APRIL 22, 2010

The BMW Group has been gathering insights into the day-to-day use of electric vehicles since mid-2009, when it launched a global field test involving more than 600 MINI E models. During the test phase some 50 MINI E cars are also being delivered to customers in China in 2010. Tags: China Electric (Battery).

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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. As with many conversions, space is sacrificed for the battery box. In the case of the electric Mini, that means no backseat. Like all the automakers, BMW dabbled in concept electric cars over the years.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

BMW has selected SB LiMotive—the 50:50 joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI ( earlier post )—as a supplier for Li-ion batteries for the upcoming Megacity vehicle, an electric city vehicle planned for the first half of the next decade ( earlier post ). Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery). Earlier post.).

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The results of the study, which also suggested that assistance systems could reduce the size of that buffer, were based on more than 400,000 km (249,000 miles) of user experience gathered in the research project “MINI E Berlin powered by Vattenfall”. During the field study a total of 79 users drove the MINI E for six months.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

It has been nearly ten years since MINI took a significant, pioneering step with the MINI E ( earlier post ) and laid the foundations at the BMW Group for the development of electric mobility solutions to production readiness. More than 600 MINI E cars entered service worldwide for the purpose of the field studies.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

The study has two parts: (1) a managed charge pilot program involving BMW i3 owners; and (2) a battery second-life energy storage system. The benefit to PG&E of more efficient use of existing power grid resources through EV charging management is passed on in the form of monetary incentives to program participants.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

The study has two parts, a managed charge pilot program involving BMW i3 owners and a battery second life energy storage system. 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. Program participation.

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AUGUST 12, 2009

The Creative Greenius with the new Nissan Leaf flat lithium ion battery. They’ll be making Leafs in Tennessee and they will be making many more batteries than cars. The Nissan spokesman told me they will be selling the battery as a standalone product too.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

In recuperation, the electric motor functions as a generator to recharge the battery pack when the driver takes his or her foot off the gas pedal. Another focus of the project is on the application of different recuperation strategies while driving.

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Green Cars News

MAY 11, 2009

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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MAY 25, 2009

Peter Trepp in Southern California is the first consumer to take delivery of their electric Mini. The USA Today story begins: "Peter Trepp just can't keep his foot off the accelerator of his new Mini E." Peter blogs about his electric Mini at www.petersminie.blogspot.com/.

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JULY 22, 2011

For this reason, the drive components and battery technology that will be used in the i3 are being tested in the BMW ActiveE. Ongoing field tests involving more than 600 MINI E cars, including 450 in the US, have already provided knowledge about the demands on future electrically powered production vehicles. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The MINI E (pictured top) and the BMW ActiveE (pictured b[.]. BMW has certainly been making its mark in the electric car sector over the last few months with announcements about the BMW i3 and BMW i8. However, it is now looking at the next stage of life for two of its longest running electric vehicles.

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APRIL 19, 2011

The drive components and battery technology that will be used in the MCV are being tested in the BMW ActiveE. The feedback from customers testing the MINI E and the BMW ActiveE will be fed directly into series production of the MCV, which the BMW Group will be launching under a new sub-brand in 2013. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 7, 2011

The electrical motor draws its energy from a high-voltage battery pack, housed in the luggage compartment, which can be charged via the grid. The worldwide MINI E fleet trial was extended to China at the beginning of the year, involving the sites of Beijing and Shenzhen.

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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.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

A couple of weeks ago, BMW invited me to come to Munich and take part in the first drive of production versions of the BMW ActiveE, their second battery electric test vehicle.

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JULY 31, 2012

For this reason, the drive components and battery technology that will be used in the BMW i3 are being tested now in the BMW ActiveE. The feedback from customers testing the MINI E and the BMW ActiveE will be fed directly into series production of the BMW i3. 700 BMW ActiveEs are on the road in the US, mostly in private hands.

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BMW supplemented the smart charging of these vehicles with a solar-powered battery system made from BMW Group second-life EV batteries to support the grid during these demand response events, as necessary.

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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. The company hopes to produce a battery pack for around €350 by 2015 - that’s around two thirds of the current cost.

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JULY 13, 2011

The Scion’s internal combustion components are removed and replaced with the AC Propulsion tzero electric drive system and lithium-ion batteries. The eBox was the model for BMW’s MINI E EV which uses the same AC Propulsion drive system and battery as the eBox.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Among the panelists sat Richard Steinberg of BMW, where he leads battery electric vehicle programs in the US markets, including the MINI E and BMW ActiveE programs. “BMW ActiveE?&# Last week Chris Paine moderated a panel on electric vehicles at the Opportunity Green business conference in Los Angeles.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

BMW says it is situated to branch into complementary electric vehicle markets because of its experience with the MINI E and ActiveE field trials. Drivers can see the vehicle’s range, battery condition and charge levels, service messages, and location. Electric (Battery)' HOME CHARGING. BMW i Charging Station.

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MAY 18, 2010

Based on responses so far from the international MINI-E test program, he said, BMW has concluded that: Many enthusiastic customers for e-mobility already exist today. There is no need to wait until conditions are ideal for e-mobility, with a network of electric fillings stations in place, etc. “

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 27, 2008

The web was buzzing last week with stories about BMW’s MINI E. To recap, BMW will be leasing 500 MINI Es from dealers in New York, New Jersey and Southern California starting some time early in 2009. Those of us familiar with powerful EVs were curious where the drive train for the MINI E originated.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 9, 2010

The test fleet is similar to one conducted by rival BMW AG in the past year with Mini Coopers that were outfitted with electric motors. The 450-car Mini E fleet was meant to gather data ahead of the introduction of high-volume cars. kilowatt-hour battery pack produced by Tesla Motors Inc.,

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

A total of 40 electric MINI E cars have so far been issued to test drivers, who will use the vehicles in the Munich area for ten months. Tags: Electric (Battery). Siemens is also involved in a number of other pilot projects such as Harz.EE-mobility mobility and Drive eCharged.

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JUNE 27, 2011

lithium-ion batteries. The Pikes Peak AC-180 motor, rated at 268 hp (200 kW) at 6000-7000 rpm and 258 lb-ft (350 N·m) of torque from zero to 5000 rpm, is a high-performance version of the AC Propulsion AC-150 motor found in the BMW MINI E. It used fuel-efficient Yokohama BluEarth tires and SANYO Electric Co.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The MINI E. As the second half of the twelve-month MINI E field trial begins in the UK this week, BMW has released an overview of the outcome of interviews and objective data collected from the first three months of the December to June 2010 phase of the trial. The MINI E is a two-seat development of the MINI Hatch.

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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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AUGUST 13, 2013

Although the improvement of batteries is a major focus of development for reducing the cost and improving the efficiency of electric drive vehicles, improvements in electric traction drives (motor, power electronics, transmission, thermal management) also play a critical role. Electric (Battery) Motors' Background. 2012.7.3.349.

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JUNE 17, 2010

As the first stage of MINI’s trial of its electric model reaches an end this weekend (June 19, 2010), parent firm BMW reports- much like rival Mitsubishi- that the last winter has afforded them very useful feedback on the performance of an electric car in extremely cold conditions. Trials of twenty MINI Es have been [.].

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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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JANUARY 27, 2011

Jens Vetter from BMW presented an overview of the company’s current findings on the relation between cell and system characteristics for Li-ion battery packs for hybrids at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) in Pasadena.).

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