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 To Launch Test Fleet of Electric Cars. kilowatt-hour battery pack produced by Tesla Motors Inc.,

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JULY 13, 2011

With V2G, for example, a fleet of EVs plugged in to the grid could balance the variable ups and downs of power generated from the wind. A fleet of five eBoxes has been in revenue-generating service at the University of Delaware by providing grid regulation for more than two years.

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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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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.

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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. Beginning in 2011 in the US, Europe and China, a test fleet of more than 1,000 BMW ActiveE vehicles, produced at BMW’s Leipzig plant, will provide further insights into the everyday use of the vehicle. Earlier post.)

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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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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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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. DriveNow is currently available in San Francisco, with a fleet of 100% BMW ActiveE vehicles. Electric (Battery)' HOME CHARGING. BMW i Charging Station. ASSISTANCE SERVICES.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The #2 US automaker has made a few plug-in hybrid Escape Hybrids that have been in a test fleet at Southern California Edison for about 18 months. 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.

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JUNE 24, 2009

Ford Focus Battery Electric Vehicle. With support from Scottish and Southern Energy, a fleet of prototype Ford Focus BEVs will be used by both the energy company and evaluation drivers based in Hillingdon, Middlesex. MINI E Research Project. The Allied Vehicles Project.

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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. Click here to see more photos of the BMW MINI E. ]. second range.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 5, 2009

But Nissan has the litium ion battery and tons of desirable, very cool features ready for prime time right here and right now. Everyone’s all excited that Ford just turned a profit, but they’re doing it with a fleet of uninspired crappy cars that they practically have to give away. And by that I mean the end of 2010.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Pioneering drivers are wanted to partake in MINI E UK research project. Each MINI E will be available to lease for six months from December this year. A second round of applications will then be invited in 2010, allowing a further twenty drivers to lease an all-electric MINI for a six month period. charging cable.

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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. The MINI E.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

BMW conducted fleet trials as part of its research activities into electric mobility, collecting valuable experience with the MINI E and BMW ActiveE. This successful testing principle will also underpin a fleet trial for highly automated driving in 2015. Wearable gear.

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AUGUST 5, 2011

The BMW Group released the data from the MINI E field trial in the UK. With 62 members of the public and 76 pool users running the battery-powered hatchbacks over two six-month periods, the Government-supported trial is the most in-depth of its kind in the UK to publish its findings. MINI E Trial in numbers.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

The BMW Concept ActiveE follows the all-electric MINI E as the second large-scale electric vehicle test program to be conducted in the hands of interested customers. The field tests with the MINI E as part of Project i in the US and Europe have already provided insights into the demands required of future production electric vehicles.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

BMW’s Mini is rolling out its electric car in three phases. In 2008 the company released a test fleet of 450 Mini-E vehicles and is getting ready to announce its second phase. Bob Lutz, the outgoing vice chairman of GM, has said the company will produce about 8,000 Chevy Volts in 2011.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

It’s in fleet lease use in Japan already and I have confidence they’ll be producing them and selling them to actual people. Same truth of engineers who have actually talked to real drivers is in evidence with the BMW Mini-E. Another thing happening right now is the Plug-In movement addressing fleet vehicles.

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