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.
Want To Lease A 2009 MINI E? If You Live In Delaware, You Can
Green Car Reports
JUNE 27, 2014
One of the earliest electric-car prototype test fleets of the modern day was made up of several hundred MINI E two-seaters, which hit U.S. MINI E drivers who loved driving electric--which is to say, many of them--were offered replacement BMW ActiveE electric cars, and the electric MINIs were taken.'
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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries
Green Car Congress
JUNE 21, 2016
BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The system utilizes BMW i3 high-voltage batteries and can be expanded to incorporate second-life batteries as they become available in the market.
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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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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." The car is essentially a high-end conversion.
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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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Will There Be Another Electric Mini E Within A Few Years?
Green Car Reports
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., Now it appears that BMW.' Europe, China, and the U.K.
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MINI E Meetup: End Of The Line For Electric Car 'Experiment'
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 10, 2011
was the venue for the final MINI E Northeast Meetup before the cars must be returned. After a two-year run, BMW’s MINI E adventure is nearing its end. The car may seem old hat to people like Tom Moloughney, who has clocked over 65,000 miles on his MINI E--and who hosted the event at his.
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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.
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104 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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BMW Delivers First of 700 ActiveE Electric Cars In New Jersey
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 16, 2012
Regular readers may recognize the name of Tom Moloughney, who has written several stories on his experiences living with a Mini E electric car for two years. Now Moloughney has moved up in the electric-car world. On Friday, he was the first U.S.
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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. I’d been promised a test drive, so when Wally Rippel (you’ll remember Wally from “Who Killed the Electric Car?
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MINI to present MINI Electric Concept design study at the IAA; all-electric production model in 2019
Green Car Congress
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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BMW MINI E trial enters second phase
Green Cars News
MARCH 31, 2011
The trials of the MINI E aren’t over yet, with BMW Group and Vattenfall Europe now entering a second phase of testing in Berlin. A total of 70 MINI E electric cars have been transferred to private customers (30 units) and fleet users (40 units).
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BMW takes REVENGE
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?&# When we heard this our first thought was, “AWESOME!
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180 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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BMW MINI E to participate in UK electric car trial
Green Cars News
DECEMBER 14, 2009
A fresh take on one of the most iconic designs in motoring will play a central role in the UK-wide trial of electric cars. BMW has handed over 40 electric MINI E vehicles to test drivers at the start of two consecutive six-month field trial periods meant to evaluate the social, psychological and technical aspects of [.].
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46 First Drive: BMW ActiveE Electric Car Prototype
Green Car Reports
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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110 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. Basically, all the drivers loved driving the MINI E, as you. will all look very familiar.
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Green Manhattan Beach Going Plug-In. Here Comes BMW’s Mini E!
Creative Greenius
MAY 6, 2009
And we’ll have fun, fun, fun, till daddy takes the Min-E Away. 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.
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BMW to debut electric-car concept at LA show; electric Mini makes U.S. debut
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
BMW will use media days at the Los Angeles auto show, which begin on November 29, to unveil a new electric car that's never before been seen. The electric model that will debut in California wasn't otherwise specified in the German maker's announcement, which called it simply "a world premiere vehicle."
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BMW releases MINI E trial results
Green Cars News
AUGUST 7, 2011
It is the most in-depth trial of its kind – and now BMW has released data from the MINI E testing across theUKthat involved 62 members of the public and 76 pool users. A vast amount of data was collected as part of the trial with the early results already being used to influence the [.].
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Could we see the return of the Mini E?
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 28, 2013
BMW could revive its Mini E electric car, according to BMW Blog, as the carmaker looks to expand the use of its i3 electric drivetrain. The limited production Mini E was launched in 2009 as a research vehicle and used extensively in road trials across Europe, including the CABLED programme here in[.].
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47 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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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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Want A Honda Fit EV Electric Car? Honda Has A Quiz For You
Green Car Reports
APRIL 13, 2012
After realising the potential of hybrids early on, Honda has been a little late to join the electric car party with its Fit EV. Just as with the MINI E, BMW ActiveE and Honda's own FCX Clarity fuel-cell.
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120 Next electric MINI confirmed by development team?
Green Car Reports
MAY 2, 2016
Before the BMW i3, there was the MINI E. Along with the BMW ActiveE—based on the 1 Series coupe—this electric version of the second-generation BMW MINI was built to provide real-world testing data that helped form the foundation for i3 electric-car development.
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BMW Selects SB LiMotive for Li-ion Batteries for Megacity EV
Green Car Congress
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 ). Earlier post.).
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BMW MINI electric car gets boost from AC Propulsion in San Dimas
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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100 Siemens Building 100-Unit Electric Car Fleet for Employee Use and Testing
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2010
Called 4-S (4-Sustainelectromobility), the pilot project is focusing on the interplay between the electric cars and their infrastructure. Siemens expects there will be more than one million electric cars on the road worldwide in the foreseeable future, when they will form part of a smart grid. mobility and Drive eCharged.
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BMW needs YOU for electric car trial
Green Cars News
MAY 11, 2010
Interested in being among the first to drive one of the most hotly anticipated electric cars? The BMW Group has started to accept applications for drivers that want to participate in the MINI-E trial in Munich as part of a joint project with Siemens and [.]. Well, you could be – at least if you live in Munich.
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BMW announces new battery research project
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
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. The MINI E (pictured top) and the BMW ActiveE (pictured b[.].
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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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Enter BMW — with Carbon Fiber
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 12, 2010
2009 BMW Concept ActiveE. BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. After which the car itself is then built at a third German plant, in Leipzig. BMW has not commented on the carbon footprint of transporting the materials across three continents and through five plants. New type of BMW.
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133 Motorists falling for the MINI E
Green Cars News
MARCH 17, 2010
Customers trailing the new electric MINI around the world don’t want to give them back- that’s what BMW’s chairman Norbert Reithofer told news agency Headline auto. Reithofer said: "Some drivers have told me they would love to keep their MINI E.
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BMW announces launch date of new electric car
Green Cars News
APRIL 22, 2010
The BMW Group has declared that its new Megacity Vehicle will be launched in 2013. The announcement was made by Norbert Reithofer, the chairman of the board of management for BMW AG, ahead of the Auto China 2010 show in Beijing. The Megacity will be the first series production electric drive model on the market and is [.].
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42 AC Propulsion signs electric vehicle drivetrain and battery pack supply contract with Beiqi Foton Motor
Green Car Congress
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. of Beijing.
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279 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 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 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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186 Multi-nation survey reports consumers want electric cars. Now.
Plugs and Cars
JANUARY 29, 2009
For years BMW disparaged electric cars, and poured money into liquid hydrogen ICE vehicles and promoted them ad nauseum. Yet it took BMW less than one year to make an electric car. A friend called me while behind the wheel of the MINI E last night and it is, not surprisingly, a hoot to drive.
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100 Electric cars: are we ready to switch? The Green Piece
Green Cars News
AUGUST 9, 2011
Has the time finally arrived for us to make the switch to electric cars? On one side of the equation, the BMW Group revealed the results of its MINI E trial across [.]. The Green Piece Column. The results of two studies, both revealed over the last week, offered deeply contrasting answers.
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First Electric Mini Delivered!
Plugs and Cars
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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100 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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