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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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

BMW of North America has announced the partnerships and programs comprising its 360° Electric portfolio. BMW is currently the only automotive manufacturer offering this comprehensive a plan for consumers to cover their individual electric mobility needs beyond their vehicles. BMW i Charging Station. BMW i Charging Station.

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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). Around 20 users will also be able to take advantage [.].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

The BMW Brilliance plug-in hybrid concept. BMW Group and its Chinese joint venture partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. have presented a concept plug-in hybrid sedan based on the long wheelbase version of the BMW 5 Series Sedan. This also applies to field testing of the BMW ActiveE. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

BMW of North America and Coulomb Technologies announced that drivers of the BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will be able to take advantage of the expansion of the ChargePoint Network into the Boston Metro area. The BMW ActiveE is the BMW Group’s next step towards a mass-produced electric vehicle.

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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. customer to take delivery of a BMW ActiveE, the first of a fleet of 700 BMW 1-Series sedans converted. Now Moloughney has moved up in the electric-car world.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2011

BMW ActiveE. The BMW ActiveE ( earlier post ) will be available for lease in the metropolitan markets of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, New York and Boston as well as the state of Connecticut beginning in Fall 2011 for $499 per month for 24 months with a down payment $2,250. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Siemens is building up a fleet of 100 electric vehicles for use and testing by employees. The latter project is taking place in the Munich model region and is run in cooperation with BMW and the Munich municipal utility company SWM. Siemens EV. Click to enlarge. Siemens is also involved in a number of other pilot projects such as Harz.EE-mobility

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2014

BMW selected the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014 in Las Vegas as a venue at which to preview future developments and new applications of connected vehicle technology for series-produced vehicles. This successful testing principle will also underpin a fleet trial for highly automated driving in 2015. Automated driving.

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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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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Feedback from the first trials of the Mini E has been released, as the carmaker embarks on a second six month trial of its electric model. The BMW-owned carmaker begins the second half of the twelve month testing this week, with private individuals and company fleets recruited within the UK to take part in the [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 23, 2009

So what better to persuade the driving public that a car that you plug in can actually be fun to drive than an electric Mini, one of the most popular cars on the road today. Mini E consumer car reviews Mini E lease prices Mini E new and nearly new. Read the full Mini E road test.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 9, 2010

Following incorrect reports that BMW’s ActiveE trial would be limited to 200 vehicles, the BMW Group has issued a statement in response. According to BMW, the exact size of the fleet has not yet been determined but it will be at least as large as the MINI E fleet that consists of 450 MINI Es on [.].

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Green Car Congress

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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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. Tags: Test Fleets Smart USA. By MIKE RAMSEY.

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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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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 5, 2009

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. Keep in mind that BMW has no plans to actually make this car, they’re just testing it in Southern California to “gather data.&#. Really Ford?

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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. AC Propulsion's 0-60mph in 3.6 second li-ion powered tzero.

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Green Car Congress

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. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). hours at 50 amps.

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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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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 17, 2009

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. It’s happening. New production electric cars are being delivered at a rate of 100 per month. Then, everyone on this list can get one.

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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. The MINI E.

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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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

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. Funding provided by the Technology Strategy Board is supporting a 12 month field trial of 40 MINI E models.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2011

The BMW Group released the data from the MINI E field trial in the UK. The early findings have already informed the development of the 2011 BMW ActiveE car, a four-seat car based on the BMW 1 Series Coupe, but the biggest beneficiary will be the BMW i3, the first purpose-built EV from the BMW Group, set for launch in 2013.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

The BMW Concept ActiveE. BMW has introduced the Concept ActiveE, the latest electric vehicle project under BMW Group’s initiative to produce vehicles that explore solutions to minimize environmental impacts while preserving the kinetic driving experience for which BMW has long been known—the i Megacity Vehicle initiative.

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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. Other automakers are also proceeding cautiously. The third phase will be released around 2015.

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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. Too bad BMW isn’t planning on building and selling this car for real.

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