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Stefano Paris at the November 19th, 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show unveiling of the MINIE. If you’ve been following the BMW MINIE program unveiled officially on November 19th, 2008 at the Los Angeles Auto Show you’ll know the process for being selected as a potential MINIE driver is a multistep one.
BMW’s just held an event for the lessees of their MiniE at the Science Center, next to the University of Southern California, a really stellar venue when you consider the product they were showing. orders of magnitude faster than the 95 mph MiniE. This sleek, titanium marvel can travel at mach 3.2,
Among the panelists sat Richard Steinberg of BMW, where he leads battery electric vehicle programs in the US markets, including the MINIE 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.
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 MiniE fleet was meant to gather data ahead of the introduction of high-volume cars. Smart plans to start selling electric cars to the general public in 2012.
The web was buzzing last week with stories about BMW’s MINIE. 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 MINIE originated.
Teslas mostly, but the first BMW MINIE 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.
You’ll see AC Propulsion’s electric drive technology powering eBoxes , the Wrightspeed X1 , Tesla Roadsters , and mention of BMW’s electric MINIE. In January of 2001 he visited the legendary AC Propulsion of San Dimas, CA to meet Alan Cocconi and test drive ACP’s phenomenal tzero electric sports car.
The first was the two-seat MiniE, of which 600 examples are on test in the U.S., Cells come from a joint venture of German parts maker Bosch and Korean conglomerate Samsung. Early tests. To test components and gain real-world experience with EVs, BMW has produced two electric cars. Europe, and U.K.
While some are better known than others, the group is basically made up of three types of people: current or former EV drivers (EV1, RAV4, MiniE), industry veterans, and newer enthusiasts. …read the rest of her blog post here.
We’re excited about being in New York, because aside from the MiniE program and the Tesla Roadster, it hasn’t seen much E.V. The stations in the program are networked, with the ability to send “charging complete” or “charging interrupted” messages via text or e-mail message. action,” said Mr. Lowenthal. “We
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.
The automotive and green electric vehicle blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of the BMW MINIE 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 MINIE. ]. second range.
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. Dubbed the “MiniE,&# these fully-electric cars are just weeks from being deployed on the streets of Southern Californai, New York, and New Jersey.
I did however find it interesting to find out what the automakers had to promise on the EV front from BMW’s MINIE to Mitsubishi’s iMiEV. It did not have an exciting feel nor were there especially large crowds - especially at the American automaker booths. Our trip was almost over.
While Lowenthal ordered a Tesla, he has since opted for the MiniE, an all-electric Mini Cooper made by BMW. When Lowenthal decided to return to business full time, he said, it was a test ride of a Tesla in 2007 that got him thinking about EV charging stations as a prime business opportunity.
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