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.
Classic Mini converted to electric previews 2019 Mini E to come
Green Car Reports
APRIL 2, 2018
With a new, all-electric Mini E set to arrive in dealerships in a year or less, BMW wants to highlight the idea of a Mini Cooper powered by batteries. That's what led it to display an "old Mini" converted to electric power at a reception before last week's New York auto show.
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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
MINI will present the new MINI Electric Concept design study at the IAA Cars 2017 show in Frankfurt am Main. Designed for use in urban areas, this concept car offers a window into how pure-electric day-to-day mobility might look in the years ahead. MINI will present an all-electric series-production model in 2019.
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Tesla Taxi, MINI E In Delaware, Carbon-Capturing Cars: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
JUNE 27, 2014
Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla Model S taxis (in Norway), the possibilities of carbon-capture technology for cars, and how to lease a 2009 MINI E in 2014. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The Carice Electric Sports Car is tiny and beautiful, but it''s also kind of expensive.
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Green Manhattan Beach Going Plug-In. Here Comes BMW’s Mini E!
Creative Greenius
MAY 6, 2009
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. Paul Scott of Plug-In America and Wally Rippel of AC Propulsion w/new Mini E (photo (c) Paul Scott).
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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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Mini E next month, Lunar Rover at 46, Ford Hub visit, Model 3 assessed: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 14, 2017
Today, a baffling visit in NYC, a tiny two-seat electric car for China, whether the Tesla Model 3 should really be dubbed "Car 2.0," and how does the Lunar Rover compare to a modern electric car? All this and more on Green Car Reports. As always, we ran down last week's top green-car news stories on Saturday.
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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. Like all the automakers, BMW dabbled in concept electric cars over the years. More money was probably spent advertising the car than went into the electric Mini program.
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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. The 450 lucky U.S.
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106 Mini E to return, Mercedes electric SUV driven, diesel NOx emissions bad, Karma redux: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
MAY 17, 2017
Today, two cars with plugs return—one luxury plug-in hybrid, and one all-electric minicar in a couple of years—plus grim news about diesel emissions, an ambitious electric motorcycle ride, a phone app for British electric-car drivers, and a scary IIHS video. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
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. Lasting six months and giving 62 members of the [.].
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Vattenfall contracts with BMW for up to 1,000 new 33 kWh Li-ion batteries this year for storage projects in wind farms
Green Car Congress
MARCH 28, 2017
Vattenfall will purchase the new batteries from the BMW plant in Dingolfing and use them in all storage projects. Other possible applications would be electricity storage in private households. In 2011, BMW Group and Vattenfall Europe began a project with the MINI E to optimize the charging strategy to the use of wind energy.
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150 MINI realigning model range with emphasis on electromobility; crossover & premium compact segments; and China
Green Car Congress
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. —Bernd Körber, Head of MINI.
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Creative Greenius is EV Driven
Creative Greenius
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
We are an on-line community of people who are passionate about Electric Vehicles and we’re not shy about it. So you can see that Climate Change , Environment , Standards , Solar and other such terms all relate heavily to Obama according to what people talk about. * Electric Car Blog. Electric Cars are for Girls.
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Learning To Drive In A Nissan Leaf: Video
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 14, 2012
Last year, Michael Thwaite wrote about the experience of teaching his daughter to drive in a MINI E. As he pointed out, the all-electric car made for a smooth ride, which helped cool his nerves and those of his daughter.
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96 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 to partner with Coulomb Technologies in Boston; Coulomb offering new cloud-based service plans, new dual-port charging stations
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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218 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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115 Greenius Weekend Update
Creative Greenius
MAY 23, 2009
And for the first time ever it’s an all green Fiesta Weekend in Hermosa! It’s because all the buses and generators involved in the Fiesta will be fueled with clean-burning biodiesel, made from used vegetable oil donated by local restaurants Patrick Molloy’s, Sangria, and Café Boogaloo. Bravo, Mr. Montgomery.
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User Results from First Phase of the MINI E Field Trial in the UK
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. The MINI E is a two-seat development of the MINI Hatch.
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UC Davis study highlights results of MINI E field trial in US; MINI E met 90% of daily driving needs
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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BMW announces partners and services for 360° Electric portfolio for BMW i drivers
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
BMW of North America has announced the partnerships and programs comprising its 360° Electric portfolio. Available in early 2014, 360° Electric is a portfolio of consumer-oriented offerings designed to overcome commonly perceived barriers to purchasing an electric vehicle. HOME CHARGING. BMW i Charging Station. PUBLIC CHARGING.
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Can the UK lead the green car charge? The Green Piece
Green Cars News
JULY 28, 2009
The UK has been an epicentre for drivers with a green conscience for many years. Last week, Nissan announced plans to make electric car batteries at its plant in Sunderland, creating 350 new jobs in the process (see ‘ Nissan to make electric car batteries at Sunderland plant ’). Now it seems that its efforts have been rewarded.
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BMW 5 Series Full Hybrid to Be Available Next Year; Hybridization of Further Series to Come
Green Car Congress
MAY 18, 2010
BMW presented the BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid—its first combination of a BMW straight-six with electric drive—at the Geneva show this year. If you don’t have a hybrid in your portfolio, soon you might not be selling any cars in Japan at all. —Dr. We can implement e-mobility today. ”. Earlier post.).
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BMW ActiveE available for leasing in US in Fall 2011
Green Car Congress
APRIL 19, 2011
The BMW ActiveE is the BMW Group’s next step towards a mass-produced electric vehicle. Within the framework of project i, the BMW Group is carrying out research and development work on the development of electrically powered vehicles. The maximum power output of the electric drive system is 170 hp (127 kW) while maximum torque of.
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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?
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.
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MINI Clubman S Hybrid Prototype Spied
Green Car Reports
JULY 8, 2010
We've already been treated to an all-electric version of the MINI in the form of the MINI E experimental vehicle, which from our initial drive we determined is far from ready for production, but a hybrid variant could be a much more viable option for the immediate future.
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70 UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2009
The majority of the vehicles are electric, with a small number being plug-in gasoline-electric hybrids. Modern electric cars offer power and bucket loads of torque. The consortium will develop and demonstrate 110 road-worthy vehicles to be trialed in the two cities over 12 months, 40 of which will be smart electric vehicles.
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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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61 Electric car trial participants express enthusiasm
Green Cars News
JUNE 25, 2009
Some of the participants in the UK Government’s electric car trial have expressed their enthusiasm at earning funding to be part of the scheme. “Smart has been conducting real-life trials of 100 electric cars with partner companies across the country since 2007,&# he said.
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39 Wanted: Electric MINI test drivers
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
MINI is on the hunt for willing test drivers to drive its electric MINI cars as part of a Government-backed scheme to get electric cars on the roads. 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.
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BMW begins Phase 2 of ChargeForward Program with PG&E to study advanced electric vehicle charging; results from Phase 1
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
In an effort to further understand and expand the possibilities of smart charging for electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), BMW of North America announced a second phase of its BMW ChargeForward program. Earlier post.) BMW ChargeForward pilot goals.
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150 BMW Project Megacity: Ultimate (Electric, Urban) Driving Machine?
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
BMW has now produced two electric cars: the two-seat Mini E, of which 600 examples are on test in the U.S., The company will launch an all-electric vehicle sometime "during the. Europe, and U.K., But these are just preludes.
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60 BMW selects lithium-ion battery supplier
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. It also wants to produce an energy density greater than 150Wh/kg for electric car applications - that’s a 30-40 per cent improvement within three years.
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BMW bringing 4-cylinder gasoline engines back to the US; more diesels to come
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 27, 2011
Vetter addressed the general architecture of Li-ion storage systems with active thermal management, electrical and electronic components, and additional peripheral equipment. After all in the US, even after fifteen years, hybrid vehicles still represent less than three percent of the market.
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199 BMW Delivers 40 Electric MINI E Cars for UK Trial
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.
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199 Guest blogger: Andrew Grin - From Kansas to LA
Revenge of the Electric Car
DECEMBER 1, 2008
Auto show and to tag along with the “Revenge of the Electric Car&# crew after winning an auction at the first Plug in America Fundraiser. The crew shot some interviews and we did a tour of the green renovation of Chris’s beautiful house. But I came to LA to glimpse the future, not dwell on the past.
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Mini Electric Concept revealed before Frankfurt auto show debut
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 30, 2017
We've known since last July that an all-electric Mini Cooper will go into production in 2019. The Mini Electric Concept is recognizable as the three-door hardtop version of the famous British small car, but numerous design.
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127 When Will EVs Hit Primetime?
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 17, 2010
old question for electric cars – When will electric cars make a real. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40. billion invested in 180 green-technology companies. Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40 percent of $1.9
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133 What is in the pipeline for plug-ins?
Green Cars News
JUNE 21, 2009
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are on their way with new innovations seemingly announced all the time. Plug In America has created a new website dedicated to keeping track of plug-ins, whether they are hybrids or pure electric vehicles. Some of the vehicles listed are questionable.
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36 BMW previews future driver assistance and connected vehicle developments at CES, including more automated driving
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 7, 2014
The car continues along the predetermined target line, but does not attempt to maintain a preset speed under all circumstances. The programmable electronic steering required to make this possible carries out targeted, rapid adjustments, and is fitted as standard on all current BMW cars.
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218 Electric car trial launches
Green Cars News
JUNE 23, 2009
A UK-wide trial of electric cars has been launched. Ministers gathered at London’s Guildhall this morning to unveil the range of electric and low carbon technology vehicles to be used in the trails. The majority of the vehicles to take part are electric, with a small number being plug-in petrol/electric hybrids and hydrogen cars.
Electric Mini officially confirmed by BMW CEO, also electric BMW X3
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 12, 2016
It's increasingly evident that BMW will offer all-electric versions of existing models, departing from its previous strategy of building dedicated plug-in models under the "i" sub-brand. The carmaker has said it would add all-electric versions of the next-generation X3 crossover, as well as an unspecified Mini model.
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BMW Group releases results of UK-supported EV trial
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 5, 2011
The BMW Group released the data from the MINI E field trial in the UK. MINI E Trial in numbers. 40 MINI Es. 80,282 kWh electricity. The MINI E. The MINI E is a two-seat development of the familiar MINI Hatch, powered by a 204hp electric motor that also generates 220 N·m of torque.
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