Green Car Congress
JUNE 21, 2016
The battery storage system also includes a voltage converter and power electronics to manage the energy flow between renewable energy sources, the house interface, and the Li-Ion high-voltage battery from the BMW i3. In 2011, batteries which were previously used in the MINI E test fleet were successfully implemented in a stationary project.
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.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 19, 2011
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. Unlike the MINI E, the BMW ActiveE features a distinctive “intermediate position” of the accelerator pedal, allowing the vehicle to “glide”.
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.
Green Car Congress
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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