Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

Working with a group of nearly 100 BMW i3 drivers, selected from approximately 400 applicants, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to optimizing electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership. Managed charge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

Ongoing field tests involving more than 600 MINI E cars, including 450 in the US, have already provided knowledge about the demands on future electrically powered production vehicles. Following the MINI E, the BMW ActiveE is the BMW Group’s second electric vehicle made available to consumers. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

Working with a select group of BMW i3 drivers, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to improved electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership. EV battery “second life” system using MINI E vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2009

The first output of project i was the MINI E, which is currently in a large-scale field trial with about 600 vehicles in the US, UK, and Germany. The MINI E is powered by a drive system and battery pack from AC Propulsion. Data resulting from the trials will be used in the development of the Megacity vehicle, BMW said.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

Connecting charging stations to the Smart Grid will enable utilities and consumers to intelligently manage the charging load, keeping costs low and reduce the need to build additional generation capacity. ClipperCreek also provides chargers to power Mercedes, GM and Nissan vehicles.

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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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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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2011

The Pikes Peak AC-180 motor, rated at 268 hp (200 kW) at 6000-7000 rpm and 258 lb-ft (350 N·m) of torque from zero to 5000 rpm, is a high-performance version of the AC Propulsion AC-150 motor found in the BMW MINI E. The PEU also allows vehicles to charge up to 18kW, where the current crop of EVs is charging at 3kW.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

BMW says it is situated to branch into complementary electric vehicle markets because of its experience with the MINI E and ActiveE field trials. Bosch certified electricians will perform a no cost, in-home consultation and full installation services, backed by a Bosch warranty and ongoing technical support. HOME CHARGING.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

BMW developed innovative solutions that utilize the existing vehicle communication system both to create value for customers and to help optimize the electric grid through demand response, which improves grid reliability, lowers costs and helps the environment by incentivizing customers to reduce usage during periods of high peak demand.

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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. Each EV will replace a gas burner, thereby reducing the pollution we all breathe and the demand for oil which will keep the costs down for all of us. It’s happening.

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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

AUGUST 13, 2013

Although the improvement of batteries is a major focus of development for reducing the cost and improving the efficiency of electric drive vehicles, improvements in electric traction drives (motor, power electronics, transmission, thermal management) also play a critical role. The result is a steep increase in the production costs.

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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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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 29, 2009

There is an existing market for electric vehicles, especially among those who can afford the extra cost of limited-production new technology vehicles. A friend called me while behind the wheel of the MINI E last night and it is, not surprisingly, a hoot to drive. The only problem? There are no cars for sale.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 5, 2009

Nissan is about to drink GM’s milkshake with a breakthrough, affordable, next generation electric car that will be beat the Chevy Volt to market, cost half as much and work twice as well. I have seen the future and it is a new car electric car from Nissan. Plus it looks ten times cooler.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 3, 2009

The company hopes to produce a battery pack for around €350 by 2015 - that’s around two thirds of the current cost. Its first output was the MINI E, which is currently undergoing a large scale field trial in the US, the UK and Germany.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 3, 2010

Fully funded, the ChargePoint America program would cost $37 million, with some of the shortfall for the actual station installations being addressed, the organizers hope, through state and local grants.&#. We’re excited about being in New York, because aside from the Mini E program and the Tesla Roadster, it hasn’t seen much E.V.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

The total cost of the plant will exceed $100 million, and some 80 jobs are expected to result. The first was the two-seat Mini E, of which 600 examples are on test in the U.S., Why put the plant in North America, you might ask? Cells come from a joint venture of German parts maker Bosch and Korean conglomerate Samsung.

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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. MINI E Trial in numbers. 40 MINI Es. cost to charge over 6 mos: £60, less than 2p per mile. The MINI E. Earlier post.) 138 drivers (32 women 106 men). 258,105 miles. 33,345 journeys. 80,282 kWh electricity. hours at 32 amps.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2014

BMW conducted fleet trials as part of its research activities into electric mobility, collecting valuable experience with the MINI E and BMW ActiveE. These trials produced important pointers for the ongoing development of electric mobility, and the new BMW i3 is the first model to benefit from these findings.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 17, 2009

Both ministers drove a MINI E electric car at the event as they announced plans to support motorists by providing help worth £2000-£5000 towards buying their first electric or plug-in hybrid car when they hit the showrooms. And what better time to do this than in the year we celebrate the 50th birthday of MINI.

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2009

MINI has proudly showcased its Oxford-built MINI E electric car which is being trialled in the US market; while Lotus has helped develop the new Tesla Roadster – an electric sports car that will also debut in the North American market. What’s more is that Britain’s car industry has a reputation for producing “gas guzzlers”.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

27 specifically targets the urban city environment via a novel manufacturing process (iStream, earlier post ) developed by consortium lead partner Gordon Murray Design, it aims to significantly reduce lifecycle impacts and enable low cost, efficient manufacture within the UK. The lightweight iFrame geometry in the T.27 million (US$2.4-million)

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

Same truth of engineers who have actually talked to real drivers is in evidence with the BMW Mini-E. Fleet vehicles typically get crappy mileage and cost the fleet owners too much money in fuel and maintenance. Too bad BMW isn’t planning on building and selling this car for real.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 24, 2009

Given the much lower production costs in China, the first Chinese company to pass American certification could place an EV on the market in the US that would cost a consumer under $20,000 (after incentives.) That would be a game changer. Can I charge my new EV here?

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