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2020 Mini Cooper SE urban electric car revives Mini E formula

Green Car Reports

The fully electric 2020 Mini Cooper SE will bring back everything early Mini pioneers loved about the company's first electric effort, the 2009 Mini E, in a more conventional, practical package. The biggest.

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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

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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Wally Rippel drives the Mini E

Revenge of the Electric Car

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 “Mini E,&# these fully-electric cars are just weeks from being deployed on the streets of Southern Californai, New York, and New Jersey.

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

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

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

Green Car Congress

The battery storage system electrified by BMW i is sized so it can be placed in the basement or the garage of a detached house, where the stored energy can either be used for electrically-operated devices in the home or for charging the battery of an electric car. BMW i 360° Electric. ChargeForward.

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Electric Minis only weeks away from delivery

Plugs and Cars

Four hundred fifty electric Minis will hit the road in the next few weeks in California, New York and New Jersey. The leasees, who will have the car for one year, are chomping at the bit. Bill Nye the science guy will put aside his gas-guzzling Prius for twelve months. Tags: bmw mini e ev1.

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How Ford got back in the EV game

Plugs and Cars

Ford has done it's share of electric cars, including the Ranger EV and Th!nk nk City that were its ZEV mandate cars in the '90s. Of course Ford needed some plan to deal with last year's high gas prices. Of course all this electric car hoo-ha bubbled back to the surface with last year's gas prices, now receded.

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