This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
The BMW Group today issued a statement in response to published reports that have incorrectly stated that the size of the fleet of BMW ActiveEs ( earlier post ) that will be deployed during the BMW Group’s second-phase field trial in the US will be limited to 200 vehicles. Let me reassure you that nothing could be further from the truth.
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 MINIE automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.
The MINIE. As the second half of the twelve-month MINIE 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 MINIE is a two-seat development of the MINI Hatch.
Components of the MINIE powertrain. BMW handed over forty electric MINIE 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 MINIE.
BMW is focusing on lightweight materials for the vehicle, given the pivotal role weight plays in the range achievable by electrically driven vehicles. The BMW Group has been gathering insights into the day-to-day use of electric vehicles since mid-2009, when it launched a global field test involving more than 600 MINIE models.
The BMW Group released the data from the MINIE field trial in the UK. MINIE Trial in numbers. 40 MINI Es. The MINIE. The MINIE is a two-seat development of the familiar MINI Hatch, powered by a 204hp electric motor that also generates 220 N·m of torque. Earlier post.)
Smart will be launching a test fleet of 250 electric cars in selected areas, including: Portland, San Jose, Indianapolis, Orlando, and the Washington, D.C. Read more in the article: Smart to Launch Test Fleet of Electric Cars. It would have a projected range of 82 miles and would be limited to 62.5 – Boston Corridor.
Use of the combustion engine provides a minimum additional range of 400 kilometers (249 miles), which is in line with the driving profile of Chinese customers in the premium segment, BMW says. The worldwide MINIEfleet trial was extended to China at the beginning of the year, involving the sites of Beijing and Shenzhen.
The BMW Concept ActiveE follows the all-electric MINIE as the second large-scale electric vehicle test program to be conducted in the hands of interested customers. The field tests with the MINIE as part of Project i in the US and Europe have already provided insights into the demands required of future production electric vehicles.
Ongoing field tests involving more than 600 MINIE cars, including 450 in the US, have already provided knowledge about the demands on future electrically powered production vehicles. A fleet of more than 1000 BMW ActiveE vehicles will provide further valuable insights into the everyday use of the vehicle.
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. Intensive use of this recuperation of energy via the motor also results in a range increase of up to 20%. Earlier post.)
BMW says it is situated to branch into complementary electric vehicle markets because of its experience with the MINIE and ActiveE field trials. DriveNow is currently available in San Francisco, with a fleet of 100% BMW ActiveE vehicles. HOME CHARGING. BMW i Charging Station. ASSISTANCE SERVICES. ConnectedDrive.
The project will include 15 Nissan cars, 10 Smith electric taxis, five Smith people carriers, a Smith executive minibus, two AVID saloon cars and two Liberty urban Range Rovers, alongside a network of charging points. MINIE Research Project. Ford Focus Battery Electric Vehicle. London South East Bid.
The #2 US automaker has made a few plug-in hybrid Escape Hybrids that have been in a test fleet at Southern California Edison for about 18 months. As with the BMW MINIE , what is stunning, if not surprising, is how quickly a decent fully electric vehicle can be put on the road.
BMW conducted fleet trials as part of its research activities into electric mobility, collecting valuable experience with the MINIE and BMW ActiveE. This successful testing principle will also underpin a fleet trial for highly automated driving in 2015. Wearable gear.
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. second range. Click here to see more photos of the BMW MINIE. ].
The BMW MiniE has hit the streets. Barely one year ago, word surfaced that an electric Mini was in the works. In June about 500 cars were placed in consumer and fleet hands in Los Angeles and New York and New Jersey for what BMW calls a " field trial." They produced a small fleet for the Munich Olympics in 1972.
Everyone’s all excited that Ford just turned a profit, but they’re doing it with a fleet of uninspired crappy cars that they practically have to give away. When’s your affordable EV that gets 1oo mile range on a quick charge Ford? You might as well call most of the cars they’re selling “future clunkers.&#
It’s in fleet lease use in Japan already and I have confidence they’ll be producing them and selling them to actual people. Same truth of engineers who have actually talked to real drivers is in evidence with the BMW Mini-E. Another thing happening right now is the Plug-In movement addressing fleet vehicles.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 5,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content