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.
Revenge of the Electric Car
MARCH 12, 2009
Stefano Paris at the November 19th, 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show unveiling of the MINI E. If you’ve been following the BMW MINI E program unveiled officially on November 19th, 2008 at the Los Angeles Auto Show you’ll know the process for being selected as a potential MINI E driver is a multistep one.
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
BMW Group and Vattenfall have started a new research project on the secondary use of high-voltage EV batteries using batteries from the MINI E and the BMW ActiveE as stationary power storage.
Creative Greenius
AUGUST 12, 2009
The Greenius checking out the J1772 connector plug for the BMW Mini-E with Mini-E driver and EV advocate Stefano Paris. He charges his Mini-E it from the power his rooftop solar system generates. His own EV runs on sunshine from the solar panels on his roof.
Green Car Congress
JULY 31, 2012
As of May 2012, ActiveE drivers can install solar panels on their homes for a discount of approximately 35%. The feedback from customers testing the MINI E and the BMW ActiveE will be fed directly into series production of the BMW i3. 700 BMW ActiveEs are on the road in the US, mostly in private hands.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 21, 2016
This system can enable energy produced from solar panels to be used more efficiently. In 2011, batteries which were previously used in the MINI E test fleet were successfully implemented in a stationary project. This approach minimizes energy waste, effectively reducing energy costs on a day-to-day basis.
Creative Greenius
MAY 23, 2009
But first – Our Top Stories This Weekend : Greenius May 6 Scoop on Manhattan Beach Selection as EV Mini E Test City Confirmed By Print Media – Only Two Weeks Later. The key to Manhattan Beach scoring the EVs was Councilman Richard Montgomery’s personal contacts with the Mini E decision makers.
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