MINI
On their Facebook page, MINI reveals today some interesting sketches of a concept coming to the Paris Motor Show. The MINI Scooter E is essentially an electric scooter operated by two-wheels. The MINI E Scooter…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 10, 2010
MINI
After a year of gathering field experience with the MINI E pilot in Germany, it is time for an interim conclusion. With 15 electrically driven MINI vehicles, the Munich field test was the smallest one…
Horatiu Boeriu / August 19, 2010
MINI
MINI is planning to have heaps of fun at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed from July 1st to 4th. Apart from displaying the full range of the current MINI models, the quintessentially British MINI…
Horatiu Boeriu / June 20, 2010
MINI
A month ago, the MINI E Race became the first electrically-powered vehicle to tame the legendary Nürburgring-Nordschleife at race speed. Now the BMW Group is about to repeat this tour de force before the massed…
Horatiu Boeriu / May 14, 2010
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Modified race-spec MINI E completes a lap of the legendary 20.8 km “Green Hell
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: April 13, 2010
MINI
The BMW Group today announced at the Washington Auto Show the first results from a comprehensive study conducted in cooperation with the University of California (UC Davis) and consumers leasing MINI E electic vehicles as…
Horatiu Boeriu / January 31, 2010
MINI
On 13 December 2009 at MINI’S Oxford plant, forty electric MINI E cars were handed over to their test drivers, who are all members of the public. This marks the start of two consecutive six-month…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 15, 2009
Test Drives
Speaking of BMW’s with electric motors and hybrids, we thought it might be a good time to revisit one of BMW’s most notable hybrids – the MINI E. We’ve already tried it once before when…
Andrew / November 19, 2009
MINI
The MINI E has just received a huge endorsement from the City of New York. BMW Group will loan a fleet of 10 MINI E electric zero-emissions cars to the City of New York for its…
Horatiu Boeriu / January 17, 2009
MINI
BMW and Vattenfall, the Swedish electricity company, announced a new set of test drives that will take place in Berlin in Q1 2009. The joint project is being sponsored by Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for the…
Horatiu Boeriu / November 30, 2008
MINI
One of the LA Auto Show’s main attraction was the worldwide debut of the first electric car manufactured by BMW under the Mini brand. The Mini E, short for electric, is powered by a lithium-ion…
Horatiu Boeriu / November 28, 2008