All-Electric MINI E Officially Revealed

Batteries make it a two-seater

All-Electric MINI E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI
All-Electric Mini E / MINI

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reyngel

Why are there ceiling handles behind the seats if there aren't back seats?

October 20, 2008 7:04 am

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afterace2

maybe you can ride on the batteries somehow ;)

October 20, 2008 8:40 am

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IpsesNipse

Probably cause its made from a normal Cooper. A bit weird that there is room for some Cooper S exhaust pipes as well.

October 20, 2008 8:40 am

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Bristol411S3

I assume there is some reason as they have seen fit to blank out the holes and delete the rear seat belts.

October 20, 2008 12:24 pm

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joelynn

It sounds great, except the lack of rear seats hampers its practicality a bit. 150 miles on a 2 1/2 hour charge sounds pretty good. That would allow you to refuel it at a motorway service area and have lunch and read a book or something and get 300 miles a day

October 20, 2008 7:16 am

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carbonsigma

Well it's not like those rear seats were really usable in the first place...

October 20, 2008 10:34 am

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radmeister

You would spend as much time charging as driving if you avg 60mph. But i doubt this car is meant for long road trips, in the city it would be great, get to work, charge it, run errands after work, get home and charge it for the next day. I am although curious how much electricity it needs to run that 150miles because as we all know electricity is not free. The audi A4 diesel avgs 3.9L/100km which is about 10.30$ for 150 miles.

October 20, 2008 10:33 am

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daviepops

Good point on the $ per distance ... but this car is surely a big step in the right direction even if it costs a little more to cover the same trip (specially if you live where the electricity is generated by enviro friendly hydro as it is where I come from) ... also I rarely use more than the two front seats and almost never travel in excess of 150 miles (241 km) in a day ... so for me this Mini E is a total winner

October 21, 2008 9:10 am

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mmr66

do you think it will be better than a g wizz?

October 20, 2008 10:39 am

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BabyMilo

dude anything is better than a g wizz

October 20, 2008 7:20 pm

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Blackeyes21

Cool Car

October 20, 2008 11:28 am

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wisp

The car is obviously going to be working on the same principle asa Prius. The last time i checeked the Toyota Prius is highly popular and the Audi A3 diesel doen't even come close to it on fuel consumption. So instead of criticising it, give it some credit as the whole motor indutry is moving in that direction too. The issue is this car is far environmentla friendly than the other 100% fuel driven cars, so unless they come up with cars that drive on CO2, then semi electric cars are the best option untill the day the y make cars that can go at 1 liter per 100km.

October 20, 2008 12:25 pm

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radmeister

Not really, you think electricity is made with no effects on the environment?? Let me tell you something, most power plants are 60% energy efficient, that means they burn fuel and return only 60% of the joules in the form of electricity the rest go off as other forms of energy. Now most of the world's electricity still comes from carbon based fuels which still produce NOx gases. In the BEST case scenario you can get 91% efficiency with a co-gen Siemens system where they piggy back a heat exchanger and a steam turbine to a gas turbine to recover some of the energy. So the best thing for the environment is a car that runs on gas and achieves over 91% energy efficiency.

October 20, 2008 9:12 pm

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BabyMilo

good idea, but loosing the rear seats is kinda a bad thing and somehow the styling looks different and im not to sure that i am fond of it...

October 20, 2008 7:19 pm

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muellr

ARE THEY SPONSORED BY "YELLOW STROM' THE POWER COMPANY IN GERMANY?

October 20, 2008 7:35 pm

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mmr66

hi guys i have exclusive spy photos of the new rolls royce phantom how can i send them to the editors of wcf can anyone tell me how this is my email mmr44444@hotmail.com

October 21, 2008 11:28 am

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