May 24, 2012

MINI E takes on the Nurburgring +video

The MINI-E Nurburgring

BMW has taken a lightened MINI E for a blat round the Nurburgring and returned a time of 9m 51.45s and a top speed of 116mph. Roll out the dancing girls. I know, you’re rather more used to us bringing you video of something like the Nissan GT-R tackling the Nurburgring and aiming to clock [...]

MINI E – the testers are ‘Mostly Happy’

BMW are reporting that the lessees of the MINI E are reporting a positive response and are ‘Mostly Happy’ with the electric MINI. I know, we’ve run stories on how the lessees of the MINI Es running around at their expense to evaluate the car for BMW have had more than a gripe or two about the [...]

MINI at the Detroit Motor Show – Video trailer

MINI is previewing the MINI stars of the Detroit Motor Show (NAIAS) in a trailer for the auto show which starts next week. Next week sees the start of the 2010 Detroit Motor Show – the first big Motor Show of the season. And there will be lots of new stuff – and some not [...]

MINI E – Poor cold weather performance

Testers of the MINI E in the US are reporting cold weather range of a little over 50 miles and poor cold weather traction and handling. We’ve had our moans about BMW using public Guinea Pigs to develop the MINI E. We understand that bringing a new technology to market takes time and a huge [...]

MINI E Test – a bit of a flop?

MINI has had a very muted response in its quest to find people to pay to test the MINI E Electric car. Just 515 applied. Having reported earlier on Ford looking for testers for the Focus BEV, we thought it might be interesting to have a bit of a dig around and see what sort [...]

MINI E – be a UK tester

The MINI E - testers are 'Mostly Happy'

It’s nine months since we reported that MINI were going to let the public shake out any problems in the MINI E by leasing them out in small numbers to ‘Field Testers. Initially the plan was to do this in the States and Germany, but MINI has thrown the UK in to the mix, and [...]

Mini E Hits Europe

Mini E Hits Europe

BMW has decided that as well as running a heap of Mini Es (Electric Vehicles – EV) in California, New York and New Jersey, it is going to do the same in Europe – supplying 50 Mini E to motorists in Berlin, as well as the 500 in the US. The Mini E is by [...]