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
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
City of New York to use MINI E electric vehicles
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: 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
Test Drives
The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show was not just a big event for BMW fans, but also Mini nuts. BMW released the new, fully electric, 156 mile range, Mini E. The presentation was a big…
Josh / November 21, 2008
Auto Shows
If there is one thing that impressed me the most when it came to the Mini E, it was the absolute silence as BMW’s Board Member Dr. Klaus Draeger and the Deputy Mayor of…
Horatiu Boeriu / November 19, 2008
Others
Just a couple of weeks ago, BMW has unveiled their first electric car, coming from their Mini brand, E. A couple of weeks ago, we announced that 490 of these cars will be leased to…
Horatiu Boeriu / November 5, 2008
MINI
We don’t usually cover news on the other BMW owned brand, the Mini, but we couldn’t pass on these latest new. Mini E, short for electric, was featured on our blog in July, when we…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 19, 2008