During the whole trial, drivers covered over a quarter of a million miles, offering valuable e feedback to the project consortium and UK Government. The final results of the MINI E UK study will be released this summer.
These findings will ultimately be used in the engineering and infrastructure support of mass-produced electric vehicles and establish the social and economic issues and aspects of running an electric car.
‘“The primary focus of the BMW Group Project i is electro mobility. All information generated during the MINI E field trials is being incorporated into the ongoing development and refinement of our first purpose built production car, the Megacity Vehicle BMW i3, due for launch in 2013. So far, we have gathered over 7 million miles of knowledge,” Head of E-Mobility Innovation Projects at BMW Group, Julian Weber, said at the hand back event.
The 40 MINI Es will remain in the UK and will be used in a small number of commercial partnerships. They will also be used at consumer and corporate events as well as in partnerships with government and industry stakeholders.
“The preliminary result from the MINI E trial demonstrate the positive experiences recorded by some of the 40 trial participants. This is very encouraging news and will hopefully set the tone for the remaining consortia as they begin to capture and analyse their own data,” said Iain Gray, Chief Executive of Technology Strategy Board. “The culmination of this data marks a major milestone on the road towards electrification of UK vehicles, and takes us a step closer to reaching our carbon emission reduction targets of 80 per cent by 2050.”
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