MINI E to Get the Axe, Coupe to Arrive This Fall
14 Jan 2011, 19:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There’s some thing we like to see MINI build, and some thing we really don’t. One is the production version of the Coupe/Roadster concept and the other is the electric car called MINI E....
BMW Teases Plans for China
10 Jan 2011, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer BMW got a visit last week from the Vice-Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang. A visit which, for all intents and purposes, was the per...
BMW Wants to Sit and Watch Market Reactions to EVs
16 Dec 2010, 12:55 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / While most automakers seem to follow the eco-mobility trend, some remain skeptical about whether the market is ready for EV adoption or not. BMW, launching its electric car program in 2013, said it ...
AC Schnitzer MINI E Police Car
1 Dec 2010, 13:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / AC Schnitzer has offered us an interesting cocktail, as the company has presented a tuned vehicle based on the Electric MINI at this year’s Essen Motor Show, with the project using a police ca...
MINI Bringing Star Drivers to RAC Challenge
4 Nov 2010, 15:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This weekend, the UK will once again demonstrate its potential as an eco-vehicle promoter, as the country will hold the RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge this week-end.This is a competitio...
Prince Leopold of Bavaria to Drive the MINI E Race
12 May 2010, 13:13 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After the race-spec version of the standard MINI E was tested on the 20.8 km Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit one month ago, German carmaker BMW announced today the MINI E Race edition wil...
BorgWarner Expands Its Electric Cabin Heater Business
3 May 2010, 13:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The adoption of more efficient vehicles brings multiple changes to the automotive industry, as the high efficiency vehicles feature a different energy cycle, having a special components requirement....
BMW Joins Germany’s Platform for E-Mobility
3 May 2010, 12:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following the launch of the “national platform for electromobility” by German Chancellor Angela Merkel today, BMW announced it will actively get involved in the process, mostly by provid...
South Coast Plaza Gets Coulomb ChargePoint
22 Apr 2010, 10:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The first shopping center in the United States to install the ChargePoint networked charging stations for Electric Vehicles is South Coast Plaza. Located in the underground parking structure, the Co...
MINI E UK Test Drivers Needed
14 Apr 2010, 08:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The UK MINI E customer testing program is about to enter its second phase, with the company searching for 20 participants, as the first set of “pioneers” will hand back the 20 electric M...
MINI E Race Edition Goes Through Green Hell
13 Apr 2010, 07:24 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Driven by former DTM racing driver Thomas Jäger, the modified race-spec version of the standard MINI E completed a lap of the 20.8 km Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit (also dubbed the...
The Electric MINI Love...
18 Mar 2010, 15:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The electric version of the MINI is proving to be quite a hit in the countries in which the car is currently undergoing customer testing, with some of those leasing the cars telling BMW they would r...
MINI E New Cabin Heater Developed by BorgWarner
17 Feb 2010, 09:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / BorgWarner has worked with BMW to develop a new generation of electric cabin heater BERU system, which is destined for the MINI E. Rental MINI Es in the U.S., UK, Germany and other vehicles have ...
BMW Shows MINI E Study Results
28 Jan 2010, 08:58 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The MINI E has been around for a while and it is BMW’s response to the electric vehicle hysteria. The automaker leased the electric vehicle as part of a study, hoping that after a year the dri...
Sebastian Cow Took a Test Drive in the MINI E
15 Jan 2010, 16:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Two-time Olympic champion Sebastian Coe recently enjoyed a visit at the BMW Group, accompanied by Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Sales and Marketing. Coe, who is also Ch...
MINI E Preliminary Test Results
6 Jan 2010, 15:38 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The MINI E is an all-electric vehicle produced by MINI. The car was launched in November 2008 and was leased since spring 2009 to people living in California, New York, New Jersey, Berlin, London an...
MINI Announces Lineup for 2010 NAIAS
4 Jan 2010, 09:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After sometime last month BMW detailed the models which will be seen at the 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), it is now MINI’s turn to present its lineup for the upcoming ev...
How the MINI E Lost to Cold and Ice
29 Dec 2009, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The acclaimed avalanche-to-come of electric vehicles, most with pretty good performance levels (read range) received a serious dent from Dr. Lyle Dennis, a lucky man who managed to lease a MINI E fr...
First NY Solar-Powered EV Charging Station, Ready
16 Dec 2009, 10:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New York's first solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station is ready to receive the EV, as Beautiful Earth Group (BE), the owner of the station, announced the completion of the build....
Gordon Brown Welcomes the MINI E...
16 Dec 2009, 07:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The UK Government received yesterday the keys to a MINI E electric vehicle, to be used as part of BMW's testing program by British ministers. The MINI E, one of the fleet of 40 such vehicles to...