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The gents over at Autocar set out on a mission that would've been all but impossible a few years back. The mission: drive across England in an electric car with nothing but a length of electrical cord. Seemed simple enough, but the task of ...

The adorable, yet not entirely practical, Mini E was one of the the first electric vehicles (EVs) produced by a major automaker to grace our roads. Unfortunately, it may also be Mini's last attempt at an electric ever, or at least for a good ...

BMW has handled its Mini E test program quite differently in the United States and Europe and at least one British test driver isn't happy. In America, people who signed up for the program were given one-year leases at the start of the program ...

Mini made a bold decision to offer its electric prototype to consumers for a year-long trial. Sure, there were a few issues here and there, but the overall experience was reportedly quite enjoyable. As BMW gets ready to mass produce electric ...

It seems that most of the Mini E drivers in the U.S – who are paying $850 a month to lease the all-electric prototype vehicles – really love their vehicles. This is what we hear from the drivers themselves and from BMW. While U.S. ...

The 13-mile long Nürburgring-Nordschleife is one of the most treacherous race tracks in the world, even on the best of days. Taking it on in the fog seems like a recipe for disaster. Nonetheless, that's exactly what a BMW engineering ...

So, how many miles can you put on an electric vehicle (EV) in eight months? If you're Mini E driver Tom Moloughney, the correct answer is more than 21,000. Moloughney, who owns a restaurant in New Jersey and drives back and forth in his Mini E ...

BMW released some of the findings of a study conducted with University of California – Davis yesterday about how participants in the Mini E test program adapted to their small electric vehicles (EVs). The BMW message was ...

On the same day that BMW released the results of a study conducted by University of California - Davis on driver's experiences with the Mini E, the New York Times takes another look at the disappointing cold weather performance experienced by ...

When the BMW launched the Mini E lease program a year ago, many potential drivers were dissappointed that they would only get to drive the cars for 12 months. Today at the Detroit Auto Show, Mini USA announced an extension to the program and ...