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BMW mull lengthening Mini E lease times

There are reasons to criticize the Mini E leases that BMW is offering – for example, that BMW is using the program to game CARB's Zero Emission Vehicle credit system – but one of the undeniable problems on the ground was some trouble with slow home charging. Because of the trouble with some home chargers at the start of the program, the manager of Mini electric vehicle operations and strategy, Richard Steinberg, told Car and Driver that BMW is considering extending the leases. There are two reasons an extension would be good for ... Read more →

VIDEO: Jay Leno's Garage welcomes the MINI E Jeremy Korzeniewski

Jay Leno is no stranger to electric vehicles, having owned or driven EVs as wide ranging as the 1909 Baker Electric to the Vectrix motorscooter, Zero X motorcycle and the Tesla Roadster. The ...

MINI E delayed? Not exactly, but it is perhaps too popular Jeremy Korzeniewski

The new MINI E is proving once again that there is a significant pent up demand for electric vehicles. Apparently, BMW is grappling with roughly 1,800 applicants and only 450 cars to deliver. ...

BMW to use MINI E platform for future electrics Jeremy Korzeniewski

We've spent plenty of time going over the design of the new MINI E electric car since it was formally unveiled at the LA Auto Show. We've been inside, underneath and even behind the steering ...

Revealed: Electric MINI E Jeremy Korzeniewski

We've known for a little while now that BMW would be introducing an electric version of its iconic MINI, and now we have the photo proof as Autocar has taken the wraps off the new electric car. ...

MINI EV won't come with lithium ion batteries? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We won't have any official details on what will be powering the electric MINIs that we know will be prowling the streets next year until the vehicle is unveiled at the LA Auto Show later this year. That doesn't mean that we can't all speculate until then, right? We've seen spy shots of test ...

MINIs in very tight supply, diesel on the way 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-res gallery of the MINI Cooper D It looks like it will be even harder to get your hands on a MINI Cooper than ever before. Sales of the diminutive little hatch have been hot so far this year, as MINI had just a four day supply of unsold vehicles on hand at the close of June. ...

Electric MINI will be in US customer hands in summer 2009! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the MINI for a high res gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Electric_MINI_to_arrive_on_American_roads_in_Summer_2009'; At a breakfast meeting with MINI USA VP Jim McDowell this morning he was asked to elaborate on recently announced plans for a battery powered MINI. McDowell ...

Want to see electric MINIs in your state? Sign the petition. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Want an electric MINI? Click above to sign the petition online. Awesome! BMW will be converting MINI's from gas to electric drive! Oh, wait... the vehicles sill be sold only in California? And the number is capped at five-hundred regardless of how many people actually want one? Yes, and that is not ...

500 electric Minis coming to California 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Although there may be a very small number of BMW's Mini on American roads that have already been converted by individuals or aftermarket folks to run on electricity, now the factory is going to get in the game itself. Five-hundred Minis will come off the line in Oxford, England sans drivetrain. The ...


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