Mini E to Start Testing in Berlin
November 26, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
It seems like Berlin is getting all the alternative fuel vehicle action at the moment. As well as the big Opel Hydrogen test, Berlin is going to get 50 MINI E vehicles for testing. MINI has partnered with Swedish energy company Vattenfall so that the electricity powering these cars will be “certified green,” that is, produced from renewable sources of energy.
The test is set to start in April after the infrastructure has been put in place. The funding for the project is coming from the Technical University of Chemnitz, TU Berlin with scientific support from the Technical University of Ilmenau. The program also includes a look at how how the electricity demands of these cars is distributed, which allows Vattenfall Europe to manage the electric network to divert its “clean energy” that is obtained from wind turbines.
Mini seeks 500 drivers to lease electric car for a year
November 6, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Mini is recruiting 500 drivers in California, New York, and New Jersey to lease its electric car for a year.
MiniUSA.com has been offering a peek at the Mini E for the past two weeks, and 9,500 people have signed up for more information, says Trudy Hardy, Mini USA’s manager of marketing communications. Although the Mini E will take over the site in mid-November, marketing will still be low-key because “we don’t want to turn too many people away,” Hardy says. Read more
New Mini E Powered by AC Propulsion not Tesla
October 29, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
BMW will be leasing 500 Mini Es from dealers in New York, New Jersey and Southern California starting some time early in 2009. To be considered for one of these cars, you have to go to http://www.minispace.com/en_us/projects/electric-mini-e/ and sign up, but remember, they are only going to consider you if you live in one of the regions cited above. Read more
