MINI News
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Mini plans to make just 999 Cooper SE Convertibles for Europe. Is America a possibility?
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One of the cheapest US-market EVs now starts $4,325 higher due to supply-chain woes
The base-model $30,750 Mini Cooper SE is on an indefinite hiatus due to supply-chain issues, but you can still order one of the upper-trim versions.
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Affordable electric convertibles: Could Mini be working on one?
A Cooper SE Convertible could be a great niche electric vehicle and a minimalist effort, aimed at evening cruises and quick blasts out on country roads.
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2023 Mini Cooper SE holds the line on $30,750 price and 114-mile range
Like other Mini models, the Cooper SE gets standard Apple CarPlay for 2023, while its 114-mile range carries over.
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Mini Recharged is converting classic Minis to EVs with "bespoke upcycling" program
Each conversion includes a 90-kw (120-horsepower) motor and 6.6-kw onboard charger, and original engines are marked and stored.
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Mini is developing its Urbanaut electric van: A rival to electric VW Bus?
Mini has confirmed that it's developing a production vehicle based on its Urbanaut electric van concept; look out VW ID.Buzz.
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Embracing a stripped-down and minimalist approach could help Mini make a more sustainable EV that delivers more with less.
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Mini Urbanaut electric van concept gets a step closer to reality
The Mini brand is going all-electric by the mid 2030s. Could this be one of the models that makes getting there an adventure?
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2022 Mini Cooper SE efficiency and range boost: Now 114 miles EPA
A retest of EPA ratings for the Cooper SE yields better results this time around—to a figure that's likely more than enough for the commute.
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2022 Mini Cooper SE preview: 110-mile “fun” EV gets a subtle update
Mini hasn't given the Cooper SE any more range for 2022, but it gets a bigger standard screen and downplays the yellow accents.
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$3,000 DIY electric Mini Cooper is a fun exception among conversions
With some used parts as well as some off-the-shelf ones, Rich Benoit built an electric Mini Cooper for less than $3,000, not counting very many labor hours.
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Kit can help convert any classic Mini to all-electric—but it's not cheap
The conversion kit and battery alone—not counting labor—could cost more than a brand-new Mini Cooper SE electric car.
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Mini says that it's making much of its range available as electric vehicles alongside gas and diesel, but it hasn't given a timeframe for the remake.
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First drive review: The 2020 Mini Cooper SE electric car realigns how I see EVs
We drove the new all-electric Mini Cooper SE around Downtown Denver to see how the future of Mini could be.
Aaron Cole -
Mini Cooper Hardtop to go electric, maybe get mini again
The combination of a fully electric powertrain and the modern Mini driving experience may come together yet.
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Report: Next-generation Minis to go all electric
According to a report, the next-generation Mini lineup will include just three vehicles and all will feature electric propulsion.
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Electric Mini Rocketman to take to Chinese city streets
Mini plans an all-electric car smaller than the Cooper SE, although it might not be available outside China, let alone the U.S.
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Polluters pay, 2020 Kia Soul EV, hydrogen internal combustion: Today's Car News
We had a first chance to drive the new 2020 Kia Soul EV. London's new pollution charge on older vehicles makes it really expensive to drive older cars into the city. And our latest Twitter poll asks what GM should do with the Volt name now that it no longer produces the car. All this and more on...
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What company will sell and manage installation of home chargers for new Audi e-tron electric models? Which engines were involved in the latest diesel emissions settlement? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Jan. 11, 2018. This week, we learned that, even as electric cars make up barely one percent of the global car market, sales of internal combustion engines may already be on the decline, with automakers' rising commitment to electric cars in the midst of a slowing overall car market worldwide. That was also the...
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2019 Nissan Leaf Plus, 2020 Mini Cooper S E, more fuel-cell semis: Today's Car News
Mini plans to revive its electric hatchback as a sporty electric model for the 60th anniversary of the original. New charging agreements aim to make charging easier and greener. And Toyota will build 10 more hydrogen fuel-cell powered semi-trucks for Los Angeles. All this and more on Green Car...
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2020 Mini Cooper S E: Speedy electric hatchback due for Mini's 60th birthday
As one of the pioneers of electric cars, Mini isn't content to build a more efficient, emissions-free version of its basic hatchback when it develops its first production electric car. Instead, it hopes to reimagine the electric car as a life-sized slot car that takes advantage of the electric...
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BMW readies battery factory for wave of coming electric vehicles
BMW announced last month it will significantly expand and overhaul a facility to produce batteries for electric cars at its factory in Dingolfing, Germany. The factory currently builds several BMW sedans and coupes, including plug-in versions of the 5- and 7-Series. The new battery assembly line in...
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Classic Mini converted to electric previews 2019 Mini E to come
With a new, all-electric Mini E set to arrive in dealerships in a year or less, BMW wants to highlight the idea of a Mini Cooper powered by batteries. That's what led it to display an "old Mini" converted to electric power at a reception before last week's New York auto show. Sadly, the car wasn't...
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Who sold 10,000 plug-in vehicles last month? (Not Tesla, Nissan, or Chevy)
When consumers think of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars, most likely conjure thoughts of Tesla, or perhaps Nissan with its Leaf and Chevrolet with its Volt and Bolt EV. However, none of those three brands managed to sell 10,000 plug-in cars during the month of September. That sales honor...
Sean Szymkowski