The MINI E has but received a huge endorsement from the City of New York. BMW Grouping will loan a fleet of 10 MINI E electric zero-emissions cars to the City of New York for its Lookout programme, Street Status Observation Unit.

The vehicle operators aid identify issues on New York Metropolis streets and define whether complaints logged into the Urban center's 311 phone organization are beingness adequately addressed.

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These 10 MINIs are part of the 500 electric vehicles deployed in the U.Southward. by BMW Group, as part of the special 1 year lease program that allows sure residents of NYC and California to drive them. First deliveries are scheduled for April and we know that so far, 1,800 requests were made.

The MINI Eastward has a driving range of 150 miles on a single charge and information technology comes with a home bombardment charger installed by BMW. The 150 kW engine produces 201 hp and it'due south great for short commutes or crowded cities. We learned recently that London and Berlin will begin testing the MINI Electrical as well, part of a special program that involves Vattenfall, the Swedish electricity company.

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If you would like to find out more about the MINI E or if you missed our reviews from the 50.A Car Show, so I encourage yous to visit the following links or our MINI section:

MINI Review by Horatiu

MINI Review by Josh

Printing Release:

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced in his State-of-the-City oral communication that BMW Group will loan a fleet of 10 MINI E electric zero-emissions cars to the City of New York. These vehicles volition exist used in its Street Status Observation Unit, known as SCOUT, and volition be amid the 500 MINI Es the BMW Group is producing as office of a one-year pilot field study to decide the viability of electric vehicles in existent life utilize. The MINI Es volition be used past SCOUT inspectors who drive New York City'southward streets in search of street conditions, such as potholes and graffiti. The vehicles are scheduled to brainstorm arriving in Apr.

The MINI E is the first product of BMW's Projection i, a programme designed to inquiry and develop transportation strategies and new types of vehicles specifically to meet the needs of the world's growing mega-cities, of which New York is one.

"Nosotros are delighted to work with New York City in developing this new form of sustainable transportation," said Jim McDowell, Vice President of MINI USA. "Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC initiative has demonstrated a keen agreement of the importance of sustainability and we fully share the same vision and enthusiasm for developing new ideas, technologies and forms of transportation to brand information technology a reality. This MINI E zero-emission vehicle is only our company's first step."

The MINI E tin travel more than 150 miles on a single charge and provides the agility and handling of a MINI Cooper. It is powered past a 150 kilowatt electric motor with the equivalent of 201 hp. The energy supply comes from a high-functioning rechargeable lithium-ion bombardment. The vehicle, which debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Prove in November, tin can accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in 8.five seconds and has an electronically limited superlative speed of 95 mph. MINI volition install a special wall box into each MINI E customer's garage that tin fully recharge a completely drained battery in just two-and-a-half hours.

The 500 MINI Es volition be deployed in New York and New Jersey and Los Angeles metropolitan areas with boosted vehicles being tested in Berlin, Deutschland and London, England. Of the 500 U.Southward. vehicles, 450 will be leased to customers that practical online at MINIUSA.com to be part of the i-year field written report. The others will be dedicated to total-fourth dimension all-encompassing and intense daily utilise in select fleets, such as the NYC Scout fleet. Those selected volition be asked to provide ongoing real world use feedback to BMW on their experience with the goose egg-emission electric cars. More than twice the number of people applied as at that place are cars available in the U.S.

BMW has also arranged to provide MINI Es to the city of Los Angeles to test the MINI E in conditions different from those in New York City.

In New York City, the MINI Es volition serve as SCOUT vehicles and be deployed across the v boroughs beginning this spring for 1 year. The vehicle operators help identify bug on New York City streets and ascertain whether complaints logged into the City'south 311 phone system are being fairly addressed. SCOUT vehicles log virtually 100 miles per day.