The Fun-to-Drive Electric Car
Apr 26, 2019
3 minutes
WORDS ANGUS MACKENZIE
Remember the Mini E, the first electric Mini? We drove it way back in 2008—and liked it a lot. Astonishingly capable and sharply responsive, the Mini E had a 201-hp e-motor and a 35-kW-hr battery that boasted a 100-mile range.
There was one not so small problem: the battery. The 5,088-cell lithium-ion arrangement cost about $30,000, added about 700 pounds, and filled the space where the back seats and hatch would be.
THE MINI S E FEELS
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