Mini Cooper Electric production model (with EPA ratings!)

[needWheels]

Check out the new Mini Cooper electric!!!
http://kenkuhl.com/mini-e-review.html

Even more interesting is the EPA ratings which mimic the city/highway ratings of gas cars!
This is probably the first production car made with *worse* highway numbers than city?
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I found this official page for it with a little more info and a nice gallery
http://www.miniusa.com/minie-usa/
spec sheet:
http://www.miniusa.com/minie-usa/pdf/MINI-E-spec-sheet.pdf

 

[adrian_sm]

I like the little indicator at the bottom suggesting the electric mini is the best of all electric vehicle in terms of energy consumption.

Where would our bikes be on this graph ! ? !

As I am about 20 times more efficient than the mini, averageing ~1.76 kW-hr/100 miles (11 Whr/km)

 

[julesa]

I like the little indicator at the bottom suggesting the electric mini is the best of all electric vehicle in terms of energy consumption.

Where would our bikes be on this graph ! ? !

:lol: You read my mind. Somewhere around six feet to the left, I guess.

 

[pwbset]

OMFG... that's way cool! There is hope left in the world after all! :lol: :wink:

 

[needWheels]

I want to create a fake EPA sticker for my ebike

Should be easy enough to photoshop the version that I cleaned up...

We wouldn't have a highway rating of course - except perhaps a few of you with 72v systems :lol:

 

[needWheels]

Is my math correct - assuming many of us use 48v 20ah packs = 1kwh
and they claim 1 gallon of gas is 33.7 kwh

(33.7 / 33) * 100 = 102

(33.7 / 36) * 100 = 94 (rounded)

so you'd just multiple your max range off the 1kwh pack time 33.7 kwh

25 * 33.7 = 842.5 mpg

unless I screwed up, this is made simpler because of the rounding of the 48v 20ah pack as 1 kwh

another way to visualize is: to do 100 miles would take 4 charges of 1 kwh

(33.7 / 4) * 100 = 842.5 mpg (same number)

 

[julesa]

Is my math correct - assuming many of us use 48v 20ah packs = 1kwh
and they claim 1 gallon of gas is 33.7 kwh

you'd just multiple your max range off the 1kwh pack time 33.7 kwh

so 25 * 33.7 = 842.5 mpg ???

unless I screwed up, this is made simpler because of the rounding of the 48v 20ah pack as 1 kwh

That's right if you accept their arbitrary gallon/kwh ratio. I think miles per dollar is a better comparison. Or kilometers per euro, light-years per rupee, whatever.

"Efficient" 30 mpg car at $2.50/gallon = 12 miles per dollar
E-bike at 30wh/mile and $0.07/KWh, at 80% charging efficiency = 380 miles per dollar

 

[needWheels]

I found this official page for it with a little more info and a nice gallery
http://www.miniusa.com/minie-usa/
spec sheet:
http://www.miniusa.com/minie-usa/pdf/MINI-E-spec-sheet.pdf

I wonder if the Japanese are quietly gearing up some competition for the Volt.

Since very early models should be on the streets about 14 months from now, they could easily pull off some gas or hybrid conversions to full electric like this Mini Cooper.

What is with the massive meter in the middle?
http://www.miniusa.com/minie-usa/images/gallery/download/14.jpg

 

[needWheels]

Ha, and you thought 200 cells were alot, try 5000+

Battery capacity kWh 35kWh, approx. 30kWh of which useable
Battery weight kg 260 lbs 573
Battery charge time in h at 110 V/12 A (1.3 kW) 26.5
at 240 V/32 A (7.7 kW) 4.5
at 240 V/48 A (11.5 kW) 3.0

Battery design 53 cells connected in parallel constitute a unit,
2 units connected in series constitute a module,
48 modules connected in series constitute the battery;
5,088 individual cells in total

Peak Battery Current A 500A

 

[OneEye]

What is with the massive meter in the middle?

That's the speedometer. The mini has an eccentric instrument layout; so this peculiarity isn't due to the electric drive train.