The Fully Electric Mini Cooper E 2009

[TecnamTwin]

What's your range, 70 miles? The Mini E has a 150 mile range, hence the no back seat; and who wants to sit in the back seat of a Mini? Maybe garden dwarves, but not me.

[ClunnEVs]

I am converting my own Also... I am doing a 1967 Austin Morris ALLLL electric !! See my video here on You tube.. hmmm LEASE for OVER $8,000 a year??? I did my whole conversion for less than $5,000 ~!!!!!! DONE !!

[ClunnEVs]

I am converting my own Also... I am doing a 1967 Austin Morris ALLLL electric !! See my video here on You tube.. hmmm LEASE for OVER $8,000 a year??? I did my whole conversion for less than $5,000 ~!!!!!! DONE !!

[LegendLength]

only lease? How about a real price.

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[sweatpeaotis]

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[watsupstartaketwo]

of course someone already invented the perfect electric battery ages ago, smaller, lasts longer, but GM? bought him out and it was never to be seen again.

[kwinks7]

think this is cool?

Lets not bring up GM's EV1 which was produced a LONG time ago and now everyone is acting like this whole EV thing is brand new technology.

[dboomsma]

Unless the batteries are charged via solar energy, let's do some math:

50% efficiency for coal or gas fueled powerplants. 50% energy loss during transport via cables to charching stations. 50% charching efficiency. 50% electricity-motion efficiency. That's 7,5% efficiency.

A European or Asian style diesel car will do around 35% - 40% efficiency.

[Charm1418]

@dboomsma You are almost completely wrong. 50% efficiency for coal plants? It's actually less than 50%, 40%. 50% transport loss? This is completely wrong this is why we have such high voltage in transmission lines. This number is much closer to 90%. 50% charging efficiency? That is the worst charger in the world. Most get about 88%. Engine efficiency is much higher at 80+ or 90+ dependent on AC or DC motors. Then take into account not all power is from coal. Also how many diesel cars are in US?

[jayholman1]

how much for the roof windmill option?

[zrac09]

i am beginning to think that electric cars will have to be provided by a decentralized

group of scientists/entrepeneurs... that is to say not controlled by the oil companies...waiting lists? production problems? no...the oil companies!! we go to war because of them...stalling widespread electric cars is their second priority. try to feel their control on the situation, like insurance companies blocking single payer health care. no difference! corporations should not control these changes.

[ratryu]

I hope when this goes in production, they redesign the battery placement.

[Archimedes555453525]

There was a mini cooper with a range of 900 miles and a top speed of 150 mph. The one developed in Portsmouth or something. I wonder what became of that...

[JRBeaman]

Why not buy a used mini ($4-8k) and do a conversion to electric. Financed, that would be less than $300 per month. DUH!

[RyanBlockb5]

$850 a month that's Rent

[desertlight]

This is a great start toward all electric vehicles. There will be many places in the future, particularly in the southwest US where solar and wind power will provide the energy without ash, gaseous wastes, and heat. In these locations, and those where power comes from hydroelectric dams all-electric autos make good sense. For other locations hybrids would seem to be the better choice. A 150 mile range removes the major shortcoming for a commuting vehicle.

[edstar83]

I'm converting my own. WITH A BACK SEAT!!!!

[lighthammar]

Are they going to be crushed at the end of the lease like gm did with the ev1?

[suzyw21987]

booooooo still using something that isn't being generated fast enough....we have so much damn corn, why not use that?

[JRBeaman]

suzyw21987 : Corn you say?

Seems the carbon footprint on using corn to supplement petrolium is actually higher that just using the oil. Only with government subsidies does it appear to be viable, and that too comes out of our pocket.

So, it is just another government run program taking money out of your pocket under the guise of being green, to make you feel better.

Follow the money, it leads to the power hungry.

[Charm1418]

@suzyw21987 Are you talking about not enough electricity? Do you know why power is cheaper at night? Why you run your dishwasher in the evening? Power plants don't shut down.. they go all day everyday. It would cost more to shut down the power plant and restart it every day than to keep it running 24/7. Alot less power is being used during this time and would be a great chance to utilize this wasted energy to power our cars.

[sarahreaume]

I love the Living Green Channel, and I'm all for the environment. The only problem that I see for electric cars is how the energy is being generated. Where I live, the major energy source is coal; clearly, coal is a dirty, dirty substance. Is the amount of energy used by burning coal more efficient than the amount of oil burned when I'm driving my small engine car? It's hard to say. But advancement is good, and I'm glad that moving towards we're shifting gears (no pun intended!).

[sarahreaume]

*we're moving towards shifting gears (sorry, BIG typo)

[Charm1418]

@sarahreaume You are right to be skeptical. I didn't think it would be a very different out come. Even IF the efficiency was worse for the electric car(which by the way they are more efficient) no gas driven car will ever come close to the amount of emission controls that are in coal power plants. Also new regulations and technology for making coal power plants more efficient and produce less pollution would have immediate effect on electric cars where you would have to buy a new gas car.

[aquamammal]

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Cars are in themselves unsustainable. And I would like to ask why do people want cars that go 120 miles/hour? When do you ever drive that fast unless you are in the middle of a desert and need to get to a hospital because your friend got shot or something.

Fuck cars, the symptoms of failed cities.

XVX for life, R.A.S.H. 'til death.

[ferrarimanf355]

Tell me, do you piss on rainbows, curbstomp the heads of puppies, club baby seals and take candy from babies, too?

[kurthurtig]

the only thing you can complain about on an EV are the rubber of the tires that wear off and the non-recyclable, offgasing materials used, but then start complaining about your furniture as well.

[aquamammal]

Actually, EVs still need high ways of asphalt road, which is a product of fossil fuels. They'll be needing parking lots (fossil fuels), they'll be contributing to suburbia (the human cancer). They'll still be boxes of metal and rubber.

It's not just about EVs, it's about the whole system. Think...

XVX for life, R.A.S.H. 'til death.

[adiebabe68]

If you want to keep picking, you will always find an issue to bitch about. However, a step forward and in the right direction, is better no no movement at all.  As far as asphalt...there are other materials, that's nothing new. Municipalities need the incentive to use them...as usual.

[deviceds]

thenks 4 tha invitation