MINI has a way to test electric car
MINI has a way to test electric car, the MINI E. Manufacturers of cars from BMW Group is to establish cooperation with the British government because of his testing routes in the UK.
Interestingly, MINI provides 40 units of electric vehicles driven by 62 of the community and 72 from the fleet. Of those, 32 are female and 102 male drivers.
The test is divided into two periods, each six months. The first period began December 29, 2009 until June 2010, being the second period to March 2011.
The result, all the car traveled a total of 415,380 miles from 33,345 trips and 80,282 kWh of electricity spent to drive an electric motor having a maximum power of 204HP supplied Li-Ion battery 35kWh and 204Nm of torque. Top speed of 153 km per hour with a mileage of 240 km distant.
Every MINI E a distance during the 6-month average of 4830 km. Then, for charging the battery a lot done at home. Ironically, almost all participants said they would consider buying an electric car
