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Electricity minisaminimisadventureNo price, no picture of the installation and the range is in kilometres, It’snot too late for BMW to reconsider this idiotic, virtue signalling mini classic.Free Car Mag deconstructs what the Germans said...12 freecarmag.com1412
Porsche 911 TurboIt’s not too late for BMW to reconsider thisidiotic, virtue signalling mini mistake. Free CarMag deconstructs what the Germanssaid…Our comments are in italic bold type.Originating from a dedicated team at MINI PlantOxford, sustainable driving is now being created inaclassiccar.AnelectricmotorfortheoriginalMinicombines tradition with pioneering technology – allin the spirit of circular economy.Ahh the circular economy, this is an ideawhich originates with the World EconomicForum, ‘The Circular Cars Initiative (CCI) is aprivate/public sector collaboration focused onleveraging new technologies and businessmodels to align the automotive industry with a1.5C climate scenario.’‘Inefficient utilization of cars is also aproblem. Privately-owned vehicles are only inuse about 5% of the time, and even then, theytend to operate at low passenger capacity’Translated The World Economic Forum wantmore complicated unaffordable cars and wouldprefer it if you didn’t drive so much and sharedabus.Soforthecirculareconomytoworkitwould need more electric minis. This wouldtake what are still buyable first classics, out ofthe market and only letting those who can payan inflated price (whatever that will be) for avehicle they won’t use much.If Alec Issigonis could design the classic Miniagain today, the iconic small car would have anelectric motor. The original launched in 1959,created during an oil crisis and based on the ideaof saving fuel and transporting four occupants andtheir luggage in the smallest possible footprint.Today, MINI remains connected to the designprinciples of Issigonis with its creative use of spaceand driving fun. The MINI Recharged project is anopportunity to continue telling the story of theclassic Mini in the 21st century, in a sustainableway.Issigonis was a very intelligent man. Hewould have seen through the electricity carscam. The environmentally unfriendliness ofmining batteries and the poor energy density ofthe system would have him questioning such asystem. Going back to the projects like the 9Xprototype, he considered different means ofpropulsion including steam. The mini wasdesigned as a car for the people and whateverprice BMW end up selling it for this it is goingto be too high, especially for the minimum wageworker who needs to reach their 5am shift,because there isn’t a bus or train.The electric conversion of classic Miniscombines traditional values with future- orientedtechnology. The idea was born even before thebrand had the MINI Electric on offer (electricityconsumption combined:17.6 – 15.2 kWh/100 kmaccording to WLTP; CO2 emissions combined: 0 g/km.). A one-off, classic Mini Electric was built in2018 and presented at the New York Auto Show.The reactions were so positive that a dedicatedteam from MINI Plant Oxford set to work anddeveloped the plan to make a corresponding offeravailable to customers who own a classic Mini.To experience traditional go-kart handling withan emission-free drivetrain, the original petrolengine of the classic Mini is replaced by a modernelectric drive. During the conversion, MINIRecharged makes reversible changes to thesubstance of the vehicle. Careful handling of thecar’s historical heritage is an important part of theconcept. This makes it possible to restore theclassic Mini to its original condition at a later date.During the conversion, the original engine of eachvehicle is marked and stored so it can be reused inthe event of a future retrofit of the classic Mini.freecarmag.com
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