Oct

MINI selects 40 lucky UK test drivers for all electric vehicle

Posted by Jeff Baker Published in Cars, MINI

Recent reports have surfaced that let us know MINI has finally selected a group of people to test drive and lease their MINI E all electric vehicle. The group is by no means big, only 40, but they do get off a bit better than us Americans by only having to pay around $640 while we are stuck paying $850.

MINI says MINI E lease shipments will be completed sometime before this holiday season with most of the vehicles being delivered to places like Oxford and London.

via autoexpress

Tags: all electric, lease, London, Mini E, oxford, UK

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Sep

BMW puts MINI E up for lease

Posted by Jeff Baker Published in 2010 Vehicles, Alternative Energy, BMW, Cars, Enviroment, Industry, MINI, Sale

Those who fanc electric vehicles, MINIs and live in the UK will be happy to hear that BMW has begun accepting applications to lease one of 20 of their MINI Es.

What’s even better is BMW will be offering the £550 monthly lease for just £330 courtesy of a £25 million grant from the Technology Strategy Board. According to the press release, those who lease the car will be supplied with a 240V/32 amp charging unit that will make for a total charging time of just 4.5 hours. Additionally, BMW will supply a 13 amp socket adapter for those who request it.

The application to lease the above vehicle is located here.

Tags: all electric, application, BMW, lease, Mini E

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Jun

Toyota to bring 150 plug-in hybrids to US this year

Posted by Jeff Baker Published in Cars, Enviroment, Industry, Toyota, Volvo

Sure, Volvo is set to release a plug-in hybrid by 2012 but Toyota is far ahead of them. With their industry leading Prius being the go-to car when you’re looking for a hybrid the next step would be to manufacture one that could be recharged with a standard outlet.

And, that’s just what Toyota has done announcing that they will be bringing lithum-powered plug-in Prius’ to the states later this year.

The bad news? There will be only 150 made available for lease so chances are you probably won’t be able to get your hands on one. Bummer.

Read (HybridCarBlog)

Tags: battery, hybrid, lease, lithium ion, Plug-in, united states

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Nov

Electric Mini E Available for 1-Year Lease at $820/Month

Posted by Chris Published in Alternative Energy, Industry

Remember the Mini E which just went all-electric on us? Well the car is going to be available for a one year lease at just $820/month. The two-seat Mini comes with a 28 kWh lithium ion battery pack which will get you a 150 mile range. The electric engine will get you some 204 hp and 162 lt.-ft. of torque to that single-sped gearbox. The Mini E will go from 0 to 60 in just a little under 8.5, not that you’re going to fly one off to the moon or anything like that. So Cooper fans, what do you think? Ready to get the Mini E?