The Mini E was a demonstration
electric car
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developed by
BMW as a
conversion of its
Mini Cooper car. The Mini E was developed for field trials and deployed in several countries, including the United States, Germany, UK, France, Japan and China.
[ The field testing of the Mini E was part of ]BMW Project i
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, which was followed in January 2012 by a similar trial with the BMW ActiveE
The BMW ActiveE was a demonstration electric car based on the BMW 1 Series small family cars. It was the second vehicle after the Mini E to be developed under BMW Group’s Project i. The electric drive system was the latest addition to BMW’ ...
,[ and the last phase of project was the development of the ]BMW i3
The BMW i3 is a B-segment, high-roof hatchback manufactured and marketed by BMW with an electric powertrain using rear-wheel drive via a single-speed transmission and an underfloor lithium-ion battery pack and an optional range-extending p ...
urban electric car, that went into mass production in 2013.[ In 2019 BMW announced that the mass market Mini Electric will go in to production.
The first trial was launched in the U.S. in June 2009 and the Mini E was available through leasing to private users in ]Los Angeles
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and the New York
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/New Jersey
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