The Mini E was a demonstration electric car developed by BMW i 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, which was followed in January 2012 by a similar trial with the BMW ActiveE, and the last phase of project was the development of the BMW i3 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.
Mini E
Mini E under the bonnet
2009 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's fuel economy label for the Mini E
The Mini E trial was followed by the field testing of the BMW ActiveE in the U.S. that began in January 2012.
The BMW i is a sub-brand of BMW founded in 2011 to design and manufacture plug-in electric vehicles. The company initially released two vehicles: the i3 all-electric car and the i8 plug-in hybrid. The all-electric iX3 SUV was released in late 2020, while iX SUV and the i4 all-electric liftback sedan followed later in 2021.
BMW i
BMW i Park Lane showroom in London.
Concept version of the BMW iX, the BMW Vision iNext, at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show.
BMW 530e iPerformance
