Cooper All-Electric Mini Cooper Spotted for First Time

[Bartek S.]

No exhaust

During the summer BMW announced they were going to create a Mini powered by an electric motor with a planned production run of just 500 units. All has been pretty quiet in the meantime, but our spies have caught what appears to be the first prototype whilst out testing.
You will notice the stickers plastered on the side and rear of the vehicle saying “hybrid erprobungfahrzeug” which means hybrid test vehicle immediately gives the game away, but the most damning evidence is at the rear – there is no exhaust. We can further back up our evaluation with the small piece of camouflage on the front grille which obviously hides the electricity plug in socket.
The electric Minis will be built at the Mini Factory in Oxford, UK, featuring a silver livery with yellow roof minus an engine, gearbox and fuel tank. They will then be shipped over to Germany where BMW will equip the models with the new electric powertrain.
More: worldcarfans

 

[klier]

Hybrid and all electric don't go together..it's either hybrid or not...

 

[warot]

Hybrid and all electric don't go together..it's either hybrid or not...

Hmm there seems to be some confusion. I'm not in the loop for the electric Mini but what you have to understand is that plug-in cars still have small IC engines.

For example, with the Chevy Volt, you can plug in your car to charge it, but it does have an small engine... which will be built in Flint, Michigan.

 

[Bartek S.]

 

[jack]

I'd love to see these blacked out headlights as an option for every model ... is this ever going to happen?
they were also present on the 1milion celebration car