Filed under: EV/Plug-in, BMW, MINI, Washington DC Auto Show
BMW released some of the findings of a study conducted with University of California - Davis yesterday about how participants in the Mini E test program adapted to their small electric vehicles (EVs). The BMW message was totally upbeat - the headline was “Mini E Drivers Delighted with Electric Vehicle Experience” - but the reality isn’t quite as positive as BMW made it sound. Read more on that here.
At the Washington Auto Show, though, the message was pretty much all good, all the time. One of the biggest complaints about EVs is their limited range. BMW found, though, that the Mini E’s range (officially given as 100 miles, but it varies in the real world between 70 and 100) were “sufficient for most trips.” The drivers got used to planning their drives with the limit in mind, said Rich Steinberg, manager of electric vehicle operations and strategy for BMW of North America. Part of getting used to the Mini E, Steinberg said, was becasue the drivers have fun in their EVs (i.e., what some people call the EV grin). In fact, the cars worked so well that, once they had the Mini E, the participating households said they used it for 90 to 100 percent of vehicle trips. In fact, all respondents said that they didn’t use their other vehicles as often one the Mini E was available to them (see, again: EV grin). Read on past the jump for more.
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