MINI Electric/Cooper SE

MINI Electric/Cooper SE

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300bhp/ton

Original Poster:

41,030 posts

197 months

Sunday 14th November 2021
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MINI have been offering 24hr test drives. I took the opportunity to have a go in one and share my thoughts on it.


Short highlights video here:



Full Roadtest Review here:

anonymous-user

61 months

Sunday 14th November 2021
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I own one. Great car quite often prefer it for a journey than the Porsche

sone

4,596 posts

245 months

Thursday 18th November 2021
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Just bought the other half one of these, range is diabolical. Fully charged tonight it’s showing 94 miles in it’s mid setting, 99in green.
I won’t use it because of range anxiety. They can have the bloody thing back as far as I’m concerned with that range .

Challo

10,838 posts

162 months

Friday 19th November 2021
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sone said:
Just bought the other half one of these, range is diabolical. Fully charged tonight it’s showing 94 miles in it’s mid setting, 99in green.
I won’t use it because of range anxiety. They can have the bloody thing back as far as I’m concerned with that range .
Did you not know the range when you bought the car?

I suspect while you have range anxiety, i bet it actually meets alot of your needs in terms of trips and usage.

Miniev

3 posts

36 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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Yes the range on the GOM can bring on paranoia when pushing on but for me on a day to day basis the range isn't a major issue and if you do need to get close to the upper end of the range factor in a charge. So far the range is looking around 110 miles on a charge.

The Mini isn't the only car so we have options fortunately but if we didn't have an ICE car it is unlikely we'd have bought it as it wouldn't manage the weekends away without some longer stops during the journey.

Mark-ri571

604 posts

114 months

Friday 26th November 2021
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Would be quite tempted as a second car but will wait until the next gen car is launched as the F56 upon which the car is based is now looking a bit dated. Would assume that the next gen will have a bigger battery.

The test driver

1,197 posts

166 months

Friday 26th November 2021
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Range anxiety in a MINI EV lol What did you expect 400 mile range?

Most I ever saw was 155 miles on a charge in one go, but when you consider something like 80% of daily journeys are under 8 miles that 100 mile range is good enough for a weeks worth of travel. Want further buy a hybrid or spend more money and buy a full size EV!

Horses for courses really.

Simond S

4,519 posts

284 months

Saturday 11th December 2021
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We tried one last week. Did 121 miles in it on a full charge.

Only reason we have gone for a Countryman instead is that we need the extra ground clearance, otherwise it would have been an ideal car.