http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/ Engadget Comments for Electric MINI hitting US streets in summer 2009 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
I may replace my Honda earlier than I was thinking!]]>Jul 22nd 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
Electric = No Supercharger.]]>Jul 22nd 2008 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
Note: The MkII MINIs are turbocharged. ]]>Jul 22nd 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
I want an electric car now! If car manufacturers didn't get 10 billion each from oil companies, then they got screwed. You went to bed with the black devil and got taken to the cleaners.

Down with big oil! Electric cars running from wind and solar in 10 years.

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Oil is the life engine of this planet. Anything related to any modern convenience is based in oil. Oil is the single reason the modern world even exists.

Advancements in electronics and computers would have never happened without oil. To bash oil is to bash all the technological marvels that has help modern progress from the mid 1800s to present.

And we are no where near close to using all the oil in this planet. We've barely tapped what exists.]]>Jul 22nd 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
@kj, Oil is the life engine. We need to change that you a**. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe.

See Pickens plan at http://www.pickensplan.com/
He has some good ideas but could be altered with EVs.
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sure man....whatever helps you sleep at night]]>Jul 22nd 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
the planet probably has plenty of oil, but as a resource, it's controlled by a small group which makes it a horrible 'life-blood'.

I'm not hugging trees or anything here, I'm just saying, viewing oil as a perfect solution to our energy needs is probably not our best move.]]>Jul 22nd 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
www.greendayeveryday.com

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You might want to read/watch/listen to some of the work of Albert Bartlett. If you don't understand after familiarizing yourself with "Arithmetic, Population, and Energy" you won't ever get it.

@Sean

Bronze and steel aren't/weren't energy sources. It goes wood, coal, oil. ]]>Jul 22nd 2008 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/They used bronze for energy in the bronze age? I thought they used it for weapons and tools; now it makes so much more sense!

@Durk:
It's awesome that H is the most abundant element in the universe. (It's even in oil, strangely enough!) But that'd be a lot more helpful if we lived, say, in the sun, instead of on this rock...]]>Jul 22nd 2008 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/@jupiter, I bet you are from Texas, a hardcore republican, or even an oil lobyist. EVs are the way of the future and the policy makers have been pro-oil and it is time for our energy policies to change!

@Benson, Hydrogen is the long term goal and is on Earth. Wind and solar can be implemented now.]]>Jul 22nd 2008 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
So it's good... because electrolysis generates energy from nothing? Or because current hydrogen systems have such awesome energy density vs. electric?

Nuclear electricity is cheap and clean energy (till we run low on nuclear fuel, but by then we'll know about the next thing...), and is where current policy should be headed. Other options exist too; mainly solar, whether direct, via wind, or via biofuels. But the only way you can sanely fit H into any of these is as an intermediate storage and limited distribution method, and it's not a practical competitor at this point.

Long term goal? If you like, but I see no reason it's better (assuming substantial improvement in energy density) than battery or capacitor systems (assuming similar improvement).]]>Jul 22nd 2008 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/

Also, lets see 'em sold in Canada!]]>Jul 22nd 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
Just wait until they get their orders from the mothership.

You'll see.

You'll all see.]]>Jul 22nd 2008 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
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I'd be more interested in range and charge time (I assume this is a plug-in electric), as well as top speed, acceleration, and the other usual car stats.]]>Jul 22nd 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
1 KW-Hr costs me 0.10-0.12$ = 0.015 $/mile

40 MPG at 4.75 gas = 0.12 $ /mile

(http://www.tronbikes.com)]]>Jul 22nd 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/That said I'm 6'5'' and fit perfectly comfortable in a mini.
In a clubman there could even be people in the back seat which is untrue for a lot of bigger cars.]]>Jul 22nd 2008 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 23rd 2008 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/
I hope it isn't ridiculously priced.]]>Jul 22nd 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/electric-mini-hitting-us-streets-in-summer-2009/Jul 22nd 2008 12:00PM