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i wouldve thought they could fill most of the goodies under the hood... or at least keep a small backseat.
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http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/the_hybrid_mini.php

I don't get why more manufacturers haven't jumped on the idea of using inductance motors in each wheel.]]>Nov 19th 2008 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/
from http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/10/all-electric-mi.html

"The Mini E features a 150-kilowatt (204 horsepower) asynchronous motor coupled to a single-stage helical gearbox. The drivetrain produces 162 foot-pounds of torque the moment you hit the accelerator, propelling the car from 0 to 62 mph in 8.5 seconds. Top speed is limited to 95 mph.

Power comes from a 35-kWh, lithium-ion battery with a range of 150 miles. It is comprised of 5,088 individual cells in an air-cooled battery pack that weighs 573 pounds and charges in about eight hours. Those who lease the car get a "wallbox" that BMW will install in customers' garages to increase the amperage, reducing the charge time to 2.5 hours. Regenerative braking will help keep the battery charged out on the road, an arrangement BMW says extended the battery's range by 20 percent."]]>Nov 19th 2008 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Oh California, land of the free geek, I miss you so.]]>Nov 19th 2008 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://freegeek.org/]]>Nov 19th 2008 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/better yet... i would make the box like a 2nd garage

better yet i would escape prison like MGS
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By my calculations, if you charged it for 2hrs per day @ 50W, that would be 210kg of CO2 from a coal-powered power station per week you'd be producing (83kg from a gas-powered power station).

Incidentally, it would cost you (in the UK) about £25 a week in 'fuel' if you ran it the full 150 miles per day (incl. weekends)
]]>Nov 19th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/ The Tesla? (oops, no backseat)
The WrightSpeed X1? (oops, no front passenger seat either)
The EV1? (oops, a much larger car, now buried in the desert)

Energy density is the major limiting factor in electric cars (and will probably remain so for decades), it's nowhere *near* gasoline, so if you want gasoline-car-equivalent range, you need more of it - and it has to fit *somewhere*...]]>Nov 19th 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/
http://www.acpropulsion.com/ebox/

It seats 5.

I imagine the only reason why it's badly packaged is they are just doing this as a trial and they didn't want to redesign the whole MINI chassis, so they just put it in the backseat. I imagine when they release a production car it'll be a different car that they design with the battery packaging in mind.

There are ways to package the battery so you maintain usable space. The iMiev and the Smart Fortwo ED are example of this: they package the batteries under the floor.

I imagine the Tesla Model S will also be an example of this.

The Volt though a PHEV not really an EV, will be packaging the batteries through a center tunnel.]]>Nov 19th 2008 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/mini-e-unboxed-in-la-to-the-delight-of-car-nerds-your-mom/Nov 19th 2008 8:28PM