News Mr. Bean's favorite car "Classic Mini" has become an EV!? Mini -electrification project has started in the UK
Replace the engine to 122 horsepower electric motor and become EV
German BMW announced on January 25, 2022 that it will launch a "Mini Richarging Project" to replace the engine installed in the classic mini (mini) with a motor and become an electric vehicle (EV).[Image] See the EVized "Classic Mini" (22 sheets)
EVized "Classic Mini".The emblem is replaced by the same thing as "Mini Electric"
The original classic mini was designed by an engineer Alex Ishigonis in 1959, and was developed as a "extremely economical four -seater small car" in the middle of the oil crisis after Suez. The innovative front -wheel drive package has subsequently influenced many cars. Classic mini has been a minor change since then, and it was produced for more than 40 years until 2000, but did not make a full model change. Since 2001, BMW has acquired a mini trademark, has become a new mini, has become a new premium compact brand and has been successful around the world. This project is an opportunity to keep the 20th century classic mini in the 21st century sustainable. This idea is said to have triggered the models that were announced at the New York show in 2018 as a one -off model. It is said that a dedicated team at the Mini Oxford Plant has plans to respond to orders that electrify classic mini, as the reactions in the show were very favorable. The original gasoline engine is replaced by an electric motor to experience traditional go -kart feeling with an emission -free drive train. However, it is possible to restore the original state with a mini -recharged state. At the time of electrification, the original engine of each vehicle is marked and stored, so that the classic mini with gasoline specifications can be reused in the future. The latest electric motor has a maximum of 90kW (about 122 horsepower) output, and the acceleration is about 9 seconds. In addition, the high -voltage battery seems to be about 160 km of cruising distance. The interior is equipped with a center meter, which is a characteristic of classic mini, and displays the battery temperature, the selected gear, travelable distance, and speed. This allows you to run in areas where only EVs and low -emission cars can be driven, for example, Oxford Street or Piccadilly Circus in London without paying environmental taxes. According to a mini -brand manager, Belund Kelver, "The project team is developing the classic mini -personality and that fans can perform all -electric performance. Mini -recharged. It connects the past and the future of mini. " * * * The BMW Group announced that the current MINI brand will be a pure EV brand in the early 2030s in March 2021. For this reason, the MINI with an internal combustion engine is expected to be the last new model introduced in 2025. As of 2022, one of the five new models of the MINI model is equipped with electric drive, and the sale of pure EV mini electric is growing to the right. This mini -recharged project can be a combination of the past and the future of this brand. By the way, this project is carried out only in the UK.
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