Comments on: An Electric MINI with 640hp http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/ MotoringFile | MINI news, reviews and opinion. MINI Cooper, Cooper S, Clubman, Countryman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MotoringFile » Archive » An Electric MINI with 640hp (Updated) http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-50508 MotoringFile » Archive » An Electric MINI with 640hp (Updated) Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:47:59 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-50508 <p>[...] Several weeks back we brought you a link about a company that was creating a fully electric MINI. The concept includes four electric motors (one per wheel) with a combined horsepower of 640. This information has circulated quietly on the web for over a month now with little notice outside the MINI community. Until today when a Treehugger.com storywas posted on Digg. So with all this recent publicity we thought we’d re-post a link to the information for those that missed it the first time around. [...]</p> [...] Several weeks back we brought you a link about a company that was creating a fully electric MINI. The concept includes four electric motors (one per wheel) with a combined horsepower of 640. This information has circulated quietly on the web for over a month now with little notice outside the MINI community. Until today when a Treehugger.com storywas posted on Digg. So with all this recent publicity we thought we’d re-post a link to the information for those that missed it the first time around. [...]

]]> By: Rocketboy http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45754 Rocketboy Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:53:55 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45754 <p>Check out this page from DansData.com. He smells something fishy with the whole deal..</p> <p>http://www.dansdata.com/danletters171.htm</p> Check out this page from DansData.com. He smells something fishy with the whole deal..

http://www.dansdata.com/danletters171.htm

]]> By: gokartride http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45477 gokartride Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:34:34 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45477 <p>It's gonna be an interesting decade...</p> It’s gonna be an interesting decade…

]]> By: MINItron http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45438 MINItron Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:15:13 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45438 <p>I would love to see BMW couple this hybrid concept with the hydrogen engines that they have been working on. That would be a truely spectactular car!!!</p> I would love to see BMW couple this hybrid concept with the hydrogen engines that they have been working on. That would be a truely spectactular car!!!

]]> By: bluzeke http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45436 bluzeke Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:38:59 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45436 <p>Gee . . . . looks like the car could use some work in the fender flares dept.</p> Gee . . . . looks like the car could use some work in the fender flares dept.

]]> By: ToplessRed http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45424 ToplessRed Sun, 23 Jul 2006 06:01:12 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45424 <p>Lotus is building the car bodies for the Tesla Roadster. A whole bunch of the Tesla designers were hired away from Lotus -- so many that Lotus threatened to cancel the contract to build the bodies if they didn't stop poaching their employees.</p> Lotus is building the car bodies for the Tesla Roadster. A whole bunch of the Tesla designers were hired away from Lotus — so many that Lotus threatened to cancel the contract to build the bodies if they didn’t stop poaching their employees.

]]> By: DrBo http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45423 DrBo Sun, 23 Jul 2006 05:14:40 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45423 <p>Hey Gabe, just in case you read the feedback on this silly article, on a more real note, is MINI working on something with E85 power or Biodesel? I would love to know!</p> Hey Gabe, just in case you read the feedback on this silly article, on a more real note, is MINI working on something with E85 power or Biodesel? I would love to know!

]]> By: Shamus http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45422 Shamus Sun, 23 Jul 2006 05:01:54 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45422 <p>Is it me, or does Tim's Tesla look alot like a re-worked Lotus body?</p> Is it me, or does Tim’s Tesla look alot like a re-worked Lotus body?

]]> By: fdavid http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45415 fdavid Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:14:29 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45415 <p>Seriously, I would love to have a different type of mini down the road. It would be great to have a mini that wasnt so polluting like ours current minis are...the more time passes the more uncomfortable I feel of pumping gas at the station...luckyly I only drive about 8 miles a day.</p> Seriously, I would love to have a different type of mini down the road. It would be great to have a mini that wasnt so polluting like ours current minis are…the more time passes the more uncomfortable I feel of pumping gas at the station…luckyly I only drive about 8 miles a day.

]]> By: o-ron http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45407 o-ron Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:21:40 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45407 <p>What the? This can't be real. What's up with those photoshop watercolor-filter pictures??</p> What the? This can’t be real. What’s up with those photoshop watercolor-filter pictures??

]]> By: gmini http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45400 gmini Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:58:57 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45400 <p>thanks for that, Timothy. Magnificent. ±4 hour recharge, ±250 miles range.</p> thanks for that, Timothy. Magnificent. ±4 hour recharge, ±250 miles range.

]]> By: Timothy http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45352 Timothy Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:10:43 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45352 <p>Check out <a HREF="http://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/20/tesla-roadster-unveiling-in-santa-monica/" rel="nofollow">this British built car</a> that was just announced.</p> Check out this British built car that was just announced.

]]> By: Maxwell H (SanAntoCOOP) http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45334 Maxwell H (SanAntoCOOP) Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:28:43 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45334 <p>Making me itch even more to see "Who Killed the Electric Car?" I really wish that <em>somebody</em> would put some energy into going beyond the mediocre hybrids out there now. I'd be first in line. Maybe BMW can put their money where there mouth is with their whole "independent" ad campaign...</p> Making me itch even more to see “Who Killed the Electric Car?” I really wish that somebody would put some energy into going beyond the mediocre hybrids out there now. I’d be first in line. Maybe BMW can put their money where there mouth is with their whole “independent” ad campaign…

]]> By: Jon http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45333 Jon Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:18:11 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45333 <p>A very interesting development, would like to see it light a fire under Mini to get busy and creat a performance hybrid mini.</p> A very interesting development, would like to see it light a fire under Mini to get busy and creat a performance hybrid mini.

]]> By: Shooler http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45320 Shooler Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:10:39 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45320 <p>And it's Electric Blue. Perfect!!!!</p> And it’s Electric Blue. Perfect!!!!

]]> By: Christian http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45317 Christian Sat, 22 Jul 2006 02:35:22 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45317 <p>Dang! They should soo make that car commercial! LOL</p> Dang! They should soo make that car commercial! LOL

]]> By: Mike http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45289 Mike Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:56:01 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45289 <p>"he car uses a small gasoline engine with four 160 horsepower electric motors on each wheel."</p> <p>So it's got AWD too?</p> “he car uses a small gasoline engine with four 160 horsepower electric motors on each wheel.”

So it’s got AWD too?

]]> By: badburro http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/07/17/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/comment-page-1/#comment-45277 badburro Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:12:14 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/07/22/an-electric-mini-with-640hp/#comment-45277 <p>I spoke to my MA and I'm first on the list at my local dealer... ;-)</p> I spoke to my MA and I’m first on the list at my local dealer… ;-)

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