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12-19-2009, 07:23 PM
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#131 | | Electrics are back
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: At the centre of that crowd :-) Posts: 329 | Re: Electric MINI revealed -- The Mini E
It's what I'd heard from the MINI E folk and might explain the lack of noise, that said I think the Tesla noise is mostly transmission gears so it might just be a quieter transmission configuration.
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12-20-2009, 04:57 AM
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#133 | | Electrics are back
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: At the centre of that crowd :-) Posts: 329 | Re: Electric MINI revealed -- The Mini E
That looks like it so, air cooled then, thanks. | |
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12-22-2009, 04:35 AM
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#134 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,975 | Quote:
Originally Posted by MPT  My MINI E arrived this week | How many EVs does one man need?   Congrats. Quote: |
I wonder if, with some thought BMW could put the batteries under the floor of a Clubman model to make a four seater with 150+ mile range. If they could I doubt that they could make enough to meet demand.
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Not just a Clubman - a conversion house in London has done this with a normal car. Synergy Innovations | New website coming soon...
Although, how many more of these they have built since is not clear.
In fact, in the FAQ section of the UK site, it actually addresses this. One of the reasons is the Clubman is too heavy and the second is that having the battery in the rear means it isn't as useful (in terms of what the Clubman is supposed to be for). I suspect taking the off the shelf ACP system is the origin of this restriction. Now that BMW are engineering their own systems, you get the underfloor battery of this new 1 Series ActiveE.
Although, while BMW won't make a Clubman, it isn't stopping these guys. Quote: |
Once it's completed, the extended MINI will be packing 54 kWh of lithium badness to power its AC motor. That should give it a real world 150-mile range, leaving the official MINI E from BMW crying for an extension cord. All that and a back seat too!
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12-22-2009, 02:56 PM
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#135 | | Electrics are back
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: At the centre of that crowd :-) Posts: 329 | Quote:
Originally Posted by dpeilow Although, while BMW won't make a Clubman, it isn't stopping these guys. | I watched their project up to about episode 18... I checked in today; they're in the 30's now, it really went off the rails in the teens when they added intollerable background, no, foreground music, today it's like watching paint dry... they even speak slowly. In todays show they're discussing in detail, what happens when you don't pay your mortage on time, and then it finished... off the rails.
To be fair they're really getting into the details but, I'd prefer an abridged version... in 2012 when they're done. | |
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12-22-2009, 05:19 PM
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#136 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 681 | Jack is nothing if not thorough. I find downloading the show and jumping ahead through the parts I'm not interested in to be the best way. I think now that they have a machine shop that can actually make their motor adapter and coupler they should be making some good progress. | |
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12-22-2009, 07:23 PM
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#137 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: West Orange, NJ Posts: 181 | Just read through some of the comments on the Mini Clubman conversion article (last link from dpeilow). Jack commented (guy doing the conversion) and said they are not going to do regen the way Tesla and BMW did it. He said they are going to connect it to the brake pedal. He seems to be under the impression that the brake lights do not turn on when regen kicks in on the Tesla and Mini E. From what I know the Tesla does activate the brake lights when regen is activated and I'd only be guessing for the Mini E, but I would guess it does also for safety reasons.
It's cool to see him doing this, but from his first comment on the article there is just something that I don't like about the way it portrays him. I don't know if it is his attitude (the way he makes it seem like the way Tesla and BMW did the regen is the wrong way and should have never been done like that ) or what, I can't really put my finger on it.
MPT, how come you just got a Mini E?
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12-23-2009, 03:26 AM
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#138 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,975 | Quote:
Originally Posted by shark2k MPT, how come you just got a Mini E?
-Shark2k | He mentioned it before, here. | |
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12-23-2009, 06:01 AM
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#139 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 681 | Quote:
Originally Posted by shark2k
It's cool to see him doing this, but from his first comment on the article there is just something that I don't like about the way it portrays him.
| Jack comes on strong and tells it the way he sees it. I don't always agree with him but most of the time he's right on the money. He spends a lot of his time and money testing and destroying batteries so the rest of us DIY types don't have to. | |
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12-23-2009, 11:08 AM
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#140 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: West Orange, NJ Posts: 181 | Quote:
Originally Posted by dpeilow He mentioned it before, here. | I must not have completely read that part. Thanks.
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