{"id":11908,"date":"2021-11-06T02:31:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T06:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/?p=11908"},"modified":"2021-11-06T02:31:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T06:31:35","slug":"mini-electric-minivan-urbanaut-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2021\/11\/06\/mini-electric-minivan-urbanaut-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini electric minivan planned as production version of Urbanaut concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mini is said to be dipping its toes in new waters by developing a minivan as a road-going adaptation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2020\/11\/18\/mini-vision-urbanaut-concept\/\">Urbanaut concept<\/a> unveiled about a year ago. At least that&#8217;s what <em>Auto Express<\/em> is saying in a new report, claiming the BMW-owned marque is working on a &#8220;new vehicle concept&#8221; tailored to &#8220;meet the wishes of many customers for additional space and comfort, and increased variability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The decision to make a minivan in this day and age when crossovers and SUVs are all the rage comes somewhat of a surprise, but the idea of a Mini(van) does sound rather interesting. We are also curious to see how the funky Urbanaut will be transformed into a production vehicle and to which extent the concept\u2019s traits will be carried over.<\/p>\n<p>Since its debut in November 2020, <em>Auto Express<\/em> claims the Urbanaut has evolved into a running prototype earlier this year. To get an idea about its size, the electric minivan will likely be a compact car given the concept&#8217;s footprint, stretching at 4.46 meters (175.6 inches) long. That&#8217;s not all too surprising considering the next-generation Countryman crossover will be much bigger and <a href=\"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2021\/03\/17\/mini-plans-to-go-full-electric-countryman-electric-coming\/\">offer an EV variant<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2445 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MINI-Vision-Urbanaut-Concept-37-of-96-1024x1013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1013\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aside from these two models and the traditional <a href=\"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2021\/11\/02\/next-generation-mini-electric-hatch-what-will-change\/\">hatchback version<\/a>, Mini is also working on a compact electric crossover for China that will ride on a new platform BMW is developing with Great Wall. It&#8217;s said to be mechanically related to the next-gen hatch, but other details are not available at the moment of writing. Mini&#8217;s chief rival Smart \u2013 now a joint venture between Daimler and Geely \u2013 will also come out with an electric crossover in China much larger than previous company offerings.<\/p>\n<p>As to when the Urbanaut will hit the streets in production form, it&#8217;s unlikely to happen anytime soon. The three-door hatch and the new Countryman are the top priorities, so don&#8217;t expect the electric minivan until around the middle of the decade.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoexpress.co.uk\/mini\/356454\/minis-bold-future-include-small-mpv-based-urbanaut-concept\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Auto Express<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mini is said to be dipping its toes in new waters by developing a minivan as a road-going adaptation of the Urbanaut concept unveiled about a year ago. At least that&#8217;s what Auto Express is saying in a new report, claiming the BMW-owned marque is working on a &#8220;new vehicle concept&#8221; tailored to &#8220;meet the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[3],"tags":[224,545,546],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mini electric minivan planned as production version of Urbanaut concept<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mini is said to be entering a new segment by developing a small and fully electric minivan in the same vein as the Urbanaut concept.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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