{"id":3381,"date":"2021-01-05T22:18:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T04:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/?p=3381"},"modified":"2021-01-05T22:18:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T04:18:02","slug":"top-gear-reviews-the-new-mini-cooper-se-electric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2021\/01\/05\/top-gear-reviews-the-new-mini-cooper-se-electric\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Gear reviews the new MINI Cooper SE electric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest criticisms of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2020\/11\/19\/mini-electric-honda-e\/\">MINI Electric<\/a> has been about its range, or lack thereof. While the entry-level Tesla Model 3 can boast a range of over 260 miles, the MINI Electric can only do a claimed WLTP-rated 141 miles in the UK (in the &#8216;States, the EPA rating is just 110 miles). However, according to Top Gear, it can&#8217;t even manage <em>that<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topgear.com\/long-term-car-reviews\/mini\/hatchback\/135kw-cooper-s-3-33kwh-3dr-auto\/report-2\">Top Gear<\/a> is currently running a MINI Electric as part of its long-term test fleet and, unfortunately, it&#8217;s averaging less than 100 miles of range per full charge. Even back in 2014, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/01\/01\/bmw-i3-long-term-review\/\"> BMW i3<\/a> was criticized for not getting 100 miles of range in the real world. So less than 100 miles of real-world range is really unacceptable in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MINI-Cooper-SE-test-drive-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-811\" src=\"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MINI-Cooper-SE-test-drive-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MINI-Cooper-SE-test-drive-25.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/evglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MINI-Cooper-SE-test-drive-25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sure, most commutes are under 40 miles round trip, so it&#8217;s enough to shuttle people back and forth to work. But it&#8217;s literally no good for anything other than that. As TG&#8217;s Jason Barlow points out, for anything other than short work commutes, the MINI Electric isn&#8217;t capable enough. He even had to borrow a fellow staffer&#8217;s long-term for a short road trip.<\/p>\n<p>Another issue is that driving the MINI hard drastically reduces that range even further. While that&#8217;s typical and expected, the whole point of buying a MINI over any other compact EV is to have some fun while driving. So what&#8217;s the point of having a MINI Electric if you can&#8217;t drive it hard or you won&#8217;t be able to make it home from work?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the MINI Electric is more of a city car and long range isn&#8217;t really its bag. Plus, it&#8217;s quite cheap, at least here in the U.S. where it starts at just under $30,000. But in a time when a Hyundai Kona Electric can do 258 miles of range for not much more money, it makes the MINI seem seriously old-fashioned.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topgear.com\/long-term-car-reviews\/mini\/hatchback\/135kw-cooper-s-3-33kwh-3dr-auto\/report-2\">Top Gear<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest criticisms of the new MINI Electric has been about its range, or lack thereof. 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