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Mini and Fiat named top environmental performers

Mini and Fiat have been found to be the cleanest car manufacturers in a league table which provides the first comprehensive analysis of overall emission performance rather than just focusing on CO2 emissions. Producing by website, Clean Green Cars, the league table analyses the carmakers’ performances across three environmental factors; CO2 emissions, NOx emissions and [...]

Mini rules out introducing diesel hybrid model

Mini has ruled out the possibility of introducing a diesel hybrid vehicle, despite the fact that one of its key partners, PSA Peugeot Citroen, is set to introduce the technology on its vehicles in the near future. Peugeot is set to launch a diesel hybrid powertrain system called Hybrid4, due out soon on the 508, [...]

MINI range hits sub-100g/km CO2 for first time

The new MINI range set to hit the showrooms in August will take the car brand to  99g/km of CO2 for the first time. This summer the BMW group-owned carmaker will give its range a refreshed design and introduce two new diesel engines that will take its cars to sub-100g/km CO2. The carmaker will also [...]

MINI E trials reveal drivers lose ‘range anxiety’

As the first stage of MINI’s trial of its electric model reaches an end this weekend (June 19, 2010), parent firm BMW reports- much like rival Mitsubishi- that the last winter has afforded them very useful feedback on the performance of an electric car in extremely cold conditions. Trials of twenty MINI Es have been [...]

Top 10 Green Cars revealed

Green cars are definitely the in-thing in the auto industry and now consumer website kbb.com (part of the Kelley Blue Book) has named its Top 10 Green Cars for 2010. Now before you wonder where the likes of the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt are on the list – they are not yet available [...]

Wanted: New drivers to test electric MINI

MINI is about to launch phase two of its electric car trial and is looking for 20 drivers willing to take part. Phase one of its trial of electric MINI models is already underway, with the first 20 drivers already running their pioneering new rides since December 2009. However this trial comes to an end [...]

Motorists falling for the MINI E

Customers trailing the new electric MINI around the world don’t want to give them back- that’s what BMW’s chairman Norbert Reithofer told news agency Headline auto. Reithofer said: "Some drivers have told me they would love to keep their MINI E. We will follow this trial next year with a customer test fleet based on [...]

Mini E road test

Electric cars are going to be a tough sell to car-mad Brits. We love our hot hatches far too much to be interested in reskinned milk floats. But the world’s oil supplies won’t last forever, so carmakers are looking to the future and starting to build electric-powered concepts and prototypes. So what better to persuade [...]

Wanted: Electric MINI test drivers

MINI is on the hunt for willing test drivers to drive its electric MINI cars as part of a Government-backed scheme to get electric cars on the roads. Pioneering drivers are wanted to partake in MINI E UK research project. Interested drivers can now apply online to lease one of twenty prototype cars destined for [...]

Study looks at the viability of the MINI E

The BMW MINI E is one of the most exciting and head turning electric car concepts and now it is being put to the test thanks to a partnership between BMW and the University of California at Davis. The research will focus on user interactions with the MINI E and is expected to provide insight [...]