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Miniology TV: MINI E Report – Electric car in the UK

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Heya, Miniologists!

Here is our video report regarding the close of MINI’s electric car trial in the United Kingdom (similar trials were run in the US and other countries).

It was great to be a part of this and the MINI community on social media sites (facebook, twitter, minispace) were very supportive of the project.

This video doesn’t go into all the technical details of the project, but does have some nice interviews from the people who were actually driving the electric cars during the trial run.

With all the automotive brands doing hybrids that don’t get more than a few MPG more than their gas counterparts, it was very cool to see MINI doing a full-on electric car which looked and performed much like the petrol edition.

Check the earlier post for the full official BMW press release.

Copyright notice: UK b-roll footage and background music used in this video supplied to us from BMW AG and used by permission, under the condition this can not be used for commercial purposes. All other content (like our logo, etc.) is Copyright © 2011 by Miniology.com/The Electric Crayon.

CarInsuranceList – Insurance shopping made simple

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While the general public may see them as “those cute little cars from the Austin Powers movies,” enthusiasts know that MINIs are actually superior driving machines with small profiles – the automotive embodiment of “small but mighty.” They’re stylish, rather than overly flashy, and while they have much to offer, it’s also true that a lot of the excess seen in larger, less refined cars, has been stripped away. In a sense, CarInsuranceList.com shares many of the same traits.

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