Mark
12-12-2008, 06:19 PM
You'll find there's two ways to slow down the MINI E (http://jalopnik.com/5093425/all+electric-mini-e-hits-la-auto-show-floor-with-hottest-deputy-mayor-ever). The first is the old fashioned way using the brake. The new hotness? Just pulling your foot off the gas. In the MINI E, that's when regenerative braking kicks in automatically, slowly slowing you to a halt.
At first it's disconcerting not being able to coast. It's like the feeling you get in an amusement part ride — a complete lack of control. But after a short while that feeling goes away. Well, at least that part of the amusement park ride. Acceleration in the new 'lectric Cooper still feels like the amusement park ride we've come to expect from the little guy. The two seat all-electric car delivers 204 HP and 162 lb-ft of torque, but because it's an electric, all that torque's immediately available to you — as long as the wheels can keep up. BMW engineers have worked hard to create a TSC system that can handle the quickly upward sloping curve, but it's still torque-y as all get-out. ......
http://jalopnik.com/5108929/mini-e-first-drive
Very nice read about their first drive of the Mini-e!
At first it's disconcerting not being able to coast. It's like the feeling you get in an amusement part ride — a complete lack of control. But after a short while that feeling goes away. Well, at least that part of the amusement park ride. Acceleration in the new 'lectric Cooper still feels like the amusement park ride we've come to expect from the little guy. The two seat all-electric car delivers 204 HP and 162 lb-ft of torque, but because it's an electric, all that torque's immediately available to you — as long as the wheels can keep up. BMW engineers have worked hard to create a TSC system that can handle the quickly upward sloping curve, but it's still torque-y as all get-out. ......
http://jalopnik.com/5108929/mini-e-first-drive
Very nice read about their first drive of the Mini-e!