Electric Mini Cooper Has Rough Start

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 3, 2009 @10:49AM from the no-room-for-extra-batteries dept.

TopSpin writes "BMW's limited roll out of the electric version of its Mini has met with complaints from early adopters including less than advertised range, cold weather charging problems, bulky batteries and connection issues. Richard Steinburg, BMW's manager of electric vehicle operations, assures everyone that the manufacturer is 'learning quite a bit as we go.' Drivers are paying $850/month for the privilege of helping BMW learn how to build EVs, while also helping BMW meet alternative fuel mandates so that other models can continue to be sold in select markets."

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Re:Diesels by scorp1us · 2009-12-03 12:36 · Score: 1, Troll

Hell, even the E92 M3 (v8) gets better mileage than a Prius.

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Re:Electric car with problems? by c6gunner · 2009-12-03 15:03 · Score: 0, Troll

Don't you just love it when some ignoramus watches a clearly biased "documentary" and magically turns into an expert on everything related to the subject?
And to think that people once thought that television would revolutionize education. I guess it did, after a fashion ... but I doubt that this is what they had in mind.