The Mini E, electric prototype presently given in the manufacturer’s English test for dozens of American motorists, is showing a serious decline of autonomy in conditions of extremely cold temperatures.
The news has reached the network with Lyle Dennis, head of a popular unofficial blog dedicated to the Chevrolet Volt at the same time owner of one of these experimental leases signed by Mini USA. Dennis, who lives in New Jersey, tried on his skin that limit the MINI E, which apparently goes far beyond the congenital problems of electric vehicles at low temperatures.
And so, good Dennis saw the independence of its Mini down from 160 km reported in many other values. The batteries of the car in fact, at a temperature of -5 ° C were completely discharged after the 88-km round trip journey from the workshop, despite the Mini E is left plugged in for two hours between the two movements. In more favorable weather, the copy of Dennis to nearly 130 km of real autonomy. Other “testers” in the Northeast U.S. have experienced the same problem.
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