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Actually, I think there is a setting in the menu that can slow down the charging speed with the regular 120V charger. I think by default it’s set to the slower speed - have them change it to maximum, which is what I changed ours to.

Really depends on the temperature. It always charge slowly in the cold weather. If the garage is warm or heated, it may speed up the battery charging
I heard a heater may warm up the battery in the cold weather automatically. I always charge the battery all the time in the cold weather even if the car is parked

this is true. I charge to 100% in 3:15 hours on setting maximum. But i don’t know if there’s a difference with the 220 charger because i live in Holland.

New member here, but have been reading for a long time. Thank you for a very helpful forum. We are planning on getting an F60 as our second car and are struggling to decide whether to get the SE PHEV or the JCW. It won’t be used much, maybe 3-4 days a week for short trips, mostly city driving. We like the fuel efficiency of the SE (it will replace a BMW i3) and the fact we’d get carpool access. Our other car is a plug in as well and my wife depends on the carpool access for her commute, and so with the SE we could trade cars based on who needs the big car that day. But the JCW is also intriguing. With everything going plug in and autonomous, the idea of having a sporty car with a manual while we still can means a lot (we used to have a 2011 Cooper S hardtop manual and miss it dearly).

One worry with the SE is that some reviews said it gets sluggish when the battery runs out and so you should regularly charge it. We live on a steep hill and I’m worried about that at the end of a commute/trip when your are out of battery. Has that been your experience? And what about highway driving - is there usually enough power to pass?

THANK YOU all in advance for your replies! Can’t wait to have a Mini again!

I have not timed it myself, but I am under the impression that even when the battery is drained down to ~10%, electric power still will kick in to provide a few additional horses to get the car moving up to ~60 mph. If done repeatedly, then I assume you will eventually drain the battery to the point where it has little to add.

In in terms of highway passing, yes it is slower than expected. This really applies to accelerating to like 90 mph for passing (not done often). Unfortunately the only car I have to compare it to is my stage 1 B8.5 S4. Sport does seem to make a difference. Of note, my wife’s previous car, the F56 Cooper S, was definitely better than this car, but this one is not THAT bad.

This car is truly ideal for short commutes - which allows it to use mostly battery. From our experience, the hybrid benefits go away with a lot of highway driving - but it still gets similar mpgs to a RAV 4 hybrid, but with far more fun!

I honestly don’t understand how a Toyota hybrid (not plugin) can do 56mpg easy peasy where we have to charge almost every day half of a month to get that figure. These are very uneconomical if you think about that comparison. I charge about 4 to 5 times a month and get an mpg of 40! And thrn i have to calculate the electricity charging. Then it would be less economical. Unless you charge it almost every day it isn’t cheap driving at all. It should at least be as economical as a Toyota without charging if you ask me. But what a horrendous driving experience a Toyota hr-v has. Had a test drive this week. Omg. Horrible. Loud. Slow. Loud!

How does it compare to the JCW in terms of overtaking speed?

I haven’t driven the jcw, people who have on youtube are surprised. But without comparing i am surprised every time when i put it in sport mode and floor the gas pedal. It is very very quick. I think it is really not an economical car to begin with. First months i was bummed by that. I couldn’t understand how i simple hybrid of Toyota can do 5.0/100 km’s easy peasy where my mini if i wouldn’t charge it but with a much much bigger battery and bigger electric range can’t get better mileage then 8.5ltr/100km. But i didn’t charge it much then also. I drove an auris hybrid and even considered a C-HR. They had both zero driving character. Zero. Very loud engine. It is just an economical thrust worthy car. But zero fun if you ask me. Mini on the other end is a lot of fun. Quiet. Fast. Beautiful materials. And nowadays i plug it in almost every 2 days. Try every day but not there yet. It is getting way more economical now. Latest i got was 4ltr/100km. And i calculated last weekend the more i charge it the more it really gets cheaper to drive.

But to sume up, it is quick. To 100km/h it really is super quick. After that though it is less quick but quick enough for me. I drive it 95% slow. When i need it the power is really there. Look at all the YouTube videos. There are enough comparison reviews.