Did it today, set a new high for me last drive I did was around 22 miles EV.

Took pictures for your viewing pleasure as always

Looks like I could have made 25 miles max before the ICE started. This trip was just the right length from home to have a chance to make it on battery and I had to manage all the energy to get there just barely! Secondary roads only speeds up to 45mph. It was an EV car show at the town hall, lots of people showed up good times.

What have you guys been able to get for EV range?

-=>Raja.

 

Now that sounds like a real blast.

 

That's why I asked Whine not Walnuts if he could perhaps make a specific forum for the Countryman EV so the rest of the folks like you who are not interested in efficiency can concentrate about posts with performance and speed.

It certainly is a different world when you buy an efficient vehicle you go from trying to get there as fast as you can (the bragging rights to your friends) to getting there as efficient as you can. Its a whole different world than overtaking someone at full bore and then having to slam on the brakes at the red light ahead. By the time that person is getting to the light, its already turned to green and they didn't even have to stop

At the end of the day I'm just trying to use this car the way it was designed to maximize its potential benefits. Fun to drive but the most efficient as well.

-=>Raja.

 

Yes, a different world and a different mindset indeed. Though I have a JCW, I do from time to time play with the 'green' mode to see what kind of mileage I can attain. I got bored of that quickly though. I agree that there should be a dedicated thread for EV stuff.

 

That is impressive!

Few questions:

What year/month was your SE built? Also are you in the US or elsewhere? I've heard of higher mileage from folks in the UK on newer models.

For those who don't care about the EV efficiency side of things, they are just sour that we'd take them in a race I'm convinced that Mini gave the JCW the nod in the 0-60 stats just to keep the JCW folks happy. I haven't seen any real world JCW 0-60 times, but I have seen the SE, and it's faster than the stats provided by Mini.

 

ohhh smack talk? I race every other weekend, please bring your EV thing

wait you can't, scca banned them because they are unsafe for autocross, and they are slow anyway.

if you lower it enough to not flip over, SCCA will let you race it in STX, good luck!

 

Haha, Smack talk was intended towards stock JCW F60s, not other models. What is your R53 getting in 0-60 out of curiosity?

I would love to get my F60 on a track, thanks for the STX update!

 

they use a formula to determine rollover risk, if you can lower the car enough they will let you autocross.

With stock tires it's not that big a deal, but the formula assumes everyone will be on the current 200tw tires, rival S or re71r where the grip is so high you can flip

 

Even if you had your own thread, someone would wander in and criticize your electric nerd quest. I'm waiting for all electric MINI in my future so I can join the fun.

 

Can you play PacMan while you drive?

 

I have no idea what the 0-60 is, when racing there is very little 0-60, you do get a little launch at the start on an autocross course



lots of fun outrunning corvettes on the track, there is no 0-60 on the track the first lap out is warm up the tires. FWIW I get 8 mpg on the track

 

 

Snurfer:

"What year/month was your SE built? Also are you in the US or elsewhere? I've heard of higher mileage from folks in the UK on newer models."

Its a 2019 I think its like a couple of months old it just came off the finish line so to speak according to the dealer they just got it and the hood plastic was still on it. How do I tell for sure? Is there a label on the door or something?

We are in the US yes, live in MA.

Rich:

"Can you play PacMan while you drive?"

It does look like PacMan doesn't it? When I was a kid I played so much I torn the skin off my finger playing in the arcades. I was able to get to the 9th key, that's when PacMan slowed down to the initial speed it has on level 1 and the ghosts were still super fast the only way to live is to constantly take the tunnel. I was unable to finish that level with the 2 lives I had left, but set my high score record of 309,000 if I recall correctly.

Birbilis:

If you are using an Android phone then they don't have eDrive for those phones. Doesn't make sense. My wife doesn't have them on her Android phone, but I have it on my apple. Sales guy said "Apple is better" when she asked him. I can't understand why they can't put it on Androids either...

As for the racing guys, this is an EV thread. Please create a thread about JCW racing and have at it!

Best regards,

-=>Raja.

 

 

This car is hard to perform well on EV. By that I mean at best you can net say 4.9 miles per kwh. I have another plug in hybrid, it can net 6 miles per kwh in the summer. Also the car doesn't let you use all the battery, with my Cmax I also have a 7.6kwh battery, and the system lets me use 5.6kwh before going into hybrid mode. In the mini from 100 to 9% I think is about 4.9kwh also. Maybe it lets you go to 5 kwh tops at 7%, so max possible range would be 5 x 4.9 = 24.5 miles. I pretty much made it there a couple of days ago as shown above. But in my Cmax it would have gotten there with 10 miles more left in range (because 6 miles per kwh x 5.6 kwh = 33.6 miles) Sometimes you can even do better than 6 slightly.

Anyway, with the mini you're doing good at 20 miles. In the winter my Cmax drops to around 22 miles. Its because the car doesn't roll so easily in the cold. The air is more dense, the tires are stiffer on the road, and the transmission is not as free with oil in it that is more gelled up (thicker) due to the cold. I can feel the car not coast as well.

I'm not sure any firmware update is going to change anything, but you can certainly give it a try. Its probably more in your driving. You need to ease up more, anticipate more, and max your regen braking and minimize using the brake pads. That all makes a difference, 4 miles worth per charge..

-=>Raja.

 

 

I use EV mode green most of the time, but sometimes switch it to mid when there is a decent coming up and I need to hold the car back without having to use the brakes so to speak. I make sure I don't brake hard watch the regen meter try to stay between g and e on the word charge. If you reach e then you are at max regen and perhaps also wasting friction pads.

Accelerate slowly and never try to accelerate uphill. In fact build some speed before the hill and keep the same pressure on the gas pedal going up the hill allowing the car to lose speed going up its OK you can gain it back on the downhill side.

Do not go much faster than 45 mph in EV mode. Skip the highways if you have to take a highway stay around 50 to 55 tops in EV mode in general.

Hope this helps, try again and let me know how you make out.

-=>Raja.

 

 

that is great news! It's good to know I can feel confident going to/from work if I drive efficiently. Coming from a Tesla, I can say that electric/PHEV's can be both efficient as well engaging to drive. The Countryman S E has shown 0-60 times in the 5.75-5.9 range which seems to make it the fastest production MINI. Having the battery pack under the rear seat lowers the center of gravity giving the car a more planted feel. Many carmakers are starting to integrate electric motors into their more sporty offerings (BMW i8, Lexus LC300h, Acura NSX).

On an aside, I'm seeing S E drivers achieve a combined average MPG of around 40 mpg. If our tanks are roughly 12 gallons does that mean some folks can achieve over 400 miless on a full tank?

 

 

So you got 24 miles in July...
How about in December?

 

I have not done a whole battery drain lately but based on the miles per kwh out of the computer at a low of around 3.7 would net 18 miles as 4.9kwh is available for use. I can get it into the low 4's normally like 4.2 - 4.4 so I might hit 20-21 miles. That, of course, is without heat just crack the windows slightly, suit up like you're walking outside and good to go.

-=>Raja.