Iconic BMW Mini Cooper Enters Production Status After Two Years of Research and Development by Hybrid Technologies
Munich Germany, Oxford England, Charlotte, North Carolina July 09, 2007 - Hybrid Technologies, Inc. (NASD OTCBB: HYBT - News) www.hybridtechnologies.com, emerging leaders in the development and marketing of lithium-powered products worldwide, is pleased to announce that Hybrid Technologies has moved into production with the BMW AG Mini Cooper all lithium model.


The All Electric Mini Cooper


The Mini Cooper's Electric Engine


James Blunt with the All Electric Mini Cooper


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Based on market readiness and an extensive vehicle selection process, Hybrid Technologies engineers selected the Mini Cooper built in Cowley, England, a subsidiary of BMW produced by that subsidiary since April 2001.
Using Hybrid Technologies proprietary advanced lithium management and battery-balancing system, the all lithium version has already gained significant automotive industry attention.

Basic lithium-powered vehicle facts:

• Speed up to 80 MPH / 128+ Km/H
• 0-60 MPH in 6.0 seconds
• 120+ miles / 193+ Km on single charge

The Hybrid produced Mini Cooper has already gained massive international media attention from outlets such as CNN, Forbes, Popular Mechanics, and Wired magazine; as well as broadcast coverage throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Marketing Trend forecasters feel that this will be the new “it” car among the Hollywood in crowd who are by no means strangers to Hybrid’s lithium-powered vehicle developments.
Hybrid Technologies President Holly Roseberry stated, “The all lithium Mini Cooper is the perfect combination of style, performance and technology. We are proud to add this latest model to our production lineup. We look forward to enhancing the system to create a dynamic capable of satisfying the most selective automotive consumers."
The Mini Cooper Frame is produced by Mini Cooper in Oxford England, and the conversion to all-lithium currently takes place in North Carolina at Hybrid's Mooresville plant.

 

The last R53 hatchback rolled off the assembly line in Oxford how many months ago? I'd have thought they would have based this on the R56.

 

Ok, so they are going to be selling 06 Coopers as new?

So, let's assume they migrate it to the R56 platform.

My question is, and has been, who works on it when it breaks?

 

Cost - $25k plus the MINI. They plan to market to Hollywood types and hip-hop artists and ball players, or so they say.........

Didn't Tom Hanks just buy a Scion Xb that had been converted? I think I read he paid over $70K!

 

Two years of R&D. 10 months of MSRP R-56.

OK, no.
2 pipes MCS
1 pipe MC
0 pipe E=MC

*G*

 

Expressing my ignorance here................huh?