I was thinking the same thing and seemed very comfortable in front of a camera.

Yeah, why’s he been hiding behind the camera all this time? Extremely knowledgeable and excellent delivery 👍

Just pick a less stripey shirt!

Jordan could stand to expand some of his acronyms so it was clearer if he was identifying a kind of plastic or a part of the car. He did well, let's see more of him.

this one the lowest Leandesign score by far.

the DougScore of engineering... i want that

That's a really good idea. We definitely need a score breakdown plus pros and cons.

Doug Monroe Score

@@brandoYT Is it? They make it on the same line as the other Mini Coopers. That has to save a lot of money.

really looks like a proof of concept/prototype. Those dangling orange cables though...

@@CarlForde on some German vehicles brake lines were routed the same way, never had any issues of them failing, that being said you would think they would protect them a little better.

Probably a rush product to fill a niche in a rapidly changing market with minimal effort.

@@CarlForde the covers have been removed on this car, they aren't usually exposed

Agree. Looks unsafe. They would get torn off or damaged easily.

I'm thinking what comes first: If they will be torn or sliced.

I wonder though, what is the consequence of the damage? For a damaged battery pack you can have unconstrained discharge of the entire pack, meaning fire, but for the HV cables you would ideally blow fuses/breakers within the pack itself. I suppose the real concern is scenarios with high resistance paths going through the body that could maybe harm a human without blowing the fuses/breakers.

@@rhamph you would expect in most manufacturers these are properly fused, but given how sloppy this is, who knows! I think you raise some interesting points, it would be good for Munro to answer as much as they can without tearing apart the mini.

The lines are inches above the stamped steel battery housing. And protected by the sealed under carriage. I suppose if you took this EV four wheeling and you got it high centered on a rock which first penetrated the steel battery housing, then the lines might be cut.

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@@MunroLive Tell him to chin up and gift him a "I am the grand master of cars!" as a pick-me-up t-shirt for this 10 years of dedication.

After all this is bmw, who uses plastic coolant lines in the ice cars which crack and cost a fortune to get to and replace. When rubber or metal could have been used. How much engineering or care do they, or have they ever used. I mean how reliable are their ice cars compared to toyota or honda?

I think they took of the flat covers of

@@ariip average BMW costs third of the purchase price on service not covered by the warranty in 1st 3 years from purchase...

The lines are inches above the stamped steel battery housing. And protected by the sealed under carriage. I suppose if you took this EV four wheeling and you got it high centered on a rock which first penetrated the steel battery housing, then the lines might be cut.

@@jayhawkeyes road debris is a real issue and everyone knows those stupid covers end up falling off eventually or are removed by impatient repair people. Some repair person removed the fender liners of my current used car at some point, breaking most of the mounting points in the process. A real damn mess to fix and the replacements are a fraction as thick and I expect it to be a continual maintence issue. Any OEM should know better than to count on those being there forever.

Yup, people just wanna hate without checking their favourite vehicles out first

Glad you think so!

So true. That high voltage cabling looks homemade and dangerous. If the car gets driven over something in the road, the cabling is likely to get damaged or ripped out. Can’t believe Mini/BMW built a car with high voltage cables being the lowest point of the undercarriage. How do you spell lawsuits and recalls?

The cabling is covered by an aeroshield which Munro removed for visibility, which will prevent it from getting snagged by brush, and if you have something pierce the shield and the cable then you'll probably have more issues than just having the cables from the charge port to the OBC being cut.

@@Wrkncacnter777 So, you say there IS a shield! Thank goodness! I immediately spotted those cables thinking this can't be happening! Phew...

@@Wrkncacnter777 And MINI is using the same design that Toyota and countless other Hybrids use with deploying the cables: they are protected by the aeroshield/splash guard undercarriage cover. I guess the moral of the story here is don't go four wheeling in your tiny two door Electric Vehicle.

@@Wrkncacnter777 The shield you speak of Stuart was not mentioned or shown and they also told us that these cables are normally run in/or alongside structural members for safety. Odds on the shield you speak of is made from some kind of composite that a big piece of road debris could easily puncture & possibly the cabling under it. Still if you are happy with that offering from BMW feel free but I and many others (I guess) will give it a miss after seeing that.

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@@MunroLive Hey Jordan - thanks for the video. Take a look at the specifications of the MINI-E - which they made 500 of, for lease only, back in 2012. All of the stats (range, acceleration, top speed, etc) are IDENTICAL to the MINI-SE. Suggesting that they just stuck the decade old MINI-E parts into a new body frame. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_E

If you think the expised hidh voltage cables ate disaster you better look under a model S plaid...you might change your mind...

The lines are inches above the stamped steel battery housing. And protected by the sealed under carriage. I suppose if you took this EV four wheeling and you got it high centered on a rock which first penetrated the steel battery housing, then the lines might be cut.

@@jayhawkeyes Please review the video at the 2:35 time stamp. Corey points out how exposed the high voltage cables are. There is no sealed under carriage noted. He was polite enough not to be critical of this finding, only because it was so obvious. I live in a rural community and with every wind storm that comes through, the roads can be littered with tree branches of various sizes and geometries. One of those can hook those cables and rip them loose, especially at night. Plus other types of road debris/hazards can have equally damaging results. I don't think a few wire ties are a good design, leaving the cables exposed to possible damage.

Since the Mini is British, I think everyone has missed the obvious point that they had the HV cabling designed by Lucas, the Prince of Darkness!

@@BillyLapTop i agree, Cory is a great presenter. I enjoy his style. I also agree... you wont be buying this car if you have branches of various geometry or probably even ROUS'es flying arround the neighborhood...

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It's easier to retrofit a existing car than completely new design.

I do not believe these to be true EVs these are ice retrofit.. Legacy car makers pretending to build true electric vehicles.

It's an ICE retrofit that allows MINI to remove ICE vehicles from the road. Currently 30% of MINIs sold in some markets are electric vehicles. All MINIs will be electric by the 2025-2030 time frame.

@@jayhawkeyes good point

Hi thanks for all the feedback. I guess I was thinking that yes if you have an ICE chassis there would need to be a point where you design custom battery packs and try to live within the limits of an existing design…OR .. the other path of designing a frame / undercarriage that takes into account the needs of electric out of the box to fit the upper body shell to create a better solution. BMW has already dabbled with electric years ago and could have gleaned some knowledge or experience from that trial to improve their ability to make a better car of the MINI…. but perhaps not at this time. It may take years to create a new chassis to cover electric needs as far as I know. Thanks Again!

They are not exposed. The Munro team failed to mention that they took off the protective shielding before filming.

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Agree. A reluctant effort on a small budget.

all the EV stuff is the same and taken from the BMW i3 (hence why the motor is in a cradel in the front of the car) and its built on the same line as the ICE cars - when they first released the car it was cheaper than the ICE cars but they get so many orders and USA got total scewed over on price - I belive it an extra 5 to 7k more in the USA vs UK now

For sure it's not some wonderfully careful new design. Back in 2012, MINI made the "MINI-E"...they made 500 of them and leased them to established MINI enthusiasts around LA and NY. If you compare the specs of the MINI-E to the MINI-SE, they are IDENTICAL...not just close...IDENTICAL. Range, acceleration and top speed are exactly the same. When you see how they've kinda wedged all of the electric goodies into a pretty much standard ICE MINI's framework - it's clear that this is something put together in a hurry - and without much design effort. All the did was take the electric parts of the decade old MINI-E and stuff them into a slightly more modern MINI body. Just as with mainstream BMW, they are clearly not taking electric vehicles seriously.

It's a stepping stone vehicles that allows 30% of MINIs sold to be electric vehicles. All MINIs will be electric in a 2025-2030 time frame. Anyone expecting MINI to have produced a Tesla-like EV in 2020 when this car was released is a Tesla Fanboy.

You could conjecture their budget for this was... minimal. Badum tsss

Awesome, thank you!

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Even the Model S Plaid has them lower. What's the big deal?

I could do with less "legacy" Sandy and more content like this, clear, informative, no bumbling and stumbling.

As soon as this video ended I went in the garage and looked under mine to see the very long and wide belly pan. I agree this video was a little bit misleading about what is actually out in the open and exposed. Love my MINI EV.

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I am sure people who convert EVs are really liking that drop end component package that drops right into the existing motor mounts. People who are judging this harshly are forgetting this is a factory ICE to EV conversion and from the looks of it, a really good one. The batteries are mounted in the right spot for an EV and not just squeezed into cargo places. I think BMW hit this out of the park. They can now offer EV minis that do not redesign the car in a way existing owners wouldn't like. The mach-e is a nice EV, but it is not a mustang and doesn't really appeal to many existing mustang owners. (on the flip size, EV camaros are converted by 3rd parties and they do appeal to existing owners) BMW's last low range EV was the i3 which had less range and was over twice the price. This mini-cooper EV is about $23k after the federal tax credit in the US and under $20k brand new in states with additional incentives. This mini is a great commuter EV and the only real limitation is the smaller car size, but existing mini owners are already fine with the size of the car. I hope this converts a lot of mini overs to EV.

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The guage of that copper is probably 12... It's not that valuable. Also you don't need gloves to yank it, the relays will but the high voltage relay when parked. It's very unlikely to shock when cut one at a time. That's also a really odd design... Why is the three phase inverter on the back of the car, might be in the penthouse.

The wires aren't exposed. They are protected by a very serious undercarriage cover. See this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mM1yfKectpvIYHU.html. The jokers from Munro Live failed to disclose that they removed the undercarriage cover.

The wires aren't exposed. They are protected by a very serious undercarriage cover. See this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mM1yfKectpvIYHU.html. The jokers from Munro Live failed to disclose that they removed the undercarriage cover.