Across the pond this is cheaper than the base gas model after credits. For an outrageously fun car.

I've watched at least 30 MINI Electric review videos and this is the best one without a doubt.

Yer it’s a great car after a 250 mile trip out yesterday was a joy to be in . Thanks for another great video

Great review, looking forward to mine arriving in September 👍

7.3 seconds is the 0-62mph - the 0-60mph is 6.8 seconds. The level 2 & 3 have the same screen. The level 1 was the one with a smaller screen. I drive a 13mile round trip every day with frequent diversions for roadworks. One charge (Sunday night) goes all week and costs £4 on Octopus Go. (15p per Kwh). As you say, the car is super-efficient. I have a bit of a lead foot, but I have averaged 4.1m/Kw. I love my MINI SE and I'd never go back to an ICE car. Because of the fast charging, long trips are a breeze. 1h30m drive with 15-20 min charge, then off again. I did Maidstone to Leeds the second week I had it. Easiest drive ever.

Much as I miss my old John Cooper Works tyre shredder, the mini EV oozes style, perhaps at the expense of substance. A very funky and stylish tiny town car. I’d opt for the E- Berlingo at about the same money as it has a little more range and I could get a tall fridge freezer or washing machine in the boot.

The references for the dogs and the pub make me want to live there. 😊 “It’s just a nice place to be.”

Excellent review, very detailed and informative. Just bit the bullet and bought one today (level 3).

Great review as always Richard. To overcome the niggle with the wireless charging dock, you can buy an aftermarket adapter so that the dock will accommodate larger phones. We love ours… it’s a great town/city/suburban car and good on motorways too!

Got my MINI SE due 1st week of August, our little commute runaround. Can’t wait. We still can’t choose which bigger EV we want for the long trips so many great options.

We have a level 2 facelift in BRG, my wife and i love it and use day to day rather than getting the model Y out

Love this Mini! There’s a big chance there will also be an EV Countryman with the next model as it typically shared powertrains with BMW X1/2 Active Tourer

Nailed it, as always 👏🏽

My wife loves her Mini Electric. So much that she always smiles when driving it around the hills here in Switzerland. Like she’s slept with a coat hanger in her mouth. FYI the wireless Charger in the arm rest: works fine for any non-Max (sized) iPhone

Just done 10,000 miles in mine and absolutely love it

"So, my overall verdict of the MINI is... Yeh, I bloody love it...!" If only ALL car reviewers were so definite with their verdicts 🤣 You seemed genuinely impressed, too, with the available boot space, at least once the seats were down - there's another, really lovely You Tuber called Roger Warner (Warner's Wheeling About) who is currently 'auditing' various rapid charge points for wheelchair accessibility (it's absolutely woeful how badly designed and, therefore, inaccessible most outlets are for those with limited mobility...!) and he gets all his wheelchair frames and power packs in to his MINI, again, seats down. So, yes, it most certainly can accommodate a generous amount of stuff. Great review, Richard and keep 'em coming... 👍

Great review. Obviously, the car put a smile on his face and that's really the intent of the Mini. 🙂👍

Really looking forward to my level 3 coming in the 1st week of September 23. Only thing, as a vegan, that I hate are the leather steering wheel and seats. Sadly they can't be changed as I am going with motability.

Good review Richard. Its a move in the right direction from mini. I hope other manufacturers catch on to it pretty quickly. I've always been an audi man myself but I changed to the model 3 long range because the equivalent audi was above my budget...

The alloy wheels are designed to look like UK plug sockets don't think you mentioned that 👍🏻

Ordered mine 3 months ago, Level 2, full black, alloys etc etc .... the new model will be coming late 2023 I reckon, bigger battery and sleeker display cluster too !

Brilliant comparison, thanks!

It's unfortunate that the car costs so much. I live in the US and opted for a Chevy Bolt EUV. I believe that it's the cheapest EV in the US now. Plenty of power and looks pretty good too. The Mini is always cool.

According to the MINI USA site the SE is 302 lbs heavier than a Cooper S, not 529 lbs (240kg).

Most desirable EV apparently 100 out of 100 Autotrader rating when i checked Thursday 🤓⚡💷

Nice review, thank you 😊

Absolute fortune

Excited about the car but hate the dealer network here in California. Called a few dealers about ordering one and they all seemingly mark them up $7,500 or more. In the case of Santa Monica, they went $10k over msrp. It's a great little car but not worth $50k.

Can you charge exclusively with the 3pin plug or do you need a wall box? Just ordered one for my mam and she isn’t going to do many miles a day but was told the thee pin plug could damage the car?

Level 1 is still available to my knowledge

Ther is a wireless phonecharger in the armrest in the front😊

The armrest has wireless charging!

Great dog car too, seats fold flat and 3 German pointers fit easy

very nice

One point to note is that it only has Apple CarPlay and NOT Android Auto (sent using a Samsung S20☹️!)

Shame about the price, I got my Level 1 October 2021 for a tad over £26,000

"opening panoramic roof" - isn't that a sun roof in old money? :)

No mention of what levels of regen are available with this city car, or the fact that the long doors make getting in and out difficult in "city" car parking bays

Richard Simmons for TopGear!

Richard, would be good to test alongside Fiat 500 EV if you can get hold of one.

Ohh great review though.

It's fun to drive, but BMW have completely lost the plot with its name. It's twice the size of a real Mini; definitely not Mini-sized. But it does have a mini driving range. Sadly. Thanks for the video. 🙂👍

A really important factor in range efficiency is aerodynamics. So many, and the Mini is a classic example, have the aerodynamics of a brick.

With services with EV what is the price difference? I’m thinking of swapping my abarth 595 for an EV

It’s surprising they are only 180bhp I thought it would have had similar power to the petrol John Cooper Works.

Car is awesome bit concerned with long term ownership because with the small batteries/ less of them degradation that eventually happens will be more brutal. But at the same time maybe that makes a full battery swap possible.

I wonder how much you spend in electricity to charge all those Evs every month. :)

silly question here...do electric cars works well in hot climates like Africa...looking at getting one some day but afraid if the range/battery wld be affected by warm weather

Checking sales figures electric minis sell only 5% compared to 96% of petrols engines

Does the Mini have adaptive cruise control?

I charge my iPhone in the armrest -no problem

The fact it’s a compromise as it uses the F56 and more or less shoved an electric drivetrain and batteries in. Next generation is a designed from the ground up Electric using the Chinese platform. As I’ve said on here we have two MINI’s on the drive factory ordered to our spec. We have had five and love them. I have reluctantly not drive one yet but was invited to its first preview. From what I’ve heard it rives like a MINI and that’s the main thing. The range doesn’t cut it one of our cars is just over a year and a half old and does Glasgow to London and sitting on 38k miles already. The other more special MINI goes on road trips touring the highlands etc and will be even down to just outside London this year too but is on low miles. Yes I know price of materials has went though the roof but they are bring these in at Cooper S or even MINI Works prices and that’s too rich for a 100-140 mile EV. BMW are four or five years behind the curve and it shows. We will see with the next gen out next year what they have done.If the level 3 with all the toys was £24k then maybe but not over £30k for me. When you buy a works it’s for performance and all that comes with the package suspension, exhaust not. 7.3 is not far off the Petrol Cooper 7.9 seconds. The scary thing about the next gen is the rear end looks absolutely hideous going by the spy shots to me being a mini fan and that would stop me. The Retro Renault 5 EV looks brilliant and can’t wait to see what it’s like.

Thought level 2 and 3 had same screen size?

Can 2 children and 1 adult sit in the back seats?

How reliable are these Mini Cooper electric models? The ICE ones aren't reliable. BMW isn't known for reliability.

I’m 6’6” think I’d fit?

Shame about all the stupid union jack stuff... I'm not in the BNP

I buy this call in July, it’s been in the shop for 3 month and they still don’t know what wrong with it….I would not buy this car

There will always be better

RANGE IS SO BAD...............🤣🤣🤣 You have to be CHARGING ALL THE TIME!!

BMW gave me a Mini as a courtesy car I found it way to small and dincky, I drive a BMW i3 and it feals massive compared to a Mini even my dad's Suzuki Swift was a bigger car.

A mini is German but was English

Adverts are way way way too long. This will kill youtube

Germany doing a Union Jack symbols Wtf

Whichever way you cut it this is a great car let down by the price and the abysmal range!

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So this shows the problem how do you get to use a small EV as a main car the Mini is not exactly small and is expensive with awful range. If you are happy to pay 31K for transport for the school run/shops then lucky you.

They should put at least 42Kwh battery from i3, which is the same size and is in i3 for years... 33 in 2022 is really pathetic...