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We all know about the merits of electric vehicles but have you ever wondered how it would really be like owning one and driving it on a daily basis?
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BMW Group Publishes Results of first Mini E Trial Project
We all know about the merits of electric vehicles but have you ever wondered how it would really be like owning one and driving it on a daily basis?
In collaboration with the British government, the BMW Group launched a trial program in the UK with 40 pure-electric MINI E cars given to 62 citizens and 72 pool users over two six-month periods, from December 2009 until March 2011.
Now that the trial period is over, MINI and the Oxford Brookes University, which undertook the research, have released their findings.
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