Living With An Electric Car - Owning A MINI Electric Has Saved Me THIS MUCH MONEY!

We BOUGHT A Mini Cooper S Electric and here is how much it costs us to run!! The Mini cooper s electric is a cool car and we bought one! here is why we bough a mini cooper s electric and i take you out for a quick drive in it!

The MINI electric Cooper S has 184bhp and delivers 0-62mph in 7.1 seconds and gets 145 miles of range on paper but really its about 110 miles!

What do you think of our new mini electric cooper s?

[philhartley]

I drive an eTron 55, 31, 000 miles in 15 months, often on long road trips. Get Octopus Go with a smart meter for your Pod Point, my current rate (4hrs in the middle of the night is 7.5p per kW). So it would cost me around £202 per annum to fully fuel your mini, where you pay £648! I have calculated huge savings with the eTron against my previous Discovery Sport (petrol) such that using home charge, I spend around 10% of the previous fuel costs and on long trips (first 200 miles home charge) it is around 35% of the previous fuel costs. 500 miles a day is easy, charging not a problem, I just know where to stop. I stay at hotels with destination charging, if I can, and that saves me much more.The Etron has saved me over £4, 500 in that time with 35% home charging and 55% public charging.

[britishminiclub]

We love the EV MINI, such a perfect commuter. We understand a bigger battery would make the car to heavy thus removing the go-kart feel of the MINI. If only they did a full electric Countryman

[cllris]

Great video Stef. This is exactly where EV's are great. Most people day to day aren't driving over 50 miles, let alone 100. Having an EV for the day to day and then a combustion (or hybrid) for the few occasions a year you do big drive is the short term future.

[PedalPowerPanther]

If you have a smart meter at home, you can go on an overnight tariff at a much cheaper rate. For example, Octopus Energy have a 7.5p per kW rate between 12.30-04.30, making savings much higher. I have a Mini Electric coming soon, but my Nissan Leaf costs around £3.00 per week for my 150 miles weekly commute.

[haydensmith]

Unpopular opinion, I’m a seasoned EV user and have been driving/owning EV’s for 6+ years now, I’m tempted to swap back to a petrol/ICE vehicle. Although the EV is “cheaper” to run it’s just too inconvenient and faffing every time we go away (a few times a month) also I do want to quickly add that although my EV has been cheaper to run the depreciation has been so severe it’s negated almost all fuel savings we’ve had during our ownership. In hindsight a Hybrid would have been a better all round solution for us from a cost and convenience standpoint

[tiltheendoftim]

So excited to see this in my inbox today! My fiancé and I just preferred two SE Minis. Out commute is about 30 miles three times a week. Free charging at work and plenty of charging options in Austin TX, including our home. For us, a super long range does no matter—we wouldn’t like road trips, we’d rather fly. Perfect car for us!

[ZEMC]

EXCELLENT review- I bought a SE 5 months ago (My first Mini) and I have to say it is one of the best cars I have ever owned (and I have owned some amazing cars from a Triumph TR7/Z4MC/Audi A6 and currently a Merc SL- wife M2) My commute to work is 50 miles back and forth. YES I wish it had 150 mile range but I would assume that 98% of people who buy an SE have resolved the 100 mile range before they buy. I Have had 3 VW GTIs in the past and this is a BETTER car than those! My wife and I LOVE the legendary Mini go-kart driving feel. Its very fast in that EV frictionless way - almost too fast for the suspension lol - and we use standard 110v charging as overnight easily gets us to work and back (We work at the same place) in the hot Texas heat we dont lose range. LOVE the thick steering wheel and the colored binnacle (but the ev range number is obviously an afterthought as it is tiny) Bottom line we thought that this would be a place holder until the new model but not so sure we are going to "upgrade" love this car as is- and the new one wont have the colored binnacle - just the cheesy "heads up" display and the large cent circle of course. Oh and I have mention that this car is rattle free and built like a tank. Great work BMW engineers and Brit factory workers!

[paulcoles]

The most informative real world EV review I’ve seen, plus we get a South of France road trip video! Winner winner electronically grilled chicken dinner!

[Fearless]

Hi, please don't be offended but I just wanted to give you a "nudge" as to your fuel to electric usage calculation as you worked it out incorrectly.
£81 fuel per week X 52 weeks per year = £4212.
Whereas....
£13.50 charge per week X 52 weeks per year = £702.
Giving a saving of £3510 per year.
Which is still a Damn good saving!!

[madmike]

The best financial decision I’ve ever made was getting a Tesla Model 3 long range. I charge from home overnight at 5p KwH and I am saving around 6k-8k a year for the mileage I do by not going to the petrol station. I will never own a ICE car again.

[LearnwithmikeCoUk]

I’m driving over 100 miles a day, the Mini is not only my primary car, it’s my work car. Get an EV tariff at home and you can charge for less than 10p per kWh. In spending £30 per month to drive 2000 miles.

[CARfariPark]

Nice real-world review Stef. I'm a fairly seasoned EV owner driver of the last 4/5 years having covered tens of thousands of miles on electricity (pure BEV). You're absolutely right the hike in electrified sales is far greater than the rate of infrastructure expansion however planning is the key to success with an EV. Get a home wallbox where possible, use the supermarket free charging (7kw) early hours when people are not in peek shopping times, talk to your employers about rota'd charging and more importantly than anything, adjust driving styles to be more energy consumption conscious if one is concerned about charging stations and charge times - by hooning around getting two cars ahead in busy traffic saps so much power and doesn't gain enough time back when you consider you'll spend 5 to 10 minutes charging the car to gain those 5 miles of range back that just got cained on a spirited overtake.
I've got a couple of EV owner driver videos on my channel too in which I discuss usage and driver styles.
I'm awaiting delivery of a Polestar 2 Performance next week which offers reasonable range, plenty of power and some interesting design language. As you've said Stef, EVs have a place but the Government need to do more to support the shift and manufacturers need to do more on pricing once battery chemistry and tech becomes more mainstream.
Great video, always enjoy your honest and real content 👊🏻

[georgewalker]

It is even a smaller battery than 36kWh, it is 32.6 with 28.9kWh usable.

[Lewis_Standing]

Dude, get yourself a smart meter and drop your tariff to 7.5p between 0030 and 0430. Cut your fuel costs a great deal.
Worked out my old swift that claimed 50-60mpg compared to my new electric kona is £1250 on the petrol, vs £150 for the EV over 9000 miles.

[martinnowak]

Great video. Thanks for sharing the costs and calculations. I’ve not seen it anywhere like this so very very useful!

[jasonsaddington]

Just be aware the way you was parked on the teslar charger would have Obstructed someone parking next to you so if you can always use the end stalls, Also not all of the charges are 61 pence if you click on any of the others in the UK, the cost is Revelent to the speed of the charger, hope this helps others.

[troyboy]

Ordered mine 3 months ago ... can't wait ! .... Full black 😁

[andrewcubbage]

I can see the attraction of an EV at the moment, especially if you are using it for shorter runs and have a driveway. However, as EV take up continues the government is going to need to replace the revenue it is no longer receiving from petrol and diesel fuel. Expect road pricing very soon!

[eteddy]

I learnt something today that they have a ccs cable i thought we may need to buy an adapter ..thanks stef

[alocin]

I'm taking advantage here. What do I buy, a Kona. an i3, or a Kia Soul?