Electric vs Petrol... which is fastest on track? | MINI SE vs S

Which is fastest? Electric or Petrol? We thought we would find out by bringing together the brand new MINI Electric and a MINI Cooper S on Rednal Go Kart track in Shropshire! The result was very interesting!

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DISCLAIMER: This video was filmed on a closed track and any driving should NOT be copied on public roads.

Big thank you goes to Rednal Karting for allowing us to film on their epic track, for more information or to book please use the link below.
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Presented by Matt Smart
Filmed by Matt Smart & Marcus Perkins
Edited by Matt Smart

[BauersPro]

I bought a Mini Electric, before I saw this vid! Glad I did, thanks. Great comparison 👍👏🏼

[dontom]

Great Video. And now Testing Honda-e vs Mini-SE.

[sky]

After watching this video. Might sold me a mini electric 🤣🤣🤣 great video

[raymondwong]

Thank you for nailing the video exactly where it counts the most for a MINI, its driving dynamics and handling - i.e. driving pleasure !!!! By the way, my wife has a MINI S, the seats are very comfortable. Love it and it is very cute! Now, I need to tell my wife that her car has been beaten by its new electric brother !!!!

[Bricktop]

Stop telling everyone! The petrolheads are going to eventually swallow their pride, accept that instant torque combined with heavy regen gives performance benefits. Once you accept that noise = wasted energy that could be going to the wheels, then the GTI and Scooby squad are going to be getting them and beating us in our 'boring milk floats'.

[SuperUltrawideK]

I've just chopped in my Cooper S Sport for a Mini Electric, the wait is October though :(

[VgAce]

Ordered mine a month ago and it is slated to be built this week! So excited!

[kiwiswede]

Waiting for my mini SE to arrive. Only a few weeks left.

[richardmarkfielding]

Great video! Hurrah for MINI Electric!

[RoXoNpRo]

Nice video 👍 Mine will be delivered in 2 weeks, however I dislike the tiny vmax of 150km/h a lot - as a german I like to give it a solid pedal to the metal here and there.. Probably not going to keep it forever for that reason, but still excited about it :)

[whocares]

wow great am an EV fan and i am surprised ...fantastic

[zefram]

Out of curiosity, what tires were on the two cars? Were they the same?

[SWR]

Not enough range to take on a road trip or holiday if it’s not your second Car. The difference is five years, oh wait that’s how far this car is behind on range to some of the competitors. The S will drive spiritedly up the west coast of Scotland say from a Glasgow to Ullapool taking the scenic route for six or seven hours with a ten minute top up of petrol and not miss a beat .This SE will get to to Fort William at just over a hundred miles and you’ll have to charge for 30-40 minutes then repeat every 100 miles or so if pushing on and enjoying the roads. Not everyone buys a MINI as a second Car and a few of us like a decent road trip in them. They had the MINI E in California in 2009 that did 96 miles to a charge, granted no rear seats, this is hardly a leap forward. We’ve had five MINI’s and I was even one of the first to sit in a SE here in the U.K. it drives fantastic let down by poor range that’s more 2012 than 2020. Second gen maybe when this version steps up and stops hiding behind the excuse “it’s a city Car” for a lack of forward thinking in BMW part to build on there EV platforms. Heads up BMW loyal MINI fan not changing his Car just now as I usually would have because the Model Y made in Giga Berlin looks a real option, alarm bells should be ringing.

[martivila]

Good video, nice comparison in a karting track, well, I wonder if in a faster track mini SE will win?

[ooTheMAXXoo]

EVs, mainly known for instant torque and low center of gravity is not "supposed" to be fast and handle well? Next you will be surprised that f1 cars are good in corners.

[garrycroft]

Great comparison but I wasn't surprised because every acceleration is instant. Another example.. Drag race a BMW i3s v BMW M3 0-30 MPH and 30-60 the i3s wins both. Of course 0-60 it gets slaughtered. All to do with the instant torque.

[Mexxx]

500th Like! This youtube video, may just have swayed my opinion on EV cars!

[danijelandroid]

It needed a go kart to have a reference.

[alonsocaocristino]

How many laps the EV can sustain its performance?

[bobosborne]

Imagine evs racing lol we would have to come back next day to watch race. As they will need a long charge lol