2020 Mini Cooper SE - Electric Fun!

A fully electric Mini Cooper? Let me at it!
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[lukatomazin]

Kje je možno z vami stopiti v kontakt?

[DrLoco]

The fact it has a small booth is a good thing...you'll need to take less out of your car onto the wet concrete into the rain when you want to charge it.
Seen the range and charging time, my yearly vacation would take me 7 charging stops, which would mean that my extra travel time would be over 4 and a half hours....IF I needn't deviate too much to find a fast charging station AND taken into account there are free spots at the charging station.
Seen the situation in Austria last winter vacation, where people were queuing for over 2 hours, then needed to charge for 40 minutes....the extra travel time can quickly add up.
Lets say they add extra charging stations...the question would be : where? You can't have 4 "pumps" or the waiting lines would be gigantic. Adding more brings us again to the question: where? IF parking spaces are already in such high demand and not over abundant, they'll need to accommodate normal parking spaces with a charging option in order to have everyone be able to "fill up" to be ready to reach work the next day.
Then there's the fact over 80% of electricity is still produced by burning coal, waste and wood (biomass), which seen the inefficiency of transportation and storing of electricity is a far bigger polluter then emissions of modern cars.
Long story short....there is still a VERY long way to go. And if we don't invent better batteries, environmentally friendly batteries, lighter batteries and more efficient and environmentally friendly electricity productions...all efforts will be steps in the opposite direction.