This Car Changed My Perspective! - Electric Mini Cooper SE

This is the future of EV

You expect to get fired soon and not have to drive to work anymore? Total cost of ownership for an EV often wins over combustion. Mini is easy to compare since it is sold as both EV and with different combustion engines.

that laughable range is not going to be selling that car, especially for that price.

Blured out speedometer kinda sus lol

Never thought I would say this, hard buttons are under rated now.

I really appreciate you use KM's as a default unit!

This is what electric cars should be, or closer to it anyhow. Small, short range, relatively quick charging grocery getters. Road trippin' car? No. Trucks? Hell no. The marketing around electric cars is exemplary of the issue with green energy. Its for rich white yuppies with more money than brains.

Would be a nice car if it wasn’t for those horrifically tacky (and Brexity) tail lights.

See this is amazing to me- not because of what it is, but because of what it represents. This is essentially a normal ICE engine model vehicle that has been retrofit with an electric power train, without really changing much externally. Meaning, this COULD be done to existing makes and models of vehicle. Would they get good mileage? Probably not. Would they still get better mileage per $ than an ICE model? Probably Yeah. Would it stick a major middle finger to big Oil? Absolutely.

So... I love ev's... But I'm a broke college dropout... Do some cars that are in my price range... SCRAPYARD WARS... CAR EDITION??? GET LIKE $5000 TO EACH PERSON TO FIND A USED CAR... AND THE GUY WHO MANAGES THE BEST LAP TIME WINS...

Alex single handedly ruined mini coopers for me by comparing them to catfish 😂💀

So, when are we gonna get a walkthrough of the staff's cars so we know what they have to compare these EVs against?

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My girlfriend would love one of these except for the range. 110 miles is high for an "around town" car, but low for a road trip car and she wants a road trip car.

Brilliant video!
I have the Mini Cooper SE level 2 since 2020. I have driven a lot of cars, expensive, cheap and overpriced.
I do not live in the US or in Canada, but over here it was cheaper than the other EVs.
It is by far the most fun car I have ever driven.
The interior quality is astounding, mine still feels brand new.
Range is fine, not great but I live in/near a city and don't need much. It charges in no time and it's cheap to run.
It is perfect for me and my needs but I can see it being totally useless for the majority.
However, as explained in this video, it is so freaking quick and extremely fun to drive. The way it tackles corners is insane.

thank you for telling me that this car exists, I think that the fact that no one has talked about it is because no one bought it

He looks so excited driving this car! I believe the car is meant to have fun with.

Such a stupid car for 40k

omg piano black package for the love of all that is decent STOP making cars with piano black plastic

We need a twizy review

They should be building EV's on the Countryman platform, not the Cooper. It feels like this vehicle sacrifices a lot and doesn't really give you much of anything as far as value for that price tag. As Alex said, it's got the low end Mercedes/BMW/Audi price tag with significantly less range.

As a Nigerian American Union Jack taillights are a dealbreaker for me lmfao

In the US the EV version was the cheapest Cooper until the infrastructure bill killed credits for it.

You had that front seat pretty far back. My sister and I grew up with our Mom having a two door MINI as the only vehicle. For a family of smaller people, it worked well - and was waaaayy more fun than a crossover : )

"You'll have a fingerprint for the next 6 years". Yeah, maybe if I was lazy like you and didn't clean my car every month. But I'm smarter than that. Like, who's THAT nasty in the first place that they let their car get dirty?

The small battery means it doesn't weigh a ton like every other EV. It's only 1400kg and is the first EV I've driven which is actually fun to drive like Alex said. This isn't a car you buy as your main car for long distance trips but it certainly is the car you buy for your commute to work (as long as its less than 50 miles). Plus the Harman KArdon stereo in the top version is amazing.

At least it won't be known for timing chain issues anymore.

THE HONDA E, IS WAY BETTER AND IS SUPERIOR IN ALL METRICS INCLUDING COOLNESS AND STYLE PERIOD.

"Porsh" lol come on

I really wish they would stop making the big dumb crossover EVs and make reasonable small and midsize evs. Imagine how awesome something like this would be if it was designed as an ev from scratch

one big upside to this car is that you don't have to buy it since its a complete POS like any other mini out there!

I have a 4 door hardtop with all piano black interior. Love it! 😁

I wasn’t sure about this car until I learned about the Union Jack taillights

Now I’m definitely not getting one.

We have one in US. In Green mode, in summer, it can make it to airport and back (even with AC on), that's 120 miles! Granted, I got back with 2% battery after leaving it in airport parking for 3 days, but it was, in fact, capable of more than the mileage rating. And yes, it's a lot of fun. I agree that the nav system is kind of bleh. The nav on our VW Touareg is a lot better (except for the fact that it's impossible to get a nav update!). It always seems to be too little zoom (can't see the small roads), or too much (can't see the overall pattern). We do most of our driving with the back seats down which adds a huge amount of cargo space capacity. If you're not going to use the back seats for people, you might as well just put them down and get enough cargo capacity for 1/4 sheets of plywood, right?
Also agreed on the toggle controls. Very nice.
I wish that they key fobs were distinctive enough to auto-select driver personality like on the Touareg, but they are not. You have to select the profile every time you start the car.
I love the fact that I can charge it easily in the garage from standard 240V 20A outlet in about 8 hours or less.

Alex has never looked so cool

This is by far the most fun car i have driven. - now the battery is hopeless. So i now have the new version of Fiat500 - but there are defintely some differences between the two where i miss some from the mini. - but the new mini is dissapointing. So i wont go back after a few years when it is time to let the Fiat go. I had so hoped they would have figured out to expand the battery on this model.

I have a 2017 2 door mini cooper s hardtop, im 60, 5’4”, getting and sitting in the backseat was not bad, but getting out was like getting a banana out of its peel 😖

Waiting for the EV6 review

Got love it! Have a fiata, and this car holds up to it!

Looking back at this a year later and this is the car that sealed the deal that BMW/Mini had no clue as to what Mini was about. (The Classic Mini when it was introduced to was sold for about $15,000).
2nd BMW/Mini is a compliance car.
3 Mini is not ready to build an actual usable car instead of a rich persons jewelry purse.

ITS A BMW ACTUALLY

Alex suddenly using the cheat code : chick magnet 🤣🤣

What do you think of this car as a used purchase option assuming there’s depreciation

Such a great review! I am always on the search for the perfect "traffic troll" mobile

Buy a used mini. You will have the cash in your pocket and low cost for "fule" :)

I stopped watching the second I saw a water bottle advertising for a garbage individual...

The newer models of the Mini Cooper EV have a more useful range, closer to something like the Chevy Bolt.

This in black or a Rivian R3X...I'm so torn between them