By virtue of being small, the mini is already one of the less polluting vehicles on the roads, but this model goes one better and has an electric engine, bumping it up into the seriously green car category.
The Mini E is a zero emission, two seater version of the famous 3 door hatchback, swapping a gas guzzling internal combustion engine for a lithium-ion battery powered motor.
It's limited edition goods at the moment though, with only 500 being made and unleashed onto 500 Americans to test drive as part of a one year trial. If successful, we could be seeing electrical Mini's whizzing past us in a years time.
For an electric car, it fares well in the specs department. It does 0-60 in 8.5 seconds, reaches a top speed of 95mph and it's capable of doing 150 miles on just a 2.5 hour charge. Not bad eh?
[Via Shiny Shiny]
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