New MINI Electric Road Trip From NJ to NC! Cheapest and Shortest Range New EV 

4+ mi/kw is outrageously good! Agree, when there are as many plugs as we have gas hoses range will be a non-issue!

Great show. The Cooper looks like a fun wee car. Eddie in Scotland

The wheel covers are so subtle that as a UK person I didn’t realise they were supposed to be a UK socket design.

Went to a BMW 4 Series event at FedEx Field this month. Ended up test driving the Mini Cooper SE on the open road and loved it!! Really thinking about buying one!! Nice review. Thank you!

Great videos and very nice guy. U can do car reviews in the future. Keep up the good work

I just love that mini. I can’t wait for our delivery

Great vid. I still think range is important. Why? If traveling, stopping kills avg times on the road. Less stopping improves distance vs time. For around town or short trips it's fine.

great review especially in a pandemic. we are locked in our houses and allowed out for a walk, and police everywhere if you wander

The town you were in is my home town actually Abingdon, MD. Aberdeen was north of where you were.. Thanks for review.

Absolutely love and agree with your point at 17:43. We just need more DCFC infrastructure and we need it at more diverse places other than Walmart (shout out to Walmart for kick it it off though..respect). Look at Route 66...it’s about the travel and stops along the way...it’s not just about getting from Chicago to LA as fast as possible.

The mini looks great, like the interior a lot too. But could not work for me without more range. My typical mission is 95 miles round trip and I don’t want to charge away from home in routine driving. Hopefully they make a higher range model soon.

Cool little car, for the coast I think it would work good. Their website says base price is $29,000. I don't think you could get across the middle of Texas however, most of the electrify America stations are 120 to 130 mi apart. At 85 to 95 mph I don't think the car would make it. Although you could if you needed to draft behind a semi truck at 65 mph pretty safely, then you might be able to make it. I'd love for you to do a similar road trip in a new 2020 Bolt EV which has a much better charging curve now. You can pick up a new bolt for mid-20s also currently. I'd like to see what it would do at the track also. I've seen some autocross events with the bolt EV and with decent tires it essentially runs an autocross about the same as a Volkswagen GTI. That's not too shabby quite frankly. Love your channel keep up the great work I love seeing these road trips. I wouldn't mind also seeing a long road trip in an older Tesla Model S. Like an 85 rwd .

At 14:30 that's the Brooke Rd Walmart where my wife and I some times charge up.

Hey you tried the EA near me in Richmond VA !!

Road trip videos are great!

Good video and thanks for your perspective. It just might be my next car. My father has a 2014 i3 that I really like driving, but this Mini may be the car that gets me to own a EV. Thanks.

the mini is a great car, although I wouldn't take it on a road trip.. that's what my Model Yis for.. we bought a Mini SE for around town trips.

Trying to figure out if I can do Denver to KC and back in this car. I see a lot of Teslas in western Kansas, but not sure about these short range EVs.

nice

Does it have a battery management system cooling?

What configuration do you have?

wow u were in abingdon

About how long were you waiting at each charging station?

I love your Corona 🦠 wheels!

Would have liked to have known what the highway range on it was.

While I like that there are more options, having to stop every 90 miles and do deep charges is definitely not ideal. There’s really no replacement for range and Tesla is definitely the leader. Infrastructure definitely is important, but speed of charging and less frequent charging is pretty important also. If I could avoid a whole stop or a bunch of stops, that would add up over a trip.

I like your videos but I wish you would’ve driven the Mini to give us your first hand experience with the car.

Any news on getting high powered DCFC at the track?

Very good video. I agree totally that future EVs need to be very affordable. The best way to become cheaper to buy is by reducing the battery size. 200 KMS range is the sweet spot in my view. Our future of transportation is going to be like Norway. EV charging everywhere and almost for free. Probably every single gas station will have 11 KW AC charging ports.

Hey Kyle, I don’t know enough about EVs but do you think a manual transmission ev can get better range than a standard single gear one? I miss manual in my model 3

Missed these road trips so much! More corona trips!

Too bad it doesn't work at all in Canada. Everything is 180 miles away charging stop wise. My mom would probably love it but Canadian cities are so spread out. Will check again in 5 years.

Regarding the name of the wheel. They named it way before the virus outbreak so your comment is not fair. I've seen they did change it to "electric spoke" in some marketing materials

I'd like to buy one.

I'd like to see a comparison with the Ioniq.

The displays are great. Shame the UI is 2005 styling.

This guy absolutely LOVES running his hands through his hair.

More battery cycles though

I find BMW is backwards with the spin control!

I think the SE makes for an awesome second car.

That's interesting - in Australia even though we have very low rates of COVID, we wouldn't be allowed to go for a drive that far. We've locked down to the point that if you drive too far from your home without justification (work, essential shopping, that kind of thing) you'd be fined $1600. Perhaps that's why Australia has so few cases and USA COVID has gone nuts! Sorry... but why you travelling in this time?

Nice car (The Mini) THe bad news: not enough range.

Bigger battery = use less of it (shallower cycles) = last a lot longer.

Hey Hii kindly make videos with Porsche Taycan

You are lucky you are allowed to drive that far kyle. In ohio we are only allowed to go to the grocery store . No non essential travel.

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Where did u get the wipes??

More of a Tesla Road Trip following a Mini.

The title indicates cheapest EV, but did I miss where you indicate the cost of this vehicle, the range, and the battery capacity? Seems like those would be critical facts to note in your video. if I read in the comments correctly this vehicle gets a little over 100 miles per charge? I used to have a vehicle with that kind of range and I would never go back to it. It was a complete nightmare especially in the winter.

Does it receive the full $7,500 tax credit?

More Range to me means less stops to charge, this frees up more chargers for others to use

Reality is the Mini while a neat EV is purely a city car. But thanks for thinking out side the BOX.

Mini has to improve the charging speed, however. 50kw max? Not good enough. Imgine if they did 150kw or even 250 kw? Geez, you find a good 250 kw charger and you'd be read to go in 5 minutes.

Kyle get your GF to cut your bangs and around your ears, with your longer hair i think you could pull off a mullet!

I have to disagree with more chargers eliminating the need for long range vehicles. In fact I think EV's need to continue going up in range not down and Tesla is the leader in this category hands down. Having to stop so many times is so inefficient. I will take the max range vehicle I can get my hands on. The speed of charging is also equally important in my opinion as well. Anything under 100kw I don't consider "fast" charging. 150kw is just about right but faster is better and not too many EV's out there can charge at 100kw +.

Or just buy a used Chevy Bolt EV for like 20K or less with 20-30K miles...

hy Kyle. Your roatrip videos are cool and objective. Would you like to do that with a Taycan 4S ? Write me , if you like. Watch my Videos about the Taycan.

buzz cut your hair and beard :)

It feels like MINI is being run into the ground on purpose by BMW. They’ve been losing billions of dollars on MINI, especially in the US since they introduced the current generation F56 bodystyle. Back in the good old days, the R56 3dr Hatch sold up to 60,000 units in a year here in the US. Now, with multiple models (Clubman, 3 and 5 door hatch, Countryman, Convertible), MINI is selling A fraction of what they were selling back at the peak of MINI perfection. The 2011-2013 R56 S/JCW was the best years for MINI. The 1.6T engine was zippy, thrifty, the timing chain issues had been fixed, carbon buildup was mostly resolved, and it sounded great. Everything went downhill in terms of driving dynamics and styling when the F56 was released for 2014. The Cooper SE could have been such a cool car if they had put in the latest generation of batteries, and built the thing on a dedicated EV platform so they could double or triple the battery capacity. I owned a 2011 MINI Cooper S 6MT and it was such a fun car to drive hard, but the reliability was atrocious. When I drove the F56 back in 2014 I was completely shocked how poorly it drove vs. either R53 or R56. The other problem was the stupid looking front end everyone dubbed “fish mouth”. 7 years after the F56 was unveiled and BMW has not fixed any of the biggest glaring defects (exterior styling, driving dynamics that can’t match first two generations, power deficit vs. VW GTI, Focus ST, WRX, etc., the F56 brakes suck, build quality). I had hoped the SE would do something to boost MINI sales in the US but it’s ridiculously small range limits it’s ability for any serious trips. It may be a fun city car for the wealthy but for the average person that only can afford one vehicle it won’t appeal unless they never take long trips.

110 miles on a 70 degree day, 55 on a cold day.

I just hate any other interior that's not tesla's. Such a freaking mess of buttons.

You really need to stay home. Your travel is not essential.

SO YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MUSIC BLASTING LOUDER THAN THE PERSON TALKING? I'LL PASS.

This looks absolutely terrible compared to the Tesla. Almost as if the MINI was ten years older.