Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 - Real world battery range test
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มี.ค. 2019
- The Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 can run on electric power only but exactly how far can you get.
The manufacturer gives you thre numbers but how close can this Mini Countryman get.
2019 Mini Countryman Cooper S E ALL4 PHEV is the latest and most advanced Mini Cooper BMW have ever made. This hybrid mini combines the engine from the 2019 Mini Cooper and an electric motor to produce performance faster than the 2019 Mini Cooper S and nearly as fast as the 209 Mini Cooper JCW. Being a plug-in hybrid this has the benefits of being electric around town producing zero emissions but when combined with the Cooper s petrol motor the car has surprising performance.
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Were you surprised by the final result
Very!!! About the purchase a 2018 one of these do you think it’s a good idea??????
Give it a proper test drive. I am not sure which country you are in but mini were doing 48 hour test drives in the uk
MotorSport & Dream Cars yes I’m uk will enquire about that tmw! I have seen lots of reliability issues discussed online...
My latest mini, when charged starts at 21miles, move to green 24 miles. Previous, similar reg to yours, 17miles 19miles green. If you use the computer so it can plan you will get the mileage. Without the computer, it cannot plan so best fit.
Will be interesting doing the same sort of test with the electric only version of the mini although not sure what happens when you actual run out of electric with no petrol backup 😳 it’s not like you can take a petrol can and go and fill up and bring the fuel back
This is such a wonderful video to test the Mini Countryman Hybrid, you did so well drive all the way without a coat on, and every gadgets switched off, thank you so much sir!
Glad you enjoyed the video,
This is the first video I've seen driving this just on the battery. I test drove one last week and I'm considering buying one (used, 2019). 90% of my driving is short, 12 mile round trip journeys. To the grocery store. To Home Depot. Things like that. Once every 3 weeks, I drive to the city, which is about 105 miles round trip. For those drives, I'd use gas for the highway and battery for the stop and go city traffic.
Makes perfect sense then, for me this type of car is the perfect compromise between being better for the environment and practicality
34-36 miles is my guest. And now I will watch.
Entertaining test video 😆
Thanks 🙏
Really pleased you enjoyed it
I was a bit to optimistic but more than 20 mpg is still good for a heavy car with relatively poor aerodynamics. With all the comforts on I reckon 15 mpg max. if it's cold weather.
Charles Holland-Keen was really cold and the aerodynamics of a brick 😂 good fun and hopefully gives people a real world numbers 😊
Where did you come up with the 8hr charging time? It only has a 7.6kwh battery and AC charging only. According to Pod- Point on the granny (slow) charger it should take about 4hrs and 2hrs fast charging.
Was quite some time ago I filmed this so not sure where 8hours came from as you are right it is no where near as long as that . 🙄
If you ask mini or bmw they stress that you HAVE to use the sat nav to get the best results rather than swap from one to another. Even short distances you’re meant to use the sat nav so it can plan your route and know when best to use petrol or electric. Without doing that the car doesn’t know what method of drive is best. I’ve got one and it isn’t intended as a pure electric...
I can understand that but too me the benefits of this car is being able to run in just EV
Great video - good to see the battery put to the test. Do you know how comprehensive the battery warranty is? Would love to know if Mini will replace it when it loses X percentage of its potential after Y years. Wonder if it’s documented anywhere?
Really glad you enjoyed the video and was really interested to see what it could do. Sorry I don’t know the warranty
I’m curious how the new 20 model will perform with this test.
Larger capacity 🔋
I would hope it would be better although a larger battery must increase weight. The EV issue is interesting and actually how much better is an EV with the carbon footprint than a standard petrol
I love Mini and I own 2016 Countryman S.
Only flaw I see with the hybrid is the battery range.
Most hybrid vehicles at that price range can do well over 30 miles on electric alone. Mini is behind their class when it comes to EV.
Secondly, from a fuel efficiency standpoint; my car being the older generation with the 1.6L turbo petrol, averages about 29 mpg city and 37 mpg highway.
The hybrid, from the videos I’ve seen, only manages 32 mpg city and 38 mpg highway. Being that it has a smaller tank than mine, wouldn’t you end up getting the same overall range from a full tank as a normal non hybrid?
For maximum battery range switch to engine up hills and on dual carriageway and use electric downhill and in town. This only works of course if on a longer journey than battery alone can stretch to, and you'd have to use engine anyway to complete the distance
I thought you'd get about 12. I'm impressed. It is my understanding that BMW is quite conservative with performance estimates around horsepower and torque. Perhaps they approached the same way with their stated all E estimates.
The figures were revised to use WLTP which dropped it by about 5-7 miles. You are right they are often conservative which I suppose is good as you see then very happy when it does better than they said 😂😂
Can you drive on emax full battery say in snow for tne all4 to work?
I would think so but don’t hold me to it
Front wheels are driven by the internal combustion engine. Rear wheels driven by the electric motor. So in full electric mode it’s only rear wheel drive. Only utilizes all4 when both the ICE and electric motor are driving each axle at the same time.
That's not quite true. When in E-Max drive mode, if the rear wheels begin to slip the engine will turn on to provide traction to the front wheels.
In winter driving in London I get between 10 and 12 miles and not more than 17 during warmer months. This is also driving conservatively
I was driving really really carefully and coasting as much as I could but it’s good to hear from an owner there experience, must keep the tax down and so you pay the congestion charge
@@DamoDrives apart from that is a great car
Mini quality at the end of the day wrapped up in a large practical small suv
Is yours the newer design rated at 17 miles. Or the original rated at 12?
@@JohnSeitz older. Nothing really changes in the newer model
I usually do 25 miles in summer. In the winter, if using heater drops to 18!
I thought it was a good car and was a interesting challenge (although very cold lol) looking forward to trying the all electric mini when it’s out
MotorSport & Dream Cars
I’m very happy with this car. I chose it over an i3 because of my range anxiety, and it’s fun when I want it to be and very eco on a day by day routine (a lot of days I do my commute on EV only), and the overall consumption after 20.000 miles is near 100mpg).
Is your 25 miles on EV with the newer 2021 design I assume?
I am pretty sure that is the newer model but PHEVs always struggle in cold conditions (well all electric cars do)
Id be happy with that tbh
It was unclear if you had the driving mode "max e-drive" enabled from the very beginning with a full charge as you were saying that you're not sure if it was switching between electric and the petrol engine near the beginning of the video. Later on you mentioned that it's still in max e-drive mode. If you are in Max edrive mode, doesn't it force the car to drive in all electric mode until the batteries are depleted?
Yes I had it in max e drive all the time. I had the screen showing energy sources being used and always kept an eye on it. It did switch to Petrol at 1 point but pulled over straight away so don’t think it made a difference to the overall figure. The reason it did change was because the engine was too cold and I would assume there needs to be some temp in the engine in case it needs to quickly switch the ICE on. Did you enjoy the review
@@DamoDrives I did. Thank you for responding. Very few videos on YT highlighting the all electric capabilities of the Mini Countryman PHEV. Thank you for making this video.
Do you recall if you were able to select how "aggresive" the regen recharged the batteries?
I don’t remember seeing that option but only had the car for the day so it might be in 1 of the many menus 😊 so please enjoyed it and hopefully some of the other content on the channel as well
Google search results says the range of the countryman hybrid is 300 miles 🤨
The latest PHEV has an electric range of 26 miles and a total range of 310 (electric and petrol)
They advertise 12 miles in the US
I suppose if they under promise people (like us) getting excited when it does more. BMW have always done the same with there 0-60 times as well. Are you a mini owner ?
@@DamoDrives I've had two previously and in the process of buying a Countryman. Deciding between hybrid or not right now. My car salesman said that BMW has been going conservative on the numbers and ratings since the whole Volkswagon thing.
I can not understand that almost the whole world has a steering wheel on the left and the United Kingdom Australia and something else on the right without any sense I do not know what kind of break is it and what's going on
We just like to spice things up and confuse the rest of the world 😂
Apollo, it dates back many years to sword fighting. The logic is your right hand is free to draw your sword, when walking, then riding then finally driving. Most of the commonwealth and Japan driving wheel on the right. The old Empire did influence a load of things .Aircraft carriers are the same the island is on the right.
I never knew that 😊
Real world driving with heater on you would have gotten 12
Dedication or stupidity lol. Hope you enjoyed the video
Maybe around 27 miles. 35 miles driven very economically with lots of regeneration.
I don’t think I could of driven any more economically 😳 are you a mini owner
No need to spend 7 hours in the pub as it only takes about 3 to charge...
Cuzzazbuzz as long as they have a super charger or fast charge installed ☺️
18
Nearly
20 min video, lots of repetition and waffle to tell us it made 20 miles. I think you could edit it to about 4 mins
I tried to create something which was about the experience, you are correct I could make it shorter and just say how many miles it did. Sorry you did not enjoy it though
12 miles range😂