Mini Australia has confirmed its upcoming Cooper and Countryman electrical automobiles will every be supplied with a pair of powertrains.
The transfer bucks a broader development amongst rivals for the Cooper; presently the Cupra Born, Fiat 500e, and Peugeot e-2008 with which it’ll compete are supplied with one battery and motor mixture in Australia.
Within the case of the Cooper hatchback, meaning patrons will be capable to select between two front-wheel drive fashions.
The Cooper E has a motor on the entrance axle making 135kW of energy and 290Nm of torque, good for a 7.3-second dash to 100km/h.
Vary from the 40.7kWh lithium-ion battery pack is 305km on the WLTP mixed cycle.
The Cooper SE has 160kW and 330Nm from its front-mounted motor, which helps it dash to 100km/h in 6.7 seconds. Vary from the 54.2kWh battery pack is a claimed 402km on the WLTP mixed cycle.
Each examine favourably to the not too long ago discounted (and soon-to-be discontinued) Mini Electrical Hatch, which has a 170kW and 270Nm motor on the entrance axle, and a claimed 233km vary from its 32.6kWh battery pack.
The Mini Cooper E and SE will hit Australia within the third quarter of 2024.
The larger Countryman E SUV packs a front-mounted electrical motor making 150kW of energy and 250Nm of torque, good for a 0-100km/h time of 8.6 seconds.
Transferring to the Countryman SE brings all-wheel drive and outputs of 230kW and 494Nm. The 100km/h dash takes a claimed 5.6 seconds.
It’s additionally on monitor to the touch down domestically within the third quarter of 2024. The petrol Countryman will arrive within the first quarter.
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