GENEVA (Reuters) – Carmakers are dreaming up futuristic electric car engine sounds to ensure that pedestrians can hear vehicles that lack audible cues like high-revving, howling combustion engines, senior executives at the Geneva car show said. As BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Mini and VW prepare to launch battery-driven vehicles, carmakers are searching for a new way
Performance-focused Cooper S E will be first for the brand and the first all-electric hot hatchback on sale Mini’s first electric car will also be the industry’s first electric hot hatch, engineering sources in Germany have revealed. Rather than a sole focus on economy and eking out range, Mini is developing its electric car with
A fully electric version of the Mini will be built at the Cowley plant in Oxford, BMW has said. The carmaker said the model would go into production in 2019, with Oxford the main “production location” for the Mini three-door model. However, the electric motor will be built in Germany before being shipped to Cowley
