MINI has unveiled the all-new battery electric (BEV) 2024 MINI Cooper SE in Malaysia, priced from RM 200,138 inclusive of the extended warranty and service package (4-year/unlimited mileage warranty, standard 8-year/160k km battery warranty). In a nutshell, its the sportier counterpart to the Cooper E, it boasts more power whilst adding features and aesthetic enhancements. The Cooper SE offers an upgraded electric motor producing 218 PS and 330 Nm of torque. It features a larger 54.2 kWh battery

A spokesman told Automotive News Europe that BMW will be producing electric hatchbacks and a small SUV in China through its partnership with Great Wall Motor. As such, the company will cease production of electric versions of MINI hatchbacks in the UK. In 2019, Great Wall Motor and the BMW Group announced the launch of their joint venture, Spotlight Automotive Limited to build a plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province. BMW said that it would start making electric MINIs at the new plant starting

Want to leave internal combustion and emissions behind? Here are the Electric Vehicles available right now. More and more there is a sense that the small rock first thrown by Toyota and Honda is slowly turning into an avalanche that can no longer be stopped. The ongoing pandemic has changed the consciousness of many regarding the environment and their impact on it. What’s more, vehicle sales globally in the past few years have shown that sales of EV continued to go strong, and in 2020 it rose by

Following Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz's announcement in Budget 2022 that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be exempted from import, excise, and even road tax, the Managing Director of BMW Malaysia, Hans de Visser has released the following statement to the press: The announcements made at Budget 2022 marked a welcome step towards electrified mobility – one that has long been in the making for Malaysia. The government’s motion to further incentivise and support the de

Joining the facelifted 2021 MINI 3 Door range that arrived last month is the John Cooper Works (JCW) version. It boasts the same visual updates and is fully-imported from the UK, with an asking price of RM 311,259 (OTR without insurance, inclusive of SST discount and extended warranty with service package). Powertrain is unchanged from before; the B48 2.0-litre turbocharged engine makes 231 PS and 320 Nm of torque (up by 39 PS/40 Nm from Cooper S). Drive is sent to the front wheels via an 8-spee

MINI Malaysia has launched the all-electric MINI Cooper SE. Starting at RM218,370.78, the Mini Cooper SE is a stylish electric car that share a similar powerplant with the BMW i3s. The difference between the MINI Cooper SE and the BMW i3s would be the fact that the MINI is front-wheel-drive while the BMW is rear-wheel-drive. Assembled in Oxford, the electric MINI is a city electric car with a battery 28.9 kWh battery capacity, just a tad below the 35.5 kWh battery capacity of the Honda E. On the