2024 Mini Cooper SE 54 kWh range test

[@AtentieCadMere]

In the summer we managed 133wh/100km while not trying to get any efficiency out of it, just fun driving. Great range

[@MrMarius9696]

What are you doing here big boy😂 didn't expect to see you here. Ma uitam si eu de una de genul dar parca as avea nevoie de puuutin mai mult spatiu

[@AtentieCadMere]

@@MrMarius9696 las comentarii in stânga si in dreapta. unele mai bune, altele măi proaste. am făcut si eu un scurt review mașinii. e greu, când la același preț ai de ales intre un mini electric tracțiune fata si un m240i xdrive. eu zic incorect de greu. dar sa ai așa opțiuni oricum e viața buna cu tine.

[@danielallen9699]

Keep the mini tests going

[@nakfan]

I almost forgot how good Bjørn is at doing these tests... Filming, commenting, editing and presenting it to us 👍 Plus adding all the data to the Google 'sheeeets' 😃 And soon, he will be our man in Thailand, where he will roam the Province of Chiang Mai and climb Doi Ang Khang, cooking the battery 😅 All the best for you and family, Per

[@st4849]

Thumbnail says "Ioniq go home" then it turns out the Mini was less than average in every aspect...

[@Kallenator1988]

It did not beat the model 3, even with the advantage of 16" rims. I guess Bjørn has to endover the venture of retracting himself to his humble abode.

[@orlovsskibet]

Yeah that was weird....

[@themole85]

also, 142wh/km at 95km/h is a joke tbh. the ioniq would be at around 100...

[@Kallenator1988]

@@themole85 In earlier tests Bjørn has had the Ioniq 28kWh at 156Wh/km at 90 when the conditions where wet, and -3 celcius. It would probably ever so slightly beat the M3 referenced in the video at 19:11, but not by much. This mini is efficient, but his title is just bad click bait, but let's not get ahead of ourselves :D

[@cyrillepommerai]

Waiting for your test of the iconic Renault 5 🎉

[@patteyh]

Going to be a while unless he went to the press launch. We'll be getting the Renault 5 in Norway around march/april according to my local dealer

[@kiskapu]

@@patteyhI saw a full truck of R5s in Hamburg :) (ok… it is not Norway)😂

[@allisterbullock213]

This will be the real competitor to the new mini, similar battery, similar charging performance. Looking forward to the R5 range test and Bjorns thought's on that one. Plus there's room in the back row afaik.

[@leftcoaster67]

Love the heads up display. It's super clear.

[@LarryHow]

The wait is over, can’t wait for the other tests.

[@OrangutanSquash]

Mini’s price and styling changes have finally killed my nostalgia for owning one since my first car was a classic mini 30 years ago. Even had 2 of the new BMW minis when they came out in the 2000’s. This thing has no soul. And I feel the nostalgia factor is what would have convinced me to me to overlook the shortcomings compared to a Model 3 or similar.

[@SteveLoughran]

As the former owner of a classic mini, I am well aware of the range anxiety and lack of heating the models have. At least now the anxiety is about "will the battery last" rather than "will the vehicle last?" . I feel that I have been vaccinated against ever wanted to get inside a mini let alone owning one.

[@borama7845]

I prefer kWh/100km, because I pay my energy usually in kWh as a unit - and it is easier to compare with ICE consumption. Good it is configurable in this car for others who prefer Wh/km. For purists or physicists they should also provide J/m or maybe even BTU/mile for our British friends.

[@cap0815]

it's just a "function" from fossil times, if you are driving it shows litre/100km and when the car comes to stand it shows litre/hour - all german cars do this and it works. but now in an electric car, it is stupid and mathematical wrong, kWh/h is just kW - this is power and not consumption

[@TheV74]

@@cap0815 No, "kWh/h" is not mathematically wrong. It is a unit of power. Furthermore, the above comment is only about units of energy consumption and gives a reason to prefer "kWh".

[@samuxan]

07:00 usb stick? I've notice that many new cars don't have that option for music. more usb ports but just for power and I miss having that but it's rarely mention in reviews or opinions on new cars

[@elektrischverhaal5166]

ABC….. Avoid Belgian 🇧🇪 Craters 🫣

[@Colinwgs]

I have been waiting for the test of the J01 with the wonderful detailed Bjorn. Thank you. Its confirmed what I thought - that BMW messed up the engineering to have added so much weight for a so called dedicated EV platform vs the F56. The weight impacts everything so why didnt they use the F56 as the reference and minimise any KG creep. The efficiency is worse than F56. The styling has a clean look from the front but fussy from rear. Perhaps the first LCI (when the production starts in the UK) will fix the usability aspects of heating/charging/cooling. The seats look cheap and fussy. I noticed that the J01 has a super solid feel when the door is shut vs F56 so perhaps the extra weight is on better crash protection - lack of info from Mini as how/why so heavy and the excuse of larger battery is poor as cells from 2019 should be lighter per kw. Perhaps a early summer test with summer tyres will redeem the J01 a bit?

[@Kaltpfote]

Being the owner of the previous generation Cooper SE, I feel the same. Mini added quite an amount of weight to the J01, sure the battery is larger, but if we take a look at the brand new Renault 5 with a similar sized battery and overall very comparable dimensions, the French car is a lot lighter than the Mini. Personally I would consider myself a Mini fan, with the F56 Cooper SE being my second Mini, but somehow the J01 doesn't really spark too much interest, the exterior styling, especially at the rear end looks a bit weird and I am not really sold on the interior either. To be honest I'd rather buy the Renault 5 over the new Mini Cooper E/SE, even though it has less performance, I think the former is better designed and more thought out than the latter.

[@ME-cb1vw]

in germany a convoy is like one large vehicle. Of course you can't drive "between" one big car. And so the last car of a convoy can cross a red light even if it turned red minutes ago. It's like one looooooooong car.

[@CoolSilver]

Mini is pretty cool. They have a cool UI. They seem like a lot better choice for a very compact car. Way better in my opinion that a Fiat 500e

[@Bimmer_i4_M50]

We test drove the Mini and the 500e. Ended up buying the Mini. Way better car. But for sure also more pricey.

[@Kavyatej]

holy cooper

[@leftcoaster67]

Bjorn "Barely Legal" Nyland?

[@AndrewNC22]

One thing has to be clarified with regard to the HUD. All MINIs have this type of HUD because their windshields are not tilted enough for the projection to work! The plastic screen is a choice based on physics rather than cost.

[@JillHowlin]

Are you going to get to try an Aceman?

[@pieterverstraete5757]

Bjorn must have had a very bad experience driving around here in Belgium. It's always top of his mind if he thinks of bad roads 😅. I blame the international traffic north-south flying by 🙃

[@benjimc1]

Funny because my experience of Belgian roads is good, but I'm from the UK. We have bad road surfaces

[@ericvet8b]

@@benjimc1definitely bad here in UK

[@pieterverstraete5757]

@@benjimc1 Exactly. I don't experience it as such on motorways, although some sections can use some maintenance. Let's say road surface is better than charging infrastructure

[@allisterbullock213]

Southern Belgium between Namur and Arlon, absolutely terrible. Then there are some cities with cobbles but hey those aren't long.

[@hummerltheOh]

Well this summer I did a roadtrip through Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and boy oh boy, was it a contrast in road quality (on "B roads", not motorways) crossing the border from the Netherlands to Belgium.

[@vhol93]

Nice !

[@Jg-nl4ce]

Supposedly its based on ora cat

[@jhowbg7558]

As an owner of a Classic Ioniq, I can say that it is still significantly more efficient than the Mini. (Even on german Autobahn)

[@GvanderWindtMusic]

The weight increase from the old model a bummer. As we need to pay taxes based on car weight starting from next year in the netherlands... and EV's are heavy.

[@Martinko_Pcik]

kWh/h - that says a lot about what is "under the hood" as well.

[@sokolum]

3:51 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Belgium joke

[@sebac1481]

Could someone tell me the name of the app Bjorn uses to determine his speed and altitude?

[@GManPT]

GPS Test

[@sebac1481]

@GManPT Thanks Bro! ❤️

[@TheVolcomnoob]

If they still use the same system as the i3, they only have 1 heatpump. Either u have ac, or u have better charging

[@offom]

Unfortunately it is way too expensive... We tried it, liked it, but could not justify the price.

[@Tomzuki.]

I love that you can choose how the consumption is displayed. Just because Tesla was first and displays Wh/km doesn't mean it's the only correct way. I agree 100% that kWh/100km is idiotic, but personally km/kWh would also make sense similar to Wh/km, it's all down to what people prefer in the end

[@danielmorris1527]

In the UK we tend to use miles per kWh, to me that just makes most sense😂

[@paulc6766]

@@danielmorris1527 What's a mile?

[@danielmorris1527]

@paulc6766 🤣

[@stefking6112]

I guess most people are able to shift the comma by one digit in their mind.

[@tridruankham2657]

❤❤❤

[@marinusk67]

A good example why they have to ban screens .

[@lutzbroska880]

German here, we actully do learn. Showing "consumption / km" doesn't make sense while standing still. Also that's why petrol cars usually switch to "liters per hour" when you're not moving.

[@zedski]

kWh per hour is still redundant if you are trying to show real time consumption. 1kW instead of "1 kWh per hour" would be enough to tell you real time consumption. Back to school.

[@Leo-vn8xn]

@@zedski it just doesn’t matter… Same unit but basically different way of showing power… And the average driver probably isn’t aware that 1 kW is equal to 1 kWh/h… but 1 kWh/h is more understandable when you’re coming from ICEs.

[@zedski]

@@Leo-vn8xn it matters because watt by definition is already a unit of rate. Ignorance is not an excuse to use improper units.

[@Leo-vn8xn]

@@zedski I know man… I have studied electrical engineering. So kWh/h = kW and therefore exactly the same unit in mathematical terms. Now it only comes to your preferred way of displaying the power value.

[@Leo-vn8xn]

But i quess if you want to display it in kJ/s instead of kW or kWh/h, thats your choice. Doesn’t quite make it more understandable for the average Mini driver though.

[@Quikdipp]

Does the mini has the same heating system design like the older i3? (With the same flaw's)

[@jmhmkr104]

I like the interior (even though a few more proper switches would be welcome). I don’t like the exterior. It looks bland, austere.

[@jellyvortex]

looks like a Renault from the outside

[@briise]

its a mini pooper

[@gerbre1]

Thumbs down for Ioniq go home.

[@stefking6112]

Who designed this user interface - a drunken bavarian Insta kid? I know why I love my boring Corsa E 😅

[@camneilsen8234]

Is that your missus Bjorn? It must be your charm eh?

[@youtubebob123]

they have been together for a very long time(way before he was successful), she has her own channel

[@emars9225]

..how to put your dinner plate or frisbee in the middle of dashboard.. realy ugly, is going to be a great failure, and is was filmed close, zoom out it will look way worst.. very good review

[@SteveLoughran]

This is because the original minis had a circular display and they want to remember it. What they forget is that the original mini only had a limited number of things to display: speed, lights on, full beam lights, fuel left and "the orange light". What did the orange light indicate? I never quite worked out except it meant "trouble". There is a lot more trying to be displayed now and a round display is not the best way to do it. Except maybe for maps actually. But you could do that on a square display, leaving space round the edges for important things like an orange light

[@emars9225]

@@SteveLoughran ..I know, but that was integrated nice, lower in front panel ... but this is hideous... a round dish hanged upside down

[@ovi9610]

Software and battery management sucks. Is it a German or Chinese car?

[@SteveLoughran]

German.

[@Bimmer_i4_M50]

Where exactly does the software suck?

[@lbgstzockt8493]

The rear looks atrocious, how did they take the iconic mini design and turn it into this futuristic garbage?

[@SteveLoughran]

But adding luggage room and the seating in the rear for a human being bigger than a 6-year-old child

[@TheDM3002XTuber]

Importer Bavaria 😂, also known for their crap beer?

[@Slip-angle]

Second😏

[@hradnyVietor]

that is an ugly looking car

[@uap_123]

Omg this car is a joke, also the price

[@theo7950]

First

[@Thomas-Larsen]

Same

[@dutchbavarian]

The HUD is soooo bad. The reason to not get this car. It also seems not really well-designed software. Too German 🤣

[@dutchbavarian]

@@Felmea cheap to produce?

[@dutchbavarian]

@@Felmea well, then almost all BMWs also have weird angles, which can not be the case.

[@SteveLoughran]

@@dutchbavarianbmw 230 "minivans" can't do HUD at all because of the window slope

[@dutchbavarian]

@SteveLoughran well the HUD in VW ID models is state of the art. Without weird plastic visor (as Bjorn says: poor man's HUD)

[@dutchbavarian]

@Felmea yes, you have driven a VW ID I take it?

[@guillaumekalfon9117]

I can see how the Tiktok Netflix generation loves all the geeky waste of time that is the electric car

[@chasf3433]

There are going too be a lot of purchasers of this overpriced toy car being very disappointed with the range and turned off EVs as a result.

[@drzej3k794]

Such a bland boring car, the French are making more interesting and emotional vehicles than whatever this attempt by BMW was to make a MINI.

[@jj4839]

That model is another symptoms that shows how EU cars in that price segment simply sux. China number 1.