MINI Scooter E Concepts: First Official Photos

<a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2010/09/mini-scooter-e-concepts-first-official.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519807566196493986" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJpLvHunzqI/AAAAAAADU7s/QLdnZr-_uZM/s800/MINI-E-Scooter-01.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 645px; height: 349px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Just after Smart published the first real life pictures of its <a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2010/09/smallest-smart-ever-electric-escooter.html">'escooter' study</a>, MINI went ahead and released official photos of its take on the pure electric scooter concept. To be precise, the BMW Group owned maker will display three individually colored and trimmed versions of its lithium-ion battery-powered scooter study at next week's <a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/search/label/Paris%20Auto%20Show">Paris Motor Show</a>.<br /></span><p></p><a name="more"></a><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">One of the Scooter E Concepts is themed after the MINI E electric car, the other is finished in a classic British Racing Green with a brown-colored leather seat and the last pays homage to the UK Mod subculture.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The MINI Scooter Es borrows some styling cues from the firm's automobile range including the headlamp and mirror designs.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Like Smart's scooter concept, the MINI models also utilize a smartphone that slots between the handlebars offering its service as a navigation system among other things.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">More information on MINI's Scooter E concepts will be revealed at the Paris Auto Show.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJpLU-w1BDI/AAAAAAADU7k/KnNaSbcyTAs/s1600/MINI-E-Scooter-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519807117113230386" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJpLU-w1BDI/AAAAAAADU7k/KnNaSbcyTAs/s200/MINI-E-Scooter-1.JPG" style="float: left; 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MINI Scooter E Concepts: First Official Photos

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Citroen’s Survolt EV Takes on Agni Z2 Electric Motorcycle in Friendly Race [with Video]

<a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2010/09/citroens-survolt-ev-takes-on-agni-z2.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519790738739840514" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJo8bokURgI/AAAAAAADU6M/9fZUtsHPBRg/s800/Citroen-Survolt-01+copy.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 645px; height: 349px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Following its appearance at the Prince of Wales' Start Eco Car Spectacular, Citroen's <a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2010/07/photo-gallery-citroen-survolt-concept.html">conceptual Survolt electric racer</a> has gone head-to-head (battery-to-battery?) with the Agni Z2 electric motorcycle at a friendly race held at Thruxton Race Circuit recently.<br /></span><p></p> <a name="more"></a> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In the red corner, and behind the wheel of the Citroen Survolt is Le Mans / Touring Car racer Vanina Ickx, daughter of six times Le Mans winner and F1 driver Jacky Ickx.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The carbon fibre bodied Survolt features a tubular chasis and twin electric motors. With 220 kw (30o-horsepower) from 0 to 5,000 rpm, the Lotus Elise-sized Survolt can reach 100 km/h (62 mph) in under five seconds. It has a top speed of 260 km/h (162 mph) and an estimated range of 200 km (124 miles) from its twin 31kw lithium ion batteries.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In the blue corner, and piloting the Agni Z2 is the fastest woman around the Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) course and championship leader in the 2010 TTXGP clean emissions motorcycle race, Jenny Tinmouth.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The Agni Z2 comes with eighty small battery packs and a 50 kw (65-horsepower) electric motor offering a 0 - 100 km/h (0 - 62 mph) sprint time of just 3.5 seconds and a top speed of 209 km/h (130 mph).<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Below are pictures and video of the friendly race, as the two racy women took their electric vehicles around the Thruxton Circuit as part of a joint publicity showing.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >By Tristan Hankins</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jTejRCc_uMY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jTejRCc_uMY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HgoXticUgvU?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HgoXticUgvU?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center; 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Citroen’s Survolt EV Takes on Agni Z2 Electric Motorcycle in Friendly Race [with Video]

Following its appearance at the Prince of Wales' Start Eco Car Spectacular, Citroen's conceptual Survolt electric racer has gone he...

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