- The all-new Mini John Cooper Works Electrical was revealed in the present day alongside the go-fast model of the Aceman four-door crossover.
- The Mini JCW Electrical is front-wheel drive.
- It has a WLTP vary of 230 miles.
After what felt like an eternity stuffed with official footage of camouflaged prototypes and preliminary technical specs, the cat is lastly out of the bag–for actual this time. That is the all-new Mini John Cooper Works Electrical in all its glory. Although, critically, Mini, it is advisable get your act collectively and cease teasing the hell out of your upcoming fashions after which anticipate individuals to behave shocked whenever you drop the camo.
Aaaanyway. That is the actual John Cooper Works, not the JCW trim you may get on the common Mini hatchback, which is barely a beauty pack. This implies you get a wholesome 258 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque from a front-mounted single electrical motor. There’s additionally a lift perform that provides an additional 27 hp on the push of a button for brief bursts of acceleration.
The battery pack has a gross capability of 54.2 kilowatt-hours and presents a mixed WLTP-rated vary of 230 miles. Beneath the extra conservative EPA process, we anticipate the vary score to drop to round 200 miles on a full cost, however we’ll know for certain when Mini introduces the recent three-door hatchback in america.
Going from zero to 62 miles per hour takes 5.9 seconds and the highest velocity is 124 miles per hour. The corporate didn’t say how briskly the electrical scorching hatch can recharge, although. The Mini Cooper SE, which makes use of the identical battery because the John Cooper Works, has a most DC charging fee of 95 kW, whereas the bigger Countryman can settle for as much as 130 kW.
Mini mentioned the brand new electrical JCW hatchback has a selected suspension tune that maximizes the go-kart feeling Minis are recognized for, in addition to making certain agile dealing with.
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Black facet skirts, black C-pillar aero blades and a black rear spoiler are a part of the usual package, in addition to JCW-specific 19-inch wheels. There’s additionally a fairly aggressive entrance bumper. Inside, the go-fast electrical Mini comes with a black and crimson sample on the knitted floor of the dashboard, black faux-leather seats with multicolored knitted material and crimson accent stitching, in addition to a high-resolution 9.4-inch spherical middle touchscreen show that acts as each the infotainment display screen and the digital instrument cluster.
The brand new Mini John Cooper Works Electrical three-door hatchback will make its world debut on the Paris Motor Present this week, however we don’t know when–or if–it’ll make it to america. Subsequent to it, Mini additionally confirmed the John Cooper Works Aceman, which is sort of a four-door crossover model of the hatchback. It has the identical battery, energy output and high velocity because the three-dor hatchback, however the zero to 62 mph time is a bit of slower at 6.4 seconds and the WLTP vary score can also be right down to 220 miles on a full cost.