The Feel Good Switch | MINI Electric

Thinking of purchasing a new car? Wanting to invest in new technology like pure-electric powertrains? Is a ten minute test drive really long enough to understand exactly what it is about that car that you like? Or dislike?

For most of us, a short test drive gives us all the answers we need when switching from brand to brand, or model to model … someone that’s used to driving a small family hatch could easily step into a large SUV for example – everything is near identical, just on a different scale.

But what about changing the fundamentals of the whole vehicle, how we use it, and how we drive it, or refuel it? Changing from fossil-fuelled internal combustion to electrically driven drivetrains is about as radically different as it gets.

A longer test drive could give you the full experience of ownership – range, refuelling (or in this case, recharging), practicality … the full gamut.

The MINI 24-Hour Test Drive

MINI recognise that switching from ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) to BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) is more than being able to adjust the seat for the correct driving position. A longer test drive lets you explore everything you need to know, so MINI have come up with a simple, but brilliant plan – the 24-hour test drive.

“The feel good switch is on” according to MINI, and we’d have to agree – this is the opportunity to have a soft-start introduction to the state-of-the-art motoring world that is electric power. It has been said that the switch to electric power is as radical as the actual invention of the motor car, and it changes everything.

Instant torque, low centre of gravity, reduced costs of ownership, lower cost per mile of driving, and never having to worry about queuing up for petrol again. If Karl Benz (widely credited as the inventor of the motor car) were alive today, you just know that he’d approve of electricity as a source of motive power.

MINI Electric

This is all you need to know about the MINI Electric:

It’s a MINI, with the trademark go-kart handling, fun and fresh styling, practical for every day use, but uses electricity instead of fossil fuel. It can sprint to 62mph in just over seven seconds, or cruise in almost near-silence and has plenty of space for family, luggage, or shopping.

We could spend another few hundred words trying to describe the experience, but nothing beats the real thing, and with 24-hour test drives available, you’ll get to know every inch of the MINI Electric.

If you fancy living with a MINI Electric for a full 24-hours, get in touch with the team today and they can make that happen for you. Feel Good Switch? Absolutely.

There are a variety of different grants that can you save on more than just fuel when you go electric with MINI. You can find out more about the current grants available here.