The Official CLASSIC Mini Thread

A new £15k bolt-in kit turns your classic Mini into an electric car

Another classic car joins the EV party: new conversion kit for iconic Brit city car revealed by Electrogenic

The problem with converting classic cars to run as EVs is it costs an absolute bomb – just look at Singer or Lunaz or Zero Labs for the excruciating truth. But there is another way, and this time it only costs a small explosion.

Following on from its success with EV kits for the Land Rover Defender, Jaguar E-Type, Porsche 911 and Triumph Stag, Electrogenic has come up with a drop-in kit for anyone wanting to convert their classic Mini. The 60bhp/100lb ft system will set buyers back, ahem, just £15k (plus VAT, plus a qualified mechanic to fit it… so probably £20k in reality). Expensive, but much better value than a full restomod job. Electrogenic tells us the kit has been designed to deliver ‘superb performance’ and mirror the ‘nippy, responsive character of the original car’. Which is nothing less than we’d hope for.

Electrogenic anticipates an 80-mile range for the conversion, and says it will offer an extended range option for those wanting a bit more distance – and a bit less range anxiety – under their belt.

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A new £15k bolt-in kit turns your classic Mini into an electric car

Another classic car joins the EV party: new conversion kit for iconic Brit city car revealed by Electrogenic
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Electrogenic launches EV conversion kit for classic Mini

‘Plug and play’ package, priced from £15,000, gives iconic hatchback an 80-mile city range

Electrogenic, the British firm behind electric conversions of the Citroën DS, Land Rover Defender and Jaguar E-Type, has launched a ‘plug and play’ powertrain for the classic Mini.

The pre-assembled kit swaps the Mini’s A-Series engine for a water-cooled electric motor outputting 60bhp and 100lb ft through a fixed-ratio gearbox.

That’s on a par with the twin-port-injection variant of the A-Series featured in the 1997-2000 Rover Mini, which produced 63bhp and 70lb ft.

However, it is a significant uplift compared with the 34bhp, 44lb ft powerplant in the original 1959 Mini (then called the Austin Seven).

A 20kWh battery pack gives the Electrogenic kit an 80-mile range around town – where the motor can nearly constantly recover energy in stop-start traffic, and at low speeds – but this figure is likely to fall significantly on faster roads. An extended-range variant, which adds a second battery inside the boot, will be offered at a later date.

www.autocar.co.uk

Electrogenic launches EV conversion kit for classic Mini | Autocar

‘Plug and play’ package, priced from £15,000, gives iconic hatchback an 80-mile city range
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