MINI Electric Concept Preview

At long last, it looks like an electric Mini is headed for the assembly line. Before we see the finished production product, the new aptly named Mini Electric Concept will offer a preview of what to expect when it makes its debut next month at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. Considering Mini’s position in the marketplace, BMW as its parent company, and history with electric concepts, you’d think the brand new Mini Electric Concept would have come a whole lot sooner. Though the British-German automaker teased volt-heads with the short-lived Mini E back in 2009 and 2010, that full electric Cooper served as the testbed for the BMW i3 eco-hatch that arrived four years later.