MINI Electric Pacesetter becomes Formula E Safety Car

The next day April 10 We will have the opportunity to see How the latest Formula E Safety Car debuts. And we are going to get a nice surprise, since it is about the MINI Electric Pacesetter, a model from the popular premium urban car brand that is launching into competition. This model, although built on the MINI SE, has the spirit of the JCW.

From these variants of the MINI it inherits its circular headlights and grille, as well as wider wheel arches than the standard electric model. To accentuate its racing look, it has a large rear spoiler which has been manufactured with carbon fiber and which It has been molded with 3D printing technology.

To finish giving shape to this special model, the inch wheels 19 They have a more aggressive design and are completed with an orange paint finish that looks great with the rest of the bodywork.

Same power, less weight

It's not just the design of the model that counts, as you can see in the images It's quite spectacular, but also the transformations it has undergone to make it more efficient in the work that is to be entrusted to it. Specifically, has been emptied of everything that could represent excess weight and that has no functionality in the service to be fulfilled.

For example, the rear seats have been removed, leaving only the front ones. Six-point seat belts have been added to these. the digital display of the instrumentation, but the central screen has been removed. Elements such as the door handles have also suffered the same fate. With all these things, they have managed to reduce the weight of the car by 130 kg.

However, The electric traction group is maintained, so the same power is offered, but it is more effective since the vehicle itself weighs less. Thus, we find an electric traction that It offers 184 hp and a maximum torque of 280 Nm..

MINI also joins the list: from 2030 it will only sell electric cars

2030 is also the date chosen by MINI to eliminate combustion engines from its entire vehicle range, according to German media.

Of course, it is not a car that can move on the roads, because it is not approved for that. But it does represent, in the words of Bernd Körber, Director of Mini, a possible path that MINI could take for the electrification of the John Cooper Works range.