MINI UK site lists J01 range as "182–249 miles range (WLTP)". That's much higher than the Abarth 500e range of 100-164 miles (I would assume also WLTP since it's a European figure). I'd say that might be worth an extra 300 lbs (equivalent of a passenger or two) if the handling is on par with the SE.
BMW generally put the washer jets tucked under the lip of the hood. The J01 is pretty much the same.
I would agree with you on that. Since GWM is exclusively a pickup truck brand, it would be certainly difficult to pack all those GWM King Kong Cannon (長城 金刚炮) parts into the J01 MINI.
Is BMW saying MINI and Ora cars made in Zhangjiagang will travel down completely separate assembly lines and share no parts, not even batteries?
Yes and even the bauxite (aluminum ore) is shipped from Germany for processing in Zhangjiagang. The entire point of assembling in China is the current availability of batteries. It takes time to build a battery plant near the assembly plants across three continents.
The 1680 kg (3703.766 lbs) for the J01 SE that German brochure lists is a lot heavier than the 3,538 lbs Motoring File is reporting. Does the German weight include a driver or is the Motoring File's weight for the J01 SE with all the coolant drained (the "dry weight" for an EV)?
~75 L strikes me as a lot of coolant - do EVs really require much more than ICE-powered vehicles?
If the German weight doesn't include the driver, and the J01 SE doesn't carry 75 L of coolant, I don't know what would explain the Motoring File spec being 165.766 lbs lighter.
