{"id":74039,"date":"2024-07-07T09:03:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T13:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74039"},"modified":"2024-07-07T09:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T13:03:28","slug":"1143723_electric-mini-john-cooper-works-prototype-heads-for-goodwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74039","title":{"rendered":"Electric Mini John Cooper Works prototype heads for Goodwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mini will use the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed running in the U.K. from July 11-14 to present a prototype of its upcoming John Cooper Works E, the new high-performance version of the electric Cooper hatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest Cooper has been launched with both electric and gas powertrains, and the JCW grade will also offer both powertrain types. The formal debut will take place this fall.<\/p>\n

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The gas and electric versions of the latest Cooper are based on separate platforms. While the gas versions<\/a> use a warmed over version of the platform underpinning the previous-generation Cooper, the electric versions are based on a new dedicated EV platform developed by Mini in partnership with Great Wall Motors. This distinction will also be true for the JCWs.<\/p>\n

Mini hasn’t provided any specifications for the JCWs, but the gas version should come with its predecessor’s 2.0-liter turbo-4, perhaps with a bit more horsepower than the older model’s 228-hp rating. Drive should go to the front wheels only, via an 8-speed automatic transmission.<\/p>\n

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Mini John Cooper Works E prototype to debut at 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The electric JCW will likely combine a 54.2-kwh battery, the biggest battery currently fitted to the electric Cooper, with a single electric motor at the front axle. The electric Cooper currently tops out with the 215-hp Cooper SE grade, and the JCW will almost certainly deliver more performance.<\/p>\n

Mini has only announced the gas Cooper for the U.S. market. It arrives in showrooms later this year as a 2025 model, initially in base Cooper and sporty Cooper S grades.<\/p>\n

All versions of the electric Cooper are built in China only, meaning mporting them to the U.S. will attract steep tariffs. As a result, Mini is likely to wait until production of the EVs<\/a> is added to the automaker’s plant in the U.K., where the gas versions are built. That’s currently scheduled for 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mini will use the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed running in the U.K. from July 11-14 to present a prototype of its upcoming John Cooper Works E, the new high-performance version of the electric Cooper hatch. The latest Cooper has been launched with both electric and gas powertrains, and the JCW grade will also offer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}