• Efficient batteries and motors
• Real-world driving range of 200 miles
• DC rapid charging tech as standard

What are the running costs?

The Aceman’s reasonably-sized battery options will help keep charging costs low, given less charge will be needed when you plug in. Naturally, using public chargers will ramp up your costs here, but the Aceman claims to be reasonably efficient with its electricity use.

During our drive with the larger-battery Aceman SE on mixed country roads, urban streets and a bit of motorway cruising, we managed around 3.6 miles per kWh – Mini claims between 4.1 and 4.4. That resulted in a predicted real-world range of around 200 miles, but it’s worth considering that was in winter, and you should get slightly more in summer, if slightly short of the 252 Mini claims.

We haven’t been able to test the Aceman E’s range yet, but given MINI promises just 192 miles, expect more like 150 miles in real-world conditions, which isn’t a lot.

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Servicing and warranty

MINI offers a three-year, unlimited-mileage warranty as standard on all its cars and, for electric models, the warranty includes an eight-year/100,000-mile warranty for the battery pack. The firm also offers warranty extensions directly, and various servicing options.

Reliability

• Good reliability record for the brand
• Fewer moving parts in EV
• Tech shared across several models

The Aceman is on a relatively new architecture and chassis, meaning a lot of the technology is new to buyers. While some of the brand’s tech is proven, and therefore reliable, we’d have to reserve judgement on long-term reliability for now.

But as this model was developed to be an EV from the outset, and tech is shared with the MINI Cooper Electric and GWM Ora 03 reliability shouldn’t be an issue. Though we have been made aware of small software issues so far, which is something to be aware of when buying a nearly-new example.