Mini Cooper SE Electric
Mini Cooper SE Electric overview
The Mini Cooper SE Electric is an electric hatchback from Mini, priced from ₹50.00 L – ₹55.00 L (ex-showroom, indicative). It pairs a 40.7 kWh battery with a claimed range of 320 km and 181 bhp of power. DC fast charging tops it up from 10–80% in about 30 minutes. It seats 4, drives the FWD wheels, and hits a top speed of 170 km/h. At ₹8 a unit the Mini Cooper SE Electric works out at roughly ₹1.47 per kilometre, against about ₹5.00 for an equivalent petrol car.
Full specifications
Pros & cons
👍 What's good
- Quick DC fast charging (10–80% in ~30 min)
👎 Watch-outs
- Premium pricing
- Higher upfront cost than petrol equivalents
Frequently asked questions
The Mini Cooper SE Electric is priced from ₹50.00 L – ₹55.00 L ex-showroom (indicative, 2026).
It offers a claimed range of 320 km from its 40.7 kWh battery. Real-world range is typically 70–85% of this.
Yes — DC fast charging takes it from 10% to 80% in about 30 minutes.
On a home tariff of ~₹8/unit it costs roughly ₹1–1.5 per km — far less than a petrol equivalent at ₹6–8 per km.
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Find my EV →EVBharat analysis: what these numbers mean
The Mini Cooper SE Electric is listed at 40.7 kWh with a claimed 320 km. Those two numbers drive everything below, which is arithmetic from Mini’s published specification rather than a road test — we do not test vehicles.
| Claimed range | 320 km (Mini figure) |
| Realistic range | about 230–256 km |
| Units for a full charge | about 44.8 (40.7 kWh plus charging loss) |
| Cost of a full charge | about ₹358 at ₹8 per unit |
| Running cost | about ₹1.47 per km |
At 230–256 km of usable range, the Mini Cooper SE Electric sits comfortably inside daily use without any thought, and handles most weekend trips with a single charging stop.
The Mini Cooper SE Electric claims about 30 minutes on a DC fast charger, which is mid-market. Fine for the occasional long drive; noticeable if you do one every weekend, because that wait repeats on every trip.
Over 1,000 km in a month the Mini Cooper SE Electric costs roughly ₹1473 in electricity at ₹8 a unit, against about ₹5000 of petrol for an equivalent car. That is ₹3527 a month and ₹42328 a year. Take the price difference you are actually quoted for the Mini Cooper SE Electric against the petrol car you would otherwise buy, divide by ₹42328, and you have your own break-even in years — which is a far more useful number than any per-kilometre figure.
Filling the Mini Cooper SE Electric’s 40.7 kWh pack from empty draws about 44.8 units at the meter once charging losses are counted — roughly 14 hours on the 3.3 kW portable charger supplied with most cars, or about 6 hours on a 7.2 kW wallbox. On the Mini Cooper SE Electric that gap is the practical argument for a wallbox — and all of it assumes you can plug in where you park.
Realistic range applies the 72–80% band set out in how we estimate real-world range, and ₹8 a unit is an assumption rather than your tariff — the calculator takes your own.
Mini Cooper SE Electric specifications as published by Mini; range is claimed, not measured by us. Tell us if anything here is wrong.