On the BMW Group Netherlands headquarters, the consulting large EY took supply of 160 brand-new MINI Cooper E automobiles, marking a major step within the firm’s sustainability journey. The handover underscores EY’s dedication to inexperienced mobility. The supply was facilitated by the dealership group Ekris, with the vehicles leased by means of Alphabet. The car parking zone was full of rows of Melting Silver Metallic MINIs with yellow license plates. These MINI Cooper E fashions (J01) are additionally geared up with 17-inch U-Spoke Gray alloy wheels.
The MINI Cooper E, with its 184 horsepower and 290 Newton meters of torque, is an effective metropolis automobile. It accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in simply 7.three seconds, making it each environment friendly and fast. Nevertheless, in comparison with the extra highly effective MINI Cooper SE, which gives a spread of as much as 402 kilometers with its bigger battery, the Cooper E has a extra modest vary of round 300 kilometers in response to WLTP requirements.
The Younger Professionals of EY will now be driving these emission-free automobiles, contributing to the corporate’s sustainable mobility targets. “We’re more than happy with this enlargement of the fleet for our Younger Professionals,” stated Kees Eriks, head of the Mobility division at EY. “The MINI Electrical completely aligns with our sustainability ambitions and gives our staff a lovely and environmentally pleasant mobility answer.”
This fleet enlargement comes with a considerable funding. With an inventory worth of no less than 35,990 euros per automobile within the Netherlands, the 160 MINIs characterize a theoretical worth of over 5.75 million euros. Nevertheless, fleet purchases of this scale sometimes include vital reductions. This transfer by EY is a part of a broader pattern amongst consulting and auditing corporations within the Benelux area, the place electrical fleet automobiles have gotten more and more widespread. EY’s determination follows related actions by Deloitte and PwC, who in recent times expanded their fleets with electrical MINI Cooper SEs and BMW X1 xDrive25e plug-in hybrids, respectively.
[Source: BMW Netherlands via BimmerToday]