When it comes to EVs, Mini has so far opted to stick with its most famous hatchback. Expect that to change in 2024...
; the leap from the current Countryman to an all-electric version that looks like this isn’t an enormous one. The Aceman sits between hatch and Countryman in terms of size, at 4.05m long, 1.99m wide and 1.59m high, with ‘the proportions you would expect of the brand’. Even without the badges, the Aceman is not going to be mistaken for anything but a Mini, Union Jack lights and all.
Without any further numbers to go off - not even pie-in-the-sky predictions for performance or range - there really isn’t anything else to talk about for the moment other than design. And it’s probably best to start inside, in fact, as that’s where the greatest revolution for electric Minis looks set to take place. Doing away with the combustion engine does present opportunities for interiors, and more traffic everywhere is making an innovative cabin more important than ever.
So, of course, Mini has really gone to town. The dash is meant to resemble a sound bar, the central display uses organic LEDs and the reconfigured toggle switches - as well as doing volume, drive and so on - also feature Experience Modes. Essentially, they set moods for the interior, altering displays, colours and sounds.
If anything, the outside looks closer to a production reality. An SUV concept couldn’t call itself such without enormous wheels and a roof rack, but look beyond that and there are familiar Mini cues throughout - all the way to the ‘ACEMAN’ font on the boot. While you’d have to hope a front end this bulbous and Union Jack-y doesn’t make it to real life as part of the Charismatic Simplicity design language, it’s very clearly a Mini face despite requiring no grilles to cool an engine.
Funky seat font aside, the Aceman is probably closer to your local showroom than you might think at first glance. And Mini doesn’t tend to dabble in concepts not destined for reality, perhaps apart from that incredible Superleggera Vision of a few years back. Absolutely there’s an electric Mini SUV in the firm's immediate future, and if the popularity of the Electric and the Countryman is anything to go by, plenty will be sold as well.
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