A recent article over at The Drive tells of a cleantech effort that many of us saw the results of: the 2003 remake of The Italian Job. Almost as famous as the star-studded cast were
tells of a cleantech effort that many of us saw the results of: the 2003 remake of. Almost as famous as the star-studded cast were the show’s automotive stars: a trio of Mini Coopers. After reading the piece at, I decided to dig a little deeper and figure out how they built these cars, and found out a whole lot more than I expected.
The directors explain that they didn’t use any CGI go make automotive shots in the film. Everything was done with practical effects, and every shot used a real car. But, by “real car,” I don’t mean that it was a factory Mini. Things had to be changed to make the crazier shots work. “John Carpenter, my transportation coordinator did a great job at figuring out engineering and building a trio of electric Minis. The only electric minis that existed on the planet Earth, and it’s one of my favorite moments with the Minis because of the size. I mean, you can’t imagine any other car doing this stunt except for the Minis.”
. The text of the website doesn’t tell us much about how they built these EV conversions, but the pictures gave me enough information to fill in some of the blanks.The battery packs consisted of ten Enersys Genesis 12v sealed lead acid batteries,. To handle the jumps, they used sealed lead-acid absorbed glass mat batteries. To keep them from banging each other up, they simply put strips of plywood between the batteries. These were then bolted and strapped down in place of the Minis’ back seats.
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