.....The Renault system is ultra modern but not yet proven, and we know all about French cars and electrics!
Must admit, that was my first thought! I think I may take some convincing that they've fixed that. 
David25. My GTI was a 2018 7.5 - 169kw/380nm.
Sorry, I've now read your earlier posts and can see you were comparing against your 7.5
Would you say your Mini is really as quick as Exonian's video https://youtu.be/nV3CeD3324U shows?
Probably, yes, David. My GTI was a manual and I always launched it conservatively, so in that regard the Mini is streets ahead in instant, off the line shove. In general city driving, also the Mini feels significantly quicker. The response is instant, unlike the GTI's throttle mapping which could often feel delayed (esp without a pedal box controller). I suspect that if you drove both cars everywhere on 100% throttle the Mini would still feel quicker due to that instant torque shove, but the GTI would prove a tad quicker at the very top end. Although I've been surprised how easily the Mini dealt with ~80-130kmh HWY overtakes on a couple of occasions. I expected it to run out of puff, but it kept pulling hard.
I also find I tend to utilise the Mini's shove more because it's so easily accessible. I've said it many times already, but I find it addictive.
In general, the "EV or not" question is highly individual. In our case, the Mini as a city runabout is perfect. We have home solar and it seems that I will be able to largely charge it for free for probably 8 or 9 months of the year. That's a hell of a cost saving. Then there's the much lower servicing and costs and hopefully much reduced repair costs.
I like the EV experience enough that I'm considering replacing our family car (Mazda 3 Astina) with another EV eventually, but not until our laughably poor charging infrastructure improves - a lot.
In short, I looked at EVs primarily for cost savings, but was won over by the driving experience. To each their own, but as a lifelong petrol head I was, to say the least, very surprised.
