{"id":56220,"date":"2021-11-22T05:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T18:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=56220"},"modified":"2022-04-22T17:05:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T06:35:47","slug":"ned-electric-mini-review-mb2242","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ned-electric-mini-review-mb2242\/","title":{"rendered":"Ned&#8217;s Mini Electric Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Ned&#039;s Electric Mini Cooper SE Test Drive Review\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SXuXaj9xBGY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>SolarQuotes reviews ninja Ned&#8217;s test drive of the Mini Electric Cooper SE tempts him to cross over to the dark side and earns a rebuke from Finn. 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