Check This Out: Electric Vehicle Production

Check This Out: Electric Vehicle Production

Electric vehicle production

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Jump to: navigation, search This article will outline current projects, plans, productions for meeting ever increasing demand for electric vehcles. Included will be each major automotive manufacture's proposals, designs specifying range, battery type, motor design (in wheel / CVT), base price and production date due.

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1 Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) 2 Daimler-Chrysler 3 Fiat 4 Ford Motor Company 5 General Motors 6 Honda 7 Mitsubishi 8 Peugeot Citro=EBn 9 Renault-Nissan 10 Suzuki 11 Tesla Motors 12 Toyota 13 Volkswagen 14 See also 15 References

[edit] Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) [edit] Daimler-Chrysler On July 12, 2006, the DaimlerChrysler division SMART cars, announced that it would premiere a new Smart fortwo EV at the British International Motor Show at ExCeL on 18 July.

The car will be made available on a lease arrangement to selected UK corporate customers with deliveries starting in November 2006. Up to

200 of the electric microcars will be built and delivered to the UK, which will serve as the trial market for the "green" vehicle.

According to the DaimlerChrysler press release, the Smart EV sets a new

benchmark in the electric vehicle sector; it has 30kW output and a top speed of 70 mph. It offers even better in-town performance than its petrol powered stablemate, with 0-30 mph in 6.5 seconds. With a range of up to 72 miles, the Smart EV is exempt from vehicle excise duty and congestion charge.

The drive train for the Smart EV is produced in the UK by technology partner Zytek Group who undertake final assembly of the car in Fradley,

near Lichfield.

[edit] Fiat [edit] Ford Motor Company [edit] General Motors [edit] Honda Honda's FCX concept vehicle is powered by a front-mounted 80kW AC electric motor, with 20kW pancake motors providing supplemental power to the rear wheels. Electrical energy is provided by a 100kW hydrogen fuel cell, with regenerative braking energy stored in ultracapacitors. Production versions of the FCX are expected to arrive in 2009.

[edit] Mitsubishi Mitsubishi, a Japanese automobile manufacturer, announced on May 11,

2005 that it will mass-produce its MIEV (Mitsubishi In-wheel Electric Vehicle.) Test fleets are to arrive in 2006 and production models should be available in 2008.(1) The first test car, revealed to be Colt

EV, is expected to have a range of 93 miles using lithium-ion batteries

and in-wheel electric motors. The target price of a MIEV should be around US$19,000. No export decision has yet been made.(2)

[edit] Peugeot Citro=EBn [edit] Renault-Nissan [edit] Suzuki [edit] Tesla Motors Tesla Motors unveiled the 185kW (248hp) Tesla Roadster on July 20, 2006. Shipment for the supercar is expected to begin during 2007. The Roadster will only be sold in the United States.

[edit] Toyota [edit] Volkswagen [edit] See also Electric vehicle infrastructure reconstruction

[edit] References [1] (page down) [2]

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