Wednesday 7 July 2010

Electric Automobile options coming soon!

The auto industry has been scrambling to find ways and technology to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Over the past 10 years, the automobile has changed dramatically from large SUVs ruling the roads to cars so small they could be mistaken for an enclosed golf cart -- or even a go cart. The first push to reduce dependence was ethanol and hybrids. Both would prove to help bridge that gap, although some consumers would find it hard to justify the cost of buying a hybrid versus a similar model for several thousands less. For 2010 and 2011, we should see a wave of electric vehicles hitting the show room floors.
Ford, Chevy and Nissan will probably be the first to sell electric vehicles in the United States. Although limited on a charge, they may prove beneficial in certain situations allowing companies to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gases. All three of the auto companies mentioned above are bringing at least one electric-powered car or van to consumers by the end of 2010. The neat thing is that they are very similar but also different in terms of what they are designed to do.

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The Gullwing Goes Electric

Mercedes debuts a prototype of the AMG E-Cell Gullwing that features four electric motors promising 0 to 100 km/h speeds of 4 seconds

The Audi e-tron has been at the top of our list of awesome electric cars for some time. Now there's a new contender — the SLS AMG E-CELL. Mercedes-AMG hinted at the possibility of an electric drive SLS gullwing last year and has now rolled-out a prototype which looks set for small series production. Along with a very hard to miss fluorescent "AMG lumilectric magno" paint job, the prototype features four electric motors positioned near each of the wheels which produce 392 kW and 880 Nm of instantaneous torque and acceleration of zero to 100 km/h in 4 seconds — just 0.2 seconds under the performance of the 6.3-litre V8 SLS AMG.
Instead of hub motors, the gullwing SLS E-CELL uses four compact electric motors positioned near to the wheels (two for each axle) to reduce unsprung weight. Each motor achieve a maximum rpm of 12,000/rpm for a combined output of 392 kW.

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BMW's drive down electric avenue

BMW is investing a lot into developing its Megacity car, being produced under the auspices of a futuristic sounding Project i – but will the car it produces bear the BMW badge?
SOMETIMES being first isn’t being clever. It is a statement I put to Ulrich Kranz, who heads the almost Hollywood-movie-sounding Project i, BMW’s cross-departmental think-tank. It was created to redesign, rework and reboot the way we think about electric vehicles and perhaps urban transportation overall.
By the time 2013 rolls around, BMW, a brand that prides itself on innovation, might be just another brand, launching just another electric car, with Nissan’s much-hyped Leaf, Renault’s Fluence EV and Opel’s Ampera likely to be pretty common on our roads.
But does BMW know something the others don’t? You would have to wonder, with BMW beating the hydrogen technology drum for so long, whether perhaps all this huge investment, relatively late in the game in electric cars, is somewhat reactionary?

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Tesla prices public offer at $17

Tesla Motors, a manufacturer of electric vehicles and electric vehicle powertrain components, has announced its initial public offering of 13.3 million shares of its common stock at a price of $17 per share.
The shares have already begun trading on the Nasdaq global select market under the ticker symbol 'TSLA'. Of the shares in the offering, 11.88 million shares are being offered by the company and 1.42 million shares are being offered by selling stockholders.

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Shenzhen starts green-car subsidy pilot project

Shanghai, July 7 (Gasgoo.com) On July 6, officials from Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Science, Ministry of Industry and Information and the National Development and Reform Commission gathered in Shenzhen yesterday for the launch ceremony of subsidies for private purchasing of new energy vehicles.
Zhang Shaochun, vice minister of the Ministry of Finance said that the highest subsidy for the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is 50,000 yuan ($7,350) per unit while the subsidy for per pure electric vehicle is 60,000 yuan. Thus, the promotion of new energy vehicles took its substantive step in Shenzhen.

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Latest Sporty Electric Vehicle

The newest electric caris a sport looking model with a 250 miles range.


Tesla has finally released details of its newest prodigy, the racy-looking electric car known as Roadster 2.5. The vehicle brags a 250 mile maximum driving range.

A rear air diffuser, new grill and front bumper, diffusing vents and ‘directional’ forged wheels give the vehicle a distinctive sporty appearance. Even in extremely hot climates the modified power control system allows ‘spirited driving’.
Some critics, however, are cynical of Tesla’s ‘save-the-world’ campaign that has caught the attention of the media, as well as many investors. 
Senior editor of Fourtune, Adam Lashinsky, one very vocal critic, says "While Tesla drivers may pat themselves on the back because their cars don't emit foul greenhouse gases, half the electricity needed to charge the batteries that make the cars run comes from burning coal."
Wind power may represent around 3% of electricity production in the United States, coal accounts for about 50%. 


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