China: world’s largest electric car manufacturers soon?
According to a recent study by management consultancy Bain & Co., China could rise up to the year 2019 the world’s largest manufacturers of electric cars. The reason is the substantial support from the Chinese government and therefore could only be strengthened developments in the Asian country. In March, China had presented a plan under which the country is to become a leading manufacturer of vehicles with alternative engines. Already in two years, the goal to strive for when you leave half a million vehicles a year and have the works on alternative drives.
Much of the Chinese people and that over 60 percent purchase low-cost cars. U.S. citizens, Japanese, Europeans and South Koreans decide only for an electric car if the price is right. The price is at 55 percent of customers a criterion of great weight. The Chinese overwhelmingly consider the right price, on the available charging stations and battery power.
The brand and the design have largely unimportant. According to the study results should demand per year, based on electric vehicles at 1.5 million units are located. The offer and the technological development would have a decisive influence on the demand.
Tesla Motors seeks to Germany
The U.S. electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors wants to open the year in Germany, two showrooms and interested parties will have the opportunity to test the Tesla Roadster to home. This was announced by CEO Elon Musk the online edition of the car magazine “Auto, Motor und Sport”. In the British capital London is already the end of June, the first European showroom will be opened. The cities of Munich and Monaco would then follow next. The electric sports car Tesla Roadster has been sold 500 times on a single charge and has a range of 150 to 200 kilometers.
The energy of the powerful electric motor draws from a 7000 high cell lithium-ion battery. The top speed is 200 km / h and the sports car can accelerate from 0 to 100m km / h in less than four seconds. The Tesla Roadster will arrive in an improved version with better performance on the European car market and cost around 100,000 €. The vehicle will be presented to potential buyers by teams on site. Already this year sales of 240 vehicles is planned in Europe. The Stuttgart automaker Daimler AG has joined a few weeks ago with a stake of 10 percent for Tesla Motors. In the past week had to accept the electric car manufacturer with a damper, as had 350 Tesla Roadsters are being recalled because of problems at the rear axle.
Mitsubishi shows the first electric car production model
The Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi in the Austrian city of Flachgau iMiev with the presented last Thursday, the first electric car of its planned high-volume production. Next year it will come on the market in Austria and then to a price equivalent to around 20,000 to EUR 25,000 have to be. The range of the electric vehicle is in relation with the hard-to-remember model name on a battery charge at 140 kilometers. The electric motor output amounts to 64 HP and the vehicle can be accelerated to a top speed of 130 mph.
Charging an empty battery takes from the normal household outlet for consolidated information about 7 hours. If however the battery in a power outlet as they are in business, the refueled battery charging time is only 30 minutes. iMiev come when and at what price the Mitsubishi on the German car market is not yet known. The electric car of the Japanese automaker is hard to distinguish between a normal small car and will therefore surely be able to sell well.
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