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Tesla Current Concept Car

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:56:45 +0000

With Tesla’s continued advancing Model S auto still added than six months away, designers from all over the apple accept amorphous to brainstorm what will be abutting for the Silicon Valley-based automaker.

One such architecture abstraction is the Current by Maxim Ostapenko, a alum of Pasadena, California’s Art Center College of Design.

Essentially a four-door all-electric alehouse car to attempt with the brand of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7-Series and Jaguar XF, the Tesla Current shares its architecture ancestry with the brand of the Mercedes-Benz F800 Style and the Citroen Survolt concepts.

The Current was advised for the NAFTA Superhighway: a ten-lane alley that would accompany Canada, the United States of American and Mexico. Four of the ten-lanes would be acclimated alone for trucks branch arctic and south with goods.

The Current’s aqueous shape, partially-enclosed rear auto and cab-rearwards architecture abide to back a faculty of acceleration and advice it carve through the air like a windjammer. You can analysis out our abounding arcade of images and leave a animadversion below.

Mercedes SLS Gullwing Electric Version

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:41:23 +0000

Mercedes-Benz has made plans to build an electrically powered version of the new SLS gullwing coupe. This new car will be driving all four wheels with an individual motor on each corner. Each motor will be mounted inboard of the suspension components. The energy is stored within a 48 kWh liquid cooler lithium ion battery pack that extends down the central tunnel.

The output of the electric drive system is 526 hp and 649 lb.-ft. and according to the automaker it will have enough power to accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in four seconds flat. Why did they choose to make such an exotic car? According to Chief Executive Officer of Mercedes-AMG they wanted to “redefine the sports car” and to make it more exciting than before.

The SLS AMG E-cell is made using a liquid cooled high voltage battery that is state of the art. It uses 324 lithium-ion polymer cells that are in a modular configuration – which makes it easy to replace if necessary. The battery is 400 volts and is charged every time you brake and drive the vehicle.

Other parts used to piece the whole thing together include, racetrack style ceramic composite brakes and carbon fiber discs. These are a great deal light than the standard cast iron brake discs used in most vehicles. The carbon fiber used without will make the weight of the car go down and help to make it faster and more responsive to the driver’s needs.

So far it looks like they might just succeed! At this time we do not have information on when the electric version will be released. Though some speculate that we might not seethe final product until 2015. We also have no idea yet on how many there will be and what the price range is. We do know that the regular SLS Gullwing will cost around $200,000 -which means that the electric version could be more.

Detroit Auto Show:Redesigned Z4 sDrive35is and BMW 1 Series electrical ActiveE

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:59:56 +0000

BMW will present in January in Detroit Auto Show to two very interesting car model.The first are their new redesigned Z4 sDrive35is, and secondly the concept of the BMW 1 Series electrical, activeE.

In the case of the Z4, the firm is presented with the 3.0-liter engine, which has been updated with a less strict intake manifold and two more pressure turbos. It has 340 hp, 450 Nm (500 Nm with overboost), and goes from 0 to 100 in 4.8 seconds. The technology comes from BMW Twin Turbo and direct fuel injection (High Precision Injection).

The Sport automatic gearbox DKG dual clutch gear changes without interrupting the transmission of force. In addition, the driver can choose between fully automatic mode or manual mode.

The changes from the previous model include the recalibration of the electric steering, adaptive suspension that lowers the car 10 mm height, a new set of wheels 18 and 19 inch M Sport aerodynamic kit.

The M Sport Package is combined with M aerodynamic package and the M chassis automatic electronic adjustment of the damping. This coupling makes the model is less comfortable but much more sporty.

Cosmetic changes make it more aggressive and more pleasing to the eye, the redesign has been good to the German model.

On the side of the 1 Series Concept activeE signature presents us with the same first developing a fully electric vehicle. This like other models have lithium-ion batteries (made by SB LiMotive). The electric motor has 170 hp and 250 Nm. The weight is 1,800 kg.

The most amazing feature of this model is that with a 220/230 V outlet and 50 amps, can travel up to 160 km with only 3 hours charging time, a remarkable achievement by the firm.

No word yet on the cost of this variant of the 1 Series, but there will be 600 produced for sale.

Opel Ampera, Extended range electric vehicle (Reeves)

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:49:41 +0000

Opel presents a while their version of the Chevrolet Volt, called Ampera, this stands out as very attractive car and having a very interesting hybrid engine. Recently this in the Plan móvel.The maximum output is 111.00 / 149.85 kW / hp, top speed is 160 km / h, accelerates from 0 to 50 mph in 3 seconds, has an autonomy of 60 km, an average consumption of 133 Wh / km, and a useful load capacity of 45 kg.

The front brake system is regenerative disc and rear disc is. The front suspension is McPherson struts and rear torsion beam is and semi-independent. The front and rear tire is 215/55R17.The empty weight with batteries is 1694 kg. Body length is 4498 mm, width 1811 mm and 1434 mm high. The boot capacity is 289 liters. It has 4 doors and 4 seats.

The battery is Lithium Ion technology, with a capacity of 45 Ah and a voltage of 370, with cycles of loading / unloading of 2000, a time to recharge to 100% of 3 hours and type of load.

The equipment includes: ABS, radio CD, airbags, onboard charger, stability control, a type of single-phase charger, 230V, traction control, charger, endowed with intelligence, power steering, locking equipped Charger, driving efficiency indicator, charging cable length of 6.09, air conditioning, cable with vandal protection and climate control.