The Subaru R1e is a battery-electric microcar under going development [1]. The battery electric vehicle, or BEV, is a type of Electric vehicle (EV that uses chemical Energy stored in Rechargeable battery A microcar is an extremely small Automobile, popularly referred to as Cyclecars in the 1910s and 1920s and Bubblecars in the 1950s and 1960s many of which Currently there have been 10 prototypes built and undergoing testing by a Japanese electric company. A prototype is an original type form or instance of something serving as a typical example basis or standard for other things of the same category Plans call for 3000 of these vehicles to be built and used by the electric company [2] starting in 2008. Subaru is planning on offering these vehicles for sale to consumers starting in 2010. The vehicle has a range of 50 miles (80 km) and a top speed of 62 miles per hour (100 km/h).
The G4e is a follow-up to Subaru's earlier R1e, which has been jointly developed with Tokyo Electric Power, the giant Japanese utility company [3]. also known as or TEPCO, is an Electric utility servicing Japan's KantÅ region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture
The prototype is a two-door, four seat vehicle based upon the Subaru R1 gasoline vehicle. The Subaru R1 was introduced by the Japanese carmaker Subaru on January 4, 2005. This vehicle has received intense interest from electric vehicle fans owing to its modern battery technology, appropriate size, and potential performance attributes.
The car uses a lithium-ion battery which was developed in cooperation with NEC and can be recharged to 80% capacity in fifteen minutes using a special rapid charger, or to 100% charge in eight hours on a standard 100V plug. is a Japanese multinational IT company headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan. Battery life is at least 10 years or 144,000-plus miles (240K km). Tokyo Electric Power company plans on producing 150 fast-charge stations[4]. A battery charger is a device used to put energy into a secondary cell or (rechargeable battery by forcing an Electric current through it
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Features
- Laminated lithium-ion batteries
- 240 VAC conductive charging
- It is only a 2 seater. Lithium-ion batteries (sometimes abbreviated Li-ion batteries) are a type of Rechargeable battery in which a Lithium ion moves between the Anode
See also
- Hitachi Maxell
- Subaru R1. ( or Maxell, is a Japanese company which manufactures consumer Electronics. The Subaru R1 was introduced by the Japanese carmaker Subaru on January 4, 2005. This vehicle is only a 2 seater. Also from the pictures you can see it has only 2 doors. The earlier version of the R1 had 4 doors.
References
- ^ http://www.worldcarfans.com/news.cfm/newsid/2070208.001/country/jcf/Subaru/subaru-r1e-electric-switch-debut-in-geneva
- ^ http://www.greencarsite.co.uk/comingsoon/subaru-r1e-electric-cars.htm
- ^ http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=122961
- ^ http://www.easier.com/view/News/Motoring/Subaru/article-92677.html
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