Six preproduction electric vehicles compared
Yesterday, a friend of mine sent a link to “Six major preproduction electric vehicles compared” on the http://www.diyelectriccar.com/ blog. I’ve been an electric car enthusiast for a long time. I’ve worked on three major EV projects including one of my own and always hoped a major car company would make a good attempt at a production EV.
Now I will be the first to admit, a lot of EV fans inflate range, speed and acceleration to push the EVs on interested parties, and I was worried this post would be like that. However I am glad to say it isn’t, it’s a rather objective look at proposed vehicles and a dialog about straight EVs, Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrids. Since all the vehicles are in preproduction some information isn’t available but the info that is all referenced with sources at the bottom.
On a technical note, it isn’t surprising all the listed vehicles use lithium-ion battery packs; with the exception of the Aptera, but most likely it too will be Li-ion. Even 5 years ago, lithium-ion was WAY too expensive to use for propulsion, however with the huge increase in mass production for portable electronics lithium-ion technology is within the grasp of high(er) production vehicles.
Blog: http://www.diyelectriccar.com/blogs/
Fourm: http://www.diyelectriccar.com/
Enjoy!
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