Talk:Production battery electric vehicle

Latest comment: 17 years ago by Nopetro in topic XS200 All Electric Vehicle

Intro

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The intro on this article is clearly POV, unencyclopedic, and generally just sucks. I'd fix it, but I'm not qualified since I don't know anything about production BEVs...which is why I came here.

This article looks like something that can be deleted. Daniel.Cardenas 23:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)Reply


I agree with Daniel on the Intro, it is far too POV. I suggest the creator of the page remove the opinion and point of view references. Wikipedia isn't about people's personal views of things, it's an online encyclopedia and thus must deal with facts. I wouldn't suggest it be deleted as it has some merit as a central point for battery powered electric vehicles, but it does need to be cleaned up to conform to wiki standards. John Posthocergopropterhoc 03:58, 16 December 2006 (UTC)Reply


News

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  • 08-20-05 - cbsnews.com MOVIE Hybrids Getting Amped Up
    • With gas prices soaring, even hybrid car owners are thinking of creative ways to cut on gas use. Bill Whitaker reports how they are suping-up their energy efficient cars with electricity.
  • 02-25-05 - H2 Can't Compete with Ev's Hybrids
    • This is an excellent article "Hydrogen economy: energy and economic black hole" with many good references, percentages and information on H2 & fool cells. Good info for arguing the H2 vs EV's/hybrids efficiencies. I love the line (after multiplying all the inefficiencies) "If you don't understand this (hydrogen) concept, please mail me ten dollars and I'll send you a dollar".
  • Toyota - Hybrids or Hydrogen? - "The lower efficiency of hydrogen production compared to gasoline brings the well-to-wheel efficiency of FCVs below that of hybrids."

XS200 All Electric Vehicle

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Powered by breakthrough Chinese Lithium-Ion technology, the Miles XS200 has an anticipated speed of up to 80 miles per hour and a range of 200 miles.

Projected MSRP: $28,500

http://www.milesautomotive.com/products_xs200.html

I think we need "cheap" microcars (10,000€) with 150 km/h top speed. --Nopetro 20:44, 12 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

ZAP-X

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ZAP-X is a Crossover Electric Vehicle to be built in 2007 by ZAP Motors and Lotus Engineering based on the Lotus APX prototype platform. The claimed performance statistics are a total of 644bhp from four in-wheel electric motors, a 350-mile single charge range, 155 mph top speed, 0 - 60 mph acceleration in 4.6 seconds and a 10 minute recharge time.

The announced specifications[1] closely match those from the Mini QED[2] built by PML Flightlink and imply that the Zap-X will use the same Hi-Pa Drive system. The 10 minute recharge time implies that Zap Motors intends to build a battery pack including NanoSafe technology from AltairNano. The 3 year exclusivity agreement between AltairNano and Phoenix Motorcars may affect the battery technology used in the Zap-X[3].

  1. ^ "The ZAP-X Crossover Electric Car - 155mph, 644 Horsepower, Based on the APX Technical Demonstrator Vehicle Designed & Developed by Lotus Engineering" (Press release). Zap! Motors. 2007/01/30. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "MINI QED - A demonstration vehicle to showcase the best electric drive system in the world!". PML Flightlink. 2006/08. Retrieved 2007/04/06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  3. ^ "ALTAIRNANO ENTERS INTO SUPPLY AGREEMENT AND RECEIVES PURCHASE ORDER FROM PHOENIX MOTORCARS, Altairnano Receives 16.6 Percent Ownership of Phoenix Motorcars" (Press release). AltairNano. 2007/01/09. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)