Electric Cars At Frankfurt Motor Show: Nowadays Electric Cars was not just limited to small cars. For example, in Frankfurt Motor Show – Mercedes and Audi, two of German giants, unveiled electric supercars they plan to build in 2013. They have 4-motor 4-wheel drive systems (one at each wheel), and with silent acceleration they claim they’re true supercar performance. Both goal at a range of 150 miles or so in the official EC drive cycle. Though if you used the performance the range would of course be ‘plenty’ less.
The Mercedes Electric Cars is a version of the SLS, and essentially has no significant changes to the suspension or body. The batteries suit in the spaces vacated by the transmission, exhaust, propshaft, and fuel tank. The Electric Cars’ motor and controllers occupy the underbonnet and space around the rear axle.
Audi’s e-tron Electric Cars- with the body resembles Audi’s supercar-chasing R8, but the changes are more general so as to decrease energy use and ‘lengthen’ range. It’s shorter and lower than an Audi R8 and has reduced aero drag. The body panels are carbonfibre and target weight for production is only 1600kg.
These two Electric Cars will be punishingly high-priced and so will be built in little numbers, but they should go some way to developing technologies and recharging systems that everyday Electric Cars can benefit from.
Another articles by Johan Young you may interest in reading: Mercedes Benz E320 Bluetec, Hybrid Cars 2005, Obama Proposes Rules For Carmakers to Meet 35.5 MPG, and Audi Diesel Expects Big Gains in US Market.
