The reaction is based on a review of the blogosphere is a mixed community of people. Meanwhile, Nissan Leaf to have a stance has made a first performance to the fans who like to be a green car. This car does not bring more amorphous concept. So this car can fight car plug-ins and other hybrids through the features, the look, feel and cost.
All kinds of car Ford Focus comparable EV Nissan Leaf type this. In terms of performance capabilities and size make the two cars is similar. Both have a driving range 100mil.
If the lithium ion batteries on Nissan Leaf capacity 24 kilowatts per hour, the car type EV Focus 23 kilowatt per hour. Both cars have the ability to carry passengers as many as 5 people. Leaf Nissan wheelbase is longer than 3 inches EV Focus.
The first shooting motion has seen in a corporate video shot in Japan. With the normal set, fast charging and walked through the features, this car will be shown on the road. At the end of the year is expected Leaf Nissan could beat the Ford Focus of EV on the market within one year and likely Leaf Nissan car that dominant. Both cars will be available on the market in the same period. The second price this car has not been established but may be about 30,000 dollars.
Another characteristic that distinguishes these two types of cars are on the design, destination Ford Focus cars in contrast to Nissan Leaf. Ford did not tell that the car type EV Focus will be different with the conventional Focus. We will talk something unique, different and thus can be used very up to date an icon when we are in November. Mark Perry is someone who says this. He is a director of Nissan cars. But this argument is refuted by George Jetson, in Blade Runner there are various ways. He said that it is not is not the impression many commenter’s have.
On the site HybridsCars.com, Richard S commented that it is bad enough if the car type EV Focus cars similar to the present. This will make the Nissan will have a difficult time. Anonymous site visitor say that this incident such as cleaning the lab that made her thinks to sell cleaning products.
On other sites also comment and offer unique color descriptions of the descendants of the Dough Boy Pillsburg with Smurf, a descendant of Nissan Murano with catfish, and the descendants of the Mazda 3 with the Toyota Matrix.
In the AutoBlog.com, Sean explained about the Prius that the Prius design a good front but behind part is unique. Don C also post on the site-Volt.com GM. This site is a fan site Chevy Volt plug-in Hybrid. She said that she liked. The design looks pretty nice car. Moreover, the design gives you the character of who you are. It can be said that he was a small man in cold technology fit to drive locally. He believes that there will be a big mistake if it makes a good car.
If you want to know when electric cars are within reach of everyday car shoppers, keep your eye on the cost of batteries. According to projections from the Department of Energy and others, the tipping point for mainstream adoption of electric vehicles is around $350 per kilowatt-hour. That’s why electric car enthusiasts took notice when the Times of London reported last month that the cost of the 24 kilowatt-hour battery pack in the all-electric Nissan Leaf, due out later this year, is $9,000—or $375 per kilowatt-hour.
Is it time to cue Kool & the Gang and pop open the champagne? Not quite, say a number of experts—including some leading EV advocates.
Trade Secrets
First, they question how anybody can report a number because the carmakers consider battery cost figures to be top secret. “For the auto companies, it’s the most tightly guarded data. They take their cost information and lock it away in Fort Knox,” said Mark Duvall, director of electric transportation at the Electric Power Research Institute. He was speaking yesterday at Electric Car 2.0, a clean technology conference in San Francisco.
Pinpointing the price is complicated further by the various stages of battery production. “You always have to ask is $375 the cell number or the system number,” Duvall said.
John Gartner, an industry analyst with Pike Research, which has published a number of studies about plug-in electric battery costs, agrees that battery pricing is not an exact science. “Carmakers won’t disclose the installed cost, and it is hard to calculate because in many cases the manufacturers, such as General Motors, Ford and Nissan, are assembling the packs and designing the battery management software themselves.”
According to Gartner, the installed cost of plug-in vehicle batteries includes not only the battery pack, but also the wiring and configuring of battery packs into a battery array, plus the battery management system that monitors and manages the battery performance. “Cells do not include any management software or hardware, and therefore the cell cost is much lower than the pack or installed price,” Gartner said.
Still, What’s the Number?
Based on his extensive research, Gartner estimates the cost at around $900 today, but expects the price to come down by down by 10 to 15 percent per year, reaching $470 per kWh in 2015. In today’s Wall Street Journal, Pacific Crest analyst Ben Schuman pegged today’s cost at about $1,000 per kWh, but believes that the cost “could get down to $600 to $700 fairly quickly,” and optimistically to $350 in three to five years.
One carmaker willing to share a number is Coda Automotive, a small California-based electric car startup. Dan Mosher, the company’s chief financial officer, also spoke at Electric Car 2.0. “The $375 price might be fiction, but it’s a fact that the costs are coming down quite dramatically. Today, we might still be around $1,000 to $1,200 per kilowatt-hour,” Mosher said. He expects the price to reach $375 per kilowatt-hour in the next five to 10 years.
Mosher cited advantages that Coda might have, because the company manufactures offshore (in China)—but that benefit pales to the advantage enjoyed by major carmakers. Nissan, by virtue of its joint venture with Japan’s NEC Corp., has decades of experience in mass-producing lithium ion batteries. The company is projecting first year global production of the Nissan Leaf at 50,000 units.
“Can somebody really build a vehicle where they pay $375 per kilowatt-hour in 2010, I would say that’s pushing it,” Duvall said. “What they may see is forward pricing and they know their 50,000th or 100,000th vehicle will have that pricing. There’s no physical reason, based on materials and price of production, why that can’t happen.”
Safety is the icon of the Volvo C30 Electric vehicles. The commitment of safety, conservative, strict testing and development of plug-in hybrid and electric cars is applied by this Swedish company.
Why EV fans cannot wait for when things slow down? This is because the process of marketing and the prospects this single well-publicized fatal accidents both in the car plug-in hybrid and electric cars that may be damaging the car system. All the car companies produce cars plug-in is very concerned with this situation. Therefore, in accordance with the attributes of Volvo C30 Electric, a company that produces this car will test it properly, more thorough, hard and long with a plug-in prototype than anyone in the automotive industry.
Now in 2009, the automobile industry twists its thought and idea to International Automobile Show in North American subsequently week. Following on the house drop in marketing in last year, car industries will achieve the best of them for good impression in good era. In 2010 there are two styles that raise China in automobile industry with the car appearance of plug-in. There are plug-in hybrids car and electric cars. Both are from China, BYD Automobile which paid a lot of attention.
BYD will come back in Detroit to let somebody see BYD’s e6 car electric and F3DM hybrid plug-in cars. BYD explain that e6 increase the speed from 0-60 every eight seconds. It has 100mph in peak speed. In a one charge, it takes a trip about 250 miles. But for F3DM run by using battery in 60 miles. One liter gasoline used to make longer the array of the car.
As luck would you have it, last year, BYD show two similar car. Offspring is the same pleasure about greenie cars plug-in. It is as good as doubt that cheap cars from Chinese are going to take the automotive globe by means of tempest. The most effort of those failed and shows off.
BYD’s marketing goal can reach until 400,000 units in 2009. In 2010, it reaches the goal in 700,000-800,000 unit’s cars. The conservative F3 types are about 2/3 in 2009. In 2010, Dec 30, BYD is going to launch 5 new types’ cars. Those cars powered by gas.
Gasgoo is a Chinese automotive industry site. BYD’s the most wanted model is cost fewer than one hundred thousand Yuan. It is about 14,500 US dollar. It is cheaper than F3DM which is cost about 22,000 dollar and for the e6 car is cost about 40,000 dollar. This site report that those cars are going to sell in USA on 2010. They are not the expert in selling, handling quality question, paraphernalia and crashworthiness. This situation is discouraging BYD’s goal to dominate the hybrid marketplace in the world in 2025.
A move forward from the Chinese Government
F3DM is notable in the world as the first plug in hybrid cars. However it is so expensive car last year and it is no longer offer to hybrid car for private customers. It only sells not many units. The marketing of BYD say that they are preparing to release the car in following weeks. Why it has been failed last year?
So that is why. Realize it is so luxurious for people of China, the government of China said that the original incentives will help customer in choosing greenie car. They will tell you China government site but in not many in formations. Acquiring repayment is in limited for customer in 5 cities; however the location is still unidentified.
For USA customers, the hybrids car electric and plug-in like Nissan Leaf car and Chevy Volt cost 7,500 dollar with credit. But it will be available in just not many days in 2010. For the moment, in automotive show in 2010 show the EV customer to the faithful of electric cars. Electric Avenue exhibition is show on the heart of Cobo Center in Detroit. It will get 20 display of car from conservative automaker.
