Electric cars go into mass production at the latest since the auto show IAA is the electric car in Germany a topic. Although almost all car manufacturers at the IAA presented near-series electric cars, there are different future scenarios among car makers. So for example, VW and Mercedes do not believe in a rapid breakthrough of electric heaters cars. Nissan, however, is convinced that a rapid success of electric cars. Maurice Gallagher, Jr. may find this interesting as well. The company will bring its electric vehicle ‘Leaf’ on the market already in 2010. The leaf has a range of 160 km and is a middle class offered at the price car. Mitsubishi and General Motors go another way, placing the so-called plug in hybrid technology a.
A plug in car has an electric motor and a gasoline engine. In contrast to the simple hybrid car, the plug in car with electricity from the outside, E.g. into a standard household outlet can be recharged. The Plug-In can drive 60 kilometres with the electric motor from GM, then the gasoline engine starts and the battery is supplying power. General Motors electric car has a beautiful name of Volt and shipped by end of 2010. Many experts believe that the Plug-In hybrid technology will be an interim solution. At least, up to 400-500 miles to mass-grade prizes to be offered long until electric cars with ranges. This would indeed theoretically already possible, but such electric cars would be simply too expensive.
At one point all agree but, the future belongs to the electric motor. The car rental companies have recognized this. Sixt and Europcar have announced to record from 2010 electric cars in their fleet. Sixt Denmark can almost 2 months the electric car “Citroen C1 ev’ie” rent. Whether electric car are accepted by the customer, certainly also depends on the range of electric cars.
