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Sales of electric vehicles are failing to take off as showroom reality trumps marketing hype. The Guardian website has just published the figures for the numbers of new cars registered under the Governments Plug-in Car Grant scheme. The scheme gives buyers 25 la sută off (up to a maximum of 5000) the price of a rechargeable electric vehicle such as a Chevy Volt, Toyota Prius plug-in sau Renault Fluence.
Sistemul este acum de doi ani. Potrivit Departamentului pentru Transport cifrele, 1419 autoturisme au fost înregistrate în cadrul sistemului în primele nouă luni din 2012 până la 786 în 2011. Deci se pare ca întreaga 2012 va vedea în jurul 1900 masini reîncărcabilă cumparat din masinile de ştiri două milioane, care a plecat UK showroom-uri. Interesant, doar un număr mic de camionete au fost înregistrate în cadrul sistemului în 2012.
As you might expect the Guardian has an upbeat quote from Norman Baker, Lib Dem under-secretary of state for Transport. I know electric vehicles have a bright future in this country he says, citing new models due this year, including the relatively inexpensive Renault Zoe and the Sunderland-built Nissan Leaf.
I dont know about you, but I can smell burning. The whole electric car edifice may be on the verge of the going up in smoke. The huge hype that drove car makers into cheltuieli de constructie hundreds of millions în developing electric cars looks like it has led to a developmental dead end.
Take sales of the Chevy Volt și Nissan Leaf - both first-rate cars - in the important US market. GM says that after 7671 units in 2011, Volt sales have jumped to 23,461 units. Thats just more than half of the numbers GM wanted to see, despite low leasing costurile forței de muncă. Global sales might hit de 30.000 de unități. And, of course, the Volt has a petrol engine, making it a perfectly viable normal car. Which probably explains why sales of the Nissan Leaf - a pure car battery - look as if they obiceiul hit five figures in the US.
Last month I drove the gas-powered VW Eco Up in Frankfurt, which made me pretty certain that battery power is not going to fly. VW is betting heavily on gas, and has designed both the Ups FSN platform and the new MQB platform to accommodate twin gas tanks. Gas is very clean burning - with virtually no tailpipe pollution and is also low on Co2. Indeed, the Eco Up is good for 79g/km, compared to the estimated 75g/km for recharging an electric car on the European mains network.
A gas-powered car, which could conceivably be charged off the mains network is also much cheaper than an electric car. And, ironically, the Ups emergency petrol tank gives a 120 de mile range - more than youll squeeze out of a car battery.
Truth is, the electric car revolution is looking less and less likely. Battery technology is still not advancing far enough and battery prices are still high. And, as one industry source told me, the problems of running electric cars in winter have prins many by surprise and seriously undermined the whole battery car concept. A typical range on a cold winters day can be just half of what is achieved in the summer.
Audi a anulat A2 electrice, Opel a conserve Adam EV şi Fiat este destul de deschis despre pierdere electrice Fiat 500. Grupul VW puternic este de pariuri pe plug-in-hibrizi, dar în principal să împace pe piaţă Californian exigente. BMW i3 este în căutarea de mai mult de trecut decât viitorul. Cu masini de combustibil fosil obtinerea mult mai economica si motoarele Euro 6 setat pentru a fi eficient de poluare-free, mă tem că conceptul EV se execută deja pe gol.