Feature of fastest electric car

Young people from the team Green Team made unbelievable. Their prototype E0711-6 fastest electric car managed to accelerate to 100 km / h in 1,779 seconds. The stunning result.

Thus, the car went around the nearest competitor with 0,006.

Said achievement recorded during the race «Jade Race Mariensiel». Moreover, it gets into the Guinness Book of Records. A worthy reward for the creators.

Implement said support has allowed AMK Group – known manufacturer of electric motors. The company has sponsored the development and provides 4 compact motor (32 kW each).

These modules  fastest electric car have provided a decent torque – at the level of 1200 Nm. Among other things, I had a fantastic car traction control system (guaranteed minimum wheel slip).

Source: gizmag

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Apple expects to release its first electric vehicle in 2020. The company’s goal is ambitious enough. Lacking experience in the development of vehicles, it plans to build it in less time than do existing market players.

Apple plans to begin mass production of its first electric vehicle in 2020, Bloomberg reported, citing a source familiar with the plans of the company. He argues that the vendor puts the goal for the team in the design of the machine.

Usually manufacturers spend up to seven years to develop a new car model iMove. Apple plans to make it faster. This suggests that the company has ambitious goals, and it intends to allocate for their achievement maximum resources, says Bloomberg.

The newspaper added that Apple intends to compete with Tesla and General Motors. Both of these companies are going in 2017 to release electric vehicles, capable of overcoming the distance of 320 km on a single charge. The cost of such a machine is expected to be $ 40 thousand.

Author of The Powerhouse market batteries for electric Steve Levine (Steve LeVine) shared with Bloomberg, that the output of Apple’s market electric vehicles will lead to a significant increase in sales in this market. He also expressed doubt that GM will be able to compete with the Tesla. “Apple will” – he said.

A few days ago, an American entrepreneur and investor Jason Calacanis (Jason Calacanis) predicted that Apple would buy a company Tesla – manufacturer of electric cars – for 18 months, and the transaction amount will be $ 75 billion. The reserves of cash and cash equivalents from Apple today is about $ 178 billion.

Earlier, in February 2015 it was reported that Apple is working about 50 former employees of Tesla, mostly engineers specializing in mechanics, conveyor production and robotics.

One concept car Apple, called the author iMove

In early February, in the vicinity of San Francisco was seen listed on the Apple machine installed on the roof of the measuring equipment and four cameras. Media speculated that the company can develop rival Google Street View or test system of autonomous control.

A few days ago an American manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles A123 Systems filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company in luring top engineers.

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This mini-car, looking more like an industrial vacuum cleaner than a vehicle appeared in Shanghai. Has created an unusual city car is one of the locals.

Chinese, has created a miracle of movement has so no design, no design experience. So this invention it has all of the characteristics of the electric vehicle.

Dimensions of miniature cars – 60 cm in length and 40 cm in height. It is unlikely that European adults will be convenient to operate such electric vehicles. But for the Chinese, as the developer sitikar such dimensions are not a problem.

Self-taught enthusiast worked on his project for about 2 years. In the car has a battery and an electric motor. It can reach a maximum speed of 90 km \ h, and a full battery charge is enough for a 1.5-hour drive away.

In-car vacuum cleaner has a gas pedal, steering wheel, clutch, optics and horn. Car Maker took care of a sound system, so in a way the driver can listen to music.

But the main advantage of a compact electric vehicle, homemade is its price – just $ 250. This is 10 times less than what stands today is the cheapest Chinese car.

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The first car without a driver made his debut in Singapore. Eight electric Navia driven electric motor accelerates to 20 km / h, and the system of lasers and sensors detects obstacles and corrects movement. The route of the specified on-board GPS-navigator and battery charges in special parking areas, between which runs Navia. The main limitation of the use of such vehicles, of course, the distance. However, the creators of the sample to position him as the transport of the “last mile”, ie for use on college campuses, theme parks, airports and hospital buildings.

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