21세기 제2 자동차 시장 혁명- 새로운 전기 자동차(new electric car)

 

 WHY ELECTRIC MOTORING COULD SUCCEED: Better batteries, Innovative motor industry, Government support, Electricity providers' commercial interests(21세기 제2의 자동차시장 혁명은 전기자동차입니다 전기자동차가 성공하기 위해서는 충전 배터리 용량 확대문제, 자동차시장의 혁신-자동차 모델의 혁신, 정부지원, 전기충전소 상업적 관심등입니다 전기자동차의 배터리 충전 용량이 확대돼 자동차 주행시간이 늘어날 것으로 예측하고 자동차 모델 혁신과 함께 전기충전소 수익성 확대로 나아갈 때 21세기 또 하나의 상품으로 실업해소와 신제품 창출로 나아갈 것으로 예측됩니다)

 

 

 

                                           Electric cars are good in cities, but not for longer trips(배터리 충전 용량  확대 개발 필요-고밀도 배터리 개발) 

 

                                                                                   Electricity firms are challenging the oil industry

 

 

                                                          Power is increasingly coming from the mains rather than from petrol stations  

 

 

                                                                     A two-hour charge delivers up to 150 miles of motoring

 

Nissan Motor Co's Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn poses with the company's prototype of the first mass-volume electric car "Leaf" during an opening ceremony at the company's new global headquarters in Yokohama, south of Tokyo August 2, 2009. Japan's No.3 automaker and its French partner, Renault SA, have been the most aggressive proponents of pure electric vehicles in the auto industry, announcing plans to mass-market the clean but expensive cars globally in 2012. Nissan will begin selling the first Leaf cars in the United States and Japan in the latter half of next year, adding more models in rapid succession 

                                                                           Nissan sees "high potential" for electric vehicles  

 "We need to invest a lot of money to build the car plants. Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn"

 

 

                                        In Business: Power Drive Peter Day investigates the development and future of electric cars

 

                                                     Pininfarina has high hopes for its electric car - though it is still a concept vehicle 

 

                                                                    Nissan's concept vehicle was its Nuvu electric car.

 

 

일본의 미쓰비시자동차공업과 후지중공업은 전지와 모터로 움직이는 전기자동차의 판매를 오늘부터 본격적으로 개시했습니다. 두 회사의 전기자동차는 모두 경자동차 크기로, 한번 충전으로 90킬로미터에서 160킬로미터 주행할 수 있습니다.

일본 국내의 자동차회사가 전기자동차의 본격적인 판매에 나선 것은 이번이 처음입니다.

전기자동차는 주행중에 이산화탄소 등을 배출하지 않는데 따라 환경에 배려한 자동차, 에코카 중에서 가장 유력한 자동차로 주목되고 있는데, 닛산자동차도 내년 판매할 전기자동차의 디자인을 다음 달 발표하는 등 자동차회사 각사의 움직임이 활발합니다.

그러나 같은 에코카인 하이브리드 자동차와 비교하면, 주행거리가 짧고 가격도 비싸 이러한 문제를 얼마나 빠른 기간 내에 해소할 수 있을 것인가가 보급에 있어 가장 큰 열쇠입니다.   전기자동차 등장으로 일반 승용차 가격이 하락할 것으로 예측하고 있으며 21세기 자동차산업에 지각변동이 일어날 것으로 예측하고 있습니다 

 

*Electric cars

The government's cash incentive scheme encouraging motorists to buy electric or plug-in petrol-electric hybrid cars from 2011 may sound tempting but are these cars worth it?

Charging times are getting shorter, but special equipment is needed.

Is it true that electric cars are slow and perform badly?

Some of the new generation of modern electric cars go much faster than you think, and since electric motors generate much more torque than combustion engines they also accelerate very quickly.

BMW is currently trialling an electric Mini that handles better than many ordinary cars, and Tesla's electric roadster is certainly no laggard, delivering 0-60mph in 3.9 seconds.

General Motors is developing a car called Volt which they say will do 100mph.

Later this year Mitsubishi are planning on bringing out the i-Miev, which will do about 85mph.

How far can electric cars travel before the battery goes flat?

It depends on the size of the battery, and a number of other factors. BMW's all-electric Mini E delivers 150 miles on a two-hour charge.

Toyota is testing out a plug-in petrol-electric hybrid car that currently only does six miles on one charge, after which time a petrol engine takes over.

The purpose of the trial is to identify what daily distance is most suitable for customers. They could decide to replace a battery that has a bigger range.

It is hoped the Chevy Volt will have a 40 mile range on one charge. But it also has a petrol engine that is used to charge the battery.

Such developments are made possible by new battery technology that is much lighter and lasts longer than old-fashioned batteries.

How and where do I recharge the battery?

The Volt can be re-charged on the move using a generator

If you have all the time in the world, you simply connect the car to the mains power supply to charge up the batteries. Instead of putting in a fuel hose at a filling station, you attach a cable that plugs into side of the vehicle.

But if you are in a hurry and want long range from a short charge you will need a special high-voltage charging point. This will cost about £2,000 to install.

At the moment people with their own driveway can run a cable out of their house and into the vehicle. But that is not practical for people who have to park their cars in the street.

The government is supporting efforts to install charging points in city streets and car parks. "Juice points" are similar to parking meters, but with electric cables attached, and will function a bit like petrol pumps where the revenue goes to electricity suppliers rather than to oil companies.

How much will it cost to recharge and how long will it take?

There is much talk of 2 pence a mile motoring, a fraction of the cost of filling up with petrol or diesel.

But over time the price of electricity might well rise, and as the government's tax revenue from petrol and diesel sales disappear it will be looking to other ways to tax motoring.

Will I have to change the batteries every two years?

That is unlikely. The life-cycle of modern batteries for electric vehicles is roughly 10 years. BMW's battery, for instance, is designed to last for at least 100,000 miles.

But in many ways this will not be an issue for consumers for a while yet. Carmakers tend to lease electric cars so the battery risk is carried by the manufacturer.

Are they more expensive to buy than other cars?

Yes they are. Manufacturers have spent hundreds of millions of dollars producing these vehicles and they want to recoup research and development costs.

Take the Chevy Volt. It is likely to retail at $40,000. A comparably sized combustion engine car in the United States would cost roughly half that.

Are electric cars green?

It is a controversial topic.

Critics claim they are not because generating the electricity to power these cars means burning fossil fuels or using nuclear power.

Those in favour argue power stations are more efficient at converting fossil fuels into energy than combustion engines in cars.

 

*프랑스 파리 승용차 전시회

 

                                              The Paris Motor Show held its press day on 2 October and will open to the public on Saturday.

 

            An economic downturn is looming large for all carmakers except, it seems, Ferrari, which says its customers are immune for the moment

 

 

 

 

                    Everyone else has been unveiling smaller, more fuel-efficient models. Toyota says its IQ is the world's smallest four-seater car.

 

                                   Honda claims its new Insight will be the cheapest hybrid car on the market when it is launched in the spring.

 

 

 

                                            There are plenty of concept cars on display, including this zero-emission vehicle from Renault

 

 

 

 

                                    Citroen is one of the carmakers planning to enter the diesel-electric hybrid market with its Hypnos model.

 

 

 

 Dodge says its Zeo concept sport wagon "was designed for driving enthusiasts and tree-huggers alike".