Four Wheel Vehicle Revolution

Simply by pressing a little, Citystromer car drove like a sports car. Driving becomes more enjoyable because the streets clean. There was no noise or pollution that reduces the quality of life. Mobility is the future could be enjoyed with a Mitsubishi vehicle i Miev. Japanese car makers seem optimistic about their electric cars. Approximately 2000 units of small cars are going around in Japan this year and all cause pollution. U.S. and E-Ropa followed in 2010.
The euphoria is so great electric cars among car manufacturers. No other engine is more efficient in terms of energy compared to electric cars. Battery technology is now possible to meet the daily mileage. Lithium-ion battery had long applied to mobile phones, laptops, and drilling machines.
For VW officials, Prof.. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, “electric cars are the future cars, with electricity from PLN network. In their ads, Volkswagen promote emission-free vehicles. Dr. Klaus Draeger, BMW development chief, also said that electric cars to be “the beginning of a new era in automotive history”.

Although hit by the crisis, there is still hope. As in its boom period, there were creative innovators like former VW Design Chief, Günak Murat, who fought without involving large companies. With the help of Günak, in Switzerland has emerged a prototype. Was this prototype will be mass produced, there is no certainty.

Electric car: when the first car appeared on the streets?

According to information, the first schedule of the electric car “was in the year 2010″. However, General Motors did not want to be too hasty. Car makers have become number one is soon to launch the Chevrolet Volt. At present, car manufacturers are struggling to extend the duration of the use of the car. Volts with a capacity of 4 passengers can travel 64 km to the existing electricity. “This mileage has fulfilled 80 percent of daily needs,” explained head Volt project, Frank Weber. For security, Chevy is also equipped with a small burner motor, which functions as a supplier of electricity in an emergency and then charge the battery.

Water Sport Miev: tiny electric car from Mitsubishi is also offering Cabrio models. Currently only a prototype only.

Electric motor has an unbeatable advantage. Maximum power was not immediately available for transmission systems. In addition, this car does not need oil, cooling water, or emissions. Drawbacks, electric cars mileage is very short. These factors should be considered because the contents were not completed in just two minutes and immediately move on.

For i Miev, Mitsubishi promised mileage 130 km. After that, the car should be charged for eight hours or filled through filling stations specifically. Within 25 minutes, its capacity will be filled approximately 25 percent. Costs required for completing the same distance as on gasoline cars not more than U.S. $ 3, Mitsubishi clear. Indeed, only about a quarter of that is really necessary.

Lack of electric cars is located on the problem of high prices. The cause is the battery. Currently, Lithium-ion batteries cost around U.S. $ 1700 per kiloWatthour (kWh). In Miev Mitsubishi i, the battery capacity of 16 kWh, as well as the Chevy Volt. “Nothing can be done with these high costs,” explains Wolfgang Hatz, head of the Power Train Engineering from Volkswagen. “The price of a Golf that was driven by electricity of about U.S. $ 60 thousand. This course is affordable for consumers. “The success in making a more efficient battery with more capacity certainly plays an important role for the future of electric cars.

“Electric vehicles are the future” Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, VW-Chef”

Fuel Cell: automobile power plant does not benefit

The future of fuel cells is still unclear. The cost of this technology required is very large. A fuel cell vehicle costs 20 times greater than the vehicle is a good middle class. However, Daimler and General Motors, Honda and Volkswagen, Mazda, and Toyota continue to develop the technique of this drive. Principally, the fuel cell cars are electric cars with its own power plant. When hydrogen and air flows through the membrane fuel cell, there was an electric current, which then move the motor. However, only the water that came out as “exhaust gas” it, not the CO2 that has been the greenhouse effect.

In the United States, Honda has launched a series of tiny specialized FCX Clarity to celebrities and their VIP customers, such as Hollywood stars, Jamie Lee Curtis. The goal, to test the ability of these vehicles daily. In the FCX, fuel cell unit completely (136 PS) is only about the size of a PC and can be mounted on the center console between the front seats. FCX a capacity of four passengers, complete with luggage. Emissions would not damage the environment.

Fuel cell cars are not noisy and very comfortable. Experts predict the number will be significant before the year 2025. If the battery technology can be better developed so that the distance can reach hundreds of miles, the fuel cell would die, certainly Dr. Ingo Scholz, head of research at Volkswagen. The reason, to build a hydrogen infrastructure, which will cost more than building charging stations for electric cars.

Hybrid Technology: Toyota and Honda move on

In the transition period, car manufacturers see another alternative, the hybrid technology, a combination of the burner motor and electric motor. The term we are considering direct hybrid Toyota Prius to the Japanese people kebanggaaan. Since 10 years ago, Toyota’s eco-car is already circulating in the market and currently is the third generation. European car manufacturers have not offered such a model. For the city traffic, hybrid vehicles have an advantage and very helpful in reducing energy consumption. If you need more power, e-motor can function as a “booster”. Prius too quiet so as not to wake the neighbors who were sleeping. The battery can supply electricity for several kilometers. Technically, a full hybrid Prius.

Honda applied the principles of the mild hybrid Civic Hybrid and Insight also their new Hybrid. Here, the electric motor can only help at the time of acceleration, but less power to move the car itself. Indeed, the benefits of energy consumption with this method is almost the same as the Prius.

Mild-Hybrid: The first Mercedes this summer

Mercedes is the first German car manufacturer would have issued a mild hybrid vehicles. Power Mercedes S 400 Blue Hybrid is also coupled with a powerful electric motor that PS 20 is positioned as a ring between the motor and motor drive burners. Its function is very impressive. Overall system flexibility and superior work so people will think that he was driving an 8 cylinder engine, not the 6 cylinder.

Consumption was the same as four-cylinder engined vehicles. With a 7.9-liter, 400 S BlueHybrid a luxury limousine in the world’s most efficient gasoline engine. An S-Class is not silent on the red light function Automatic Start-Stop can be set to zero. It’s really a new driving experience. Currently there is as quiet as a luxury vehicle. In recent years, this technology will be popular like the AC or power windows today.

With the hybrid technology in the S-Class, BMW was going to issue a new series at 7 this fall. They are both developed mild hybrid to save money due. Likewise, the Two-Mode Hybrid Transmission to be grafted on the BMW X6 at the end of 2009. Then, following the Mercedes ML 450 BlueHybrid. Both all-wheel drive SUV is too short to cover the distance by electricity.

Motor gasoline: survived long

Although all-electric, the combustion engine is to survive. Hatz from VW saw that diesel and gasoline engines were still holds a dominant role in the next decade. This engine will be cleaner and more efficient. The key is downsizing, to reduce the cylinder capacity. This reduced performance will be compensated with turbocharging system.

This trend has struck a Volkswagen with TSI engines. With a cylinder capacity of only 1.4 liters, the engine system of direct injection gasoline four-cylinder was implanted to produce 160 PS and provides traction from an engine capacity of 2-liter suction. Simultaneously, decreased fuel consumption for the class a mini car, which is 6.4 liters. The next Polo cars will be equipped with a 1.2-liter turbo engine that produces efficiencies up to 5.0.

This means that the next Polo will set a record as the most efficient BlueMotion diesel engine. With BlueMotion, Volkswagen offers a package of fuel consumption optimization, among other aerodynamic fine tuning or the ratio of a longer transmission. Target, the resulting CO2 emissions of 87 g / km, with fuel consumption of 3.3 liters diesel/100 km. New Golf BlueMotion versions will also be launched with emissions below 100 grams (3.8 liter/100 km). This car was offered in the summer. However, often saving technology is paid extra. Companies that have a fleet will not be able to apply it.

Not only the engine and transmission efficiently exploited by the car manufacturers, but also a new type of fuel. For gasoline engines, there are two sources of energy that can replace gasoline, the ethanol and natural gas. Alcohol is only useful if it does not compete as a food ingredient. Later, the process will be developed, which will evaluate all plants, not just corn or cereal cols

Natural gas powered vehicles: an alternative when the price of high fuel
Natural gas is a source of energy widely available and abundant. Driving with a gas-powered cars like VW Touran, Opel Zafira, Fiat Panda or indeed give the impression of a rather tedious. However, producers wanted to cover up this negative image by using a turbocharger. With skyrocketing oil prices last summer, natural gas is clearly more efficient getting ogled. Currently, petrol and diesel is still as cheap as four years ago.