Nissan was granted a €400m loan by the European Investment Bank in April and the government is understood to be close to agreeing to underwrite it. [5] Nissan's started showing off its latest prototype electric car, based on the Versa. This one will house a 108 horsepower / 206 pound-feet electric motor to drive the front wheels, and a 24 kWh, lithium ion battery pack will be fitted under the floor for storing electricity, with an expected range of 100 miles.[6] Nissan has requested the United States government to provide financial support for its local operations in order to design new electric vehicles along with the batteries needed to power them. Even though Nissan hasn't said how much money it demanded, the company confirmed the report, Reuters wrote today.[7]
Technology has come to our rescue, the cancerous benzine molecule will soon be a thing of the past. We can build electric cars that fill all needs, from economy models to 600 horsepower four motor models with 0 to 100 speeds that exceed any fossil fueled machine.[8] Technology coupled with a fundamental shift in thinking and an entire rebuilding of the energy infrastructure is, in my opinion, what is needed. So is government funding of Tesla a step in the right direction?[9]
Detroit Electric has released preliminary specifications of both these models. Both models are powered by an Axial Magnetic Flux electric motor that features 75 kW as its continuous power output, while being able to output 150 kW, or 200HP as its peak output.[20] Detroit would go right back to building behemoths. Wasteful macho-mobiles are all they ever want to make because they?re a much easier sell.[21]
Toyota and Honda, which make cars of those descriptions, would like to know. [22] Toyota launched its new Prius in May, on the heels of Honda's launch of the Insight, a cheaper subcompact hybrid. In Japan, the Prius grabbed the top spot for new car sales (nearly 11,000) last month followed by the Insight in third, according to the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.[23] Toyota plans to build a hybrid petrol-electric version of its Auris hatchback in Burnaston, Derbyshire, from the middle of next year. The carmaker and its partner .[24]
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