New Electric Car from Nissan, zero emission: Leaf
Automobile manufacturer from Japan, Nissan, introduced the first production electric car named Leaf. Use of Leaf's name is intended to give the impression that the car is a green car, which does not produce gas emissions at all.
Nissan introduced its first electric car, made the Nissan closer to its goal to become the company's first electric car maker for mass production.
Hatchback cars that do not emit gases will be marketed soon in Japan, the United States, and Europe. Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's chief executive, did not mention the selling price of the Leaf, he just said, the selling price will be very competitive.
Battery price per month, plus the price of the recharging batteries, will be cheaper than the price of gasoline.
Until now, electric cars struggled to compete with conventional cars that use fuel oil. However, due to limited mileage and power supply in the battery and the high cost, making the electric car is still difficult to accept.
Carlos Ghosn asserted that Nissan would produce and market the Leaf in large numbers. "We need to invest huge capital to build a car factory and the factory battery at all car manufacturers just keep their capital," Ghosn said, adding, "We see great potential (to produce electric cars), that's why we go on."
Nissan chose the UK as a base to produce batteries for electric car production. Nissan to invest 200 million pounds and is expected to create 350 new job.
Nissan plans to produce 100,000 electric cars in 2012.
However, Nissan is certainly not alone. Several other car manufacturers also produce electric cars, although not yet reached mass production. Mitsubishi, Mini E (BMW), and the Smart Car (Mercedes Benz) are among the automobile manufacturers begun to focus on electric cars.
Nissan Leaf can travel as far as 160 kilometers with a single battery charge. Used electric motors have maximum power 377 and PK 280 Nm maximum torque. Maximum speed is 140 kilometers per hour.
Competitive
For several decades, the automotive industry says that the era of electric cars is near. Global warming and increasingly thin crude oil reserves in the bowels of the earth, making the automaker had no other choice, except to see the electric car.
However, the limitations of electric cars cruising distance because of the limited supply of electricity in the battery, and the length of time required recharging the battery, making the car difficult to compete with electric cars that use conventional fuels.
However, according to manufacturer's car, this time it was different. This considering the quality of the battery is much better than the old battery. Lithium-ion batteries are much more modern efficient electric cars cruising distance of 160-240 miles before having to be refilled.
With a special charger, battery recharging takes only 2 hours, just like a battery recharge cell phones, before it can be reused as far as 160-240 kilometers.
In the normal charging at home takes 7-8 hours before the car can be used to travel as far as 160-240 kilometers. With such capabilities, it is estimated, electric cars can compete with conventional cars practical for use in the city. Because, in use in the city, cruising ranges of people per day is about 160 miles.
For use outside the city, where the mileage exceeds 160 miles, electric cars cannot match the practicality of a conventional car that uses fuel.
In contrast to the developed countries, where electricity is produced using nuclear power, wind power, and waterpower, many countries still rely on diesel, natural gas, or coal.
Thus, in these places, electric cars are not entirely free of emissions. This remembering to recharge the batteries, still use electricity generated by fossil fuels that produce relatively high pollution.
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