Electric cars are becoming more and more popular and are slowly but steadily displacing conventionally powered vehicles. A meeting of owners of alternative drive vehicles was recently organized in the Netherlands and so many gathered that they entered the Guinness Book of Records.
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The Ford Focus Electric is a new five-door hatchback without emissions that can travel up to 225 km on a single battery charge. A fully discharged and now improved battery can be charged up to 80 percent in just 30 minutes with the new fast charging option.
Currently, the third season of the Formula E championship is underway, in which ten teams with two drivers each compete with Spark Racing Technology (SRT) cars, which are powered by electricity instead of gasoline vapors. The title is defended by the Renault e.dams team, which also became champions in the christening season 2014/2015. In the fifth season (2018/19), the attractive championship is getting a new car (which will also be manufactured by SRT in the future), which will be even more aerodynamic, even lighter and even more efficient. Meet the daring Spark SRT05E racer.
Say hello to the Honda nueV. Literally, as she will heal back. The Honda nueV study, developed by the Japanese company Cocoro SB and presented at the CES 2017, is a brain on four wheels, which is why it was shown at the Consumer Electronics Show and not at the Auto Show. And speaking of electronics. The car sends excess electricity to the power grid and thus earns money for you. Since it is capable of autonomous driving, it can also bring it to you as an autonomous taxi. Besides, he understands you like a man understands you.
At CES 2017, Chrysler unveiled the Chrysler Portal self-driving electric minivan, the first-ever custom-built Generation Z vehicle.
The American start-up company Faraday Future, which brought the futuristic study of the FFZero01 electric supercar to CES last year, this time presented its first pre-production vehicle, the Faraday Future FF91, which will be a direct competitor to the Tesla Model X.
Newcomer to the automotive world, Californian startup Ludic Motors has unveiled its first car – the 1,000 HP Lucid Air luxury electric sedan to much interest and admiration. It is priced in the same range as Tesla's Model S, which it is a direct competitor to and is likely to win quite a few buyers.
Maserati has announced that an electric version of the Maserati Alfieri will hit the roads in 2020. It may seem late, given that it will be most of the competition has already jumped on the electric train, but still, better late than never. An octane derivative is already coming in 2019. Sports Alfieri announced the concept in Geneva in 2014, but now the series production date is known and rumors of an electric version have been confirmed.
China's technological offensive continues. The NIO EP9 is the fastest electric car in the world! Chinese products have never been a concept of quality, but overnight they not only caught the connection with the West, but also surpassed it in many ways, and to the right! Smartphones are a good example. Yesterday they were copying, today they are innovating. They have now taken up the car business with the same zeal. The proof is the NextEV company, which presented the NIO EP9 electric car at London's Saatchi&Saatchi gallery, which is said to be the fastest electric car in the world.
The Jaguar I-Pace is a concept electric crossover that heralds Jaguar's entry into electric vehicles and with which it announces the completion of the range of SUVs, where it now competes with the F-Pace model, the first SUV of this 'wild cat'. The I-Pace has a lithium-ion battery built into the bottom, and the passenger cabin is uncharacteristically pushed forward.
Is the new Opel Ampera-e (2017) your next car? It's electric at the Paris Motor Show. No, the exhibitors are not looking at each other, but many showrooms are decorated with electric cars. Also the showroom of the Opel brand, where it presents the second generation Opel Ampero-e, with which it proves that electric mobility in everyday use is not only feasible, but also fun. Just like the new Renault Zoe, the new Opel Ampera-e overcomes the magical limit of 400 kilometers without intermediate charging. It will hit showrooms in the summer of 2017.
The Renault Zoe is one of Europe's best-selling electric cars, and the new Renault Zoe will only cement that status. On paper, Renault promises an electric range of 400 kilometers, but in reality we can expect 300. It got a battery that is half as powerful and a more efficient electric motor. It is a breakthrough in electromobility, as the Zoe will provide adequate range for all drivers (300 kilometers is the psychological limit in the minds of buyers). They will be able to comfortably switch to electric drive.