Pininfarina attended the Geneva Motor Show this year with its BLUECAR electric vehicle which is expected to go into production by 2011. Developed with Bollore, a French-based industrial group, the BLUECAR is a 4-seater compact MPV that is powered by a Lythium Metal Polymere (LMP) battery pack which is able to help the electric car to offer 250 kilometers in terms of driving range over a full charge.
The maintenance-free with a 200,000 kilometers life span battery pack can be recharged via a 230V house hold power outlet. With construction materials, battery and interior trim carefully selected for their low environmental impact, the BLUECAR also comes with climate control, audio system, GPS, portable phone, drive management mode (environment, sport or ice) as well as a remote control incorporated in the portable phone allows you to monitor the state of the battery and trigger its pre-heating so that the vehicle is immediately ready to start, even after it has been parked a long time.
The BLUECAR also has solar panels mounted on the hood that help draw energy into the battery pack. The auto maker also revealed that it forecasts a production output of 60,000 by 2015.
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Paul, what happens after the 200000km battery lifespan? Buy new battery???
i guess so… crossed my mind too, how much will be the cost of this LMP battery pack? doubt it will be cheap unless this type of battery already being globaly accepted or mass produced… one of my car already clocking 200k km plus after almost 6 years of driving… hmmm
anyway, this car really cute… I like
looks honda jazz to me ..
i dun think the battery will be cheap to mantain ..
Good, but what abt the electricity bill??
cost of LMP battery pack depends on its (mAh) ratings.
how much does one laptop li-ion/ li-poly battery cost to us?
maybe it takes 20 packs of laptop batteries to generate the same amount of mAh as the LMP battery pack.
same goes the calculation of electricity consumption it takes to recharge vs the laptop battery packs.
eveready,
its more like 200 packs of laptop batteries.
[quote comment="219029"]eveready,
its more like 200 packs of laptop batteries.[/quote]
Correction!
the 410V BatScap LMP battery pack has a capacity of 30kWh, and peak power output of 45kW. Gravimetric energy density is 100Wh/kg, and volumetric energy density is 100Wh/L.
the LMP battery can be recharged at a traditional mains plug and supports a range of 250 km (155 miles). The battery pack is housed below the floorpan and between the two axles.
The BLUECAR uses a 50 kW traction motor & uses supercapacitors to provide greater power for acceleration.