A break from Frankfurt with news about a prototype that will be heading to the Tokyo Motor Show in November. It’s an electric taxi prototype built by Singapore-based Tum Create, a joint electromobility project between Technische Universität München (TUM) and Nanyang Technological University.
The project, funded by the National Research Foundation, is housed at the NRF’s Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), leading to the project’s name.
The electric taxi prototype is very much a showcase of the EV-based research and development carried out by the project. The design is also significant in that it will be the first time a Singaporean organisation will be exhibiting at the show.
The EVA, as it has been badged, was designed from the ground-up as an e-taxi and is a result of interdisciplinary research in areas such as energy storage, battery charging, thermal management, and lightweight materials and design.
Novelties include a super-fast charging ability – the Tum Create team has apparently developed a battery pack that can be recharged in 15 minutes to achieve a realistic operating range of 200 km, this with the air conditioner switched on. The range is calculated based on data collected by the organisation’s researchers, who tracked driving patterns of Singaporean taxi drivers.
Tum Create says that it is aiming to address the issues of limited range and long recharge time of EVs, things that make them rather unsuitable for use as taxis. The project also seeks to find solutions to the unique challenges posed by the heat and humidity in tropical climates, where passenger cooling and battery pack heat management are very much issues. More on this one when Tokyo comes.
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So everybody is busy about whether or not to bom Syria, how to makan suap kenyang-kenyang, how to make much more business and money, how to prepare Olympic 2020 Tokyo etc, but
it seems like nobody cares about the tremendously huge quantity of long-half-life long-lasting radioactive substances that are leaking into our water and food chains. Do we want the health of our anak/cucu/cicit ?
We still want to fight against each other, openly or otherwise, why not we just gather together our effort to solve the universal/international radiactive crisis in Japan?
Where is Obama?
Badly written , you need english tutorials.
Good stuff u had there bro, sharing skit can?
@Jimmy, are you sure you are griping at the right forum?
Impressive
i mean imprEssiVe
Singapore start exploring into automotive.
Where is our beloved proton emas? Sudah lemas?
EMAS a.k.a P2-30A is coming next year. Not sure about CamPro Hybrid/ EV, but it’s in the works too.
Btw, Proton sells cars in Japan as well (since 2010), with help from CUSCO. Google ‘Proton Japan’.
Only Proton Satria Neo, due to it’s good handling and customizable. But it need better engine and build quality.
I tot emas design cannot be use anymore since proton late to trademark the design before ital..get new owner…oni bau-bau bacang based on emas
Malaysia has surplus of electricity reserve , yet we are Not EV friendly :'(
If we can’t do something good, why not give someone or company to do Great.
EV will not cause our Nation to sink into deeper and bigger debts( fuel subsidies RM 3.3 billions). Pls take note for our lovely Caretaker of our homeland.
We have everything surplus expect for our own budget. Malaysia has enough resources to generate first world standard income, but we are generating third world standard debts.
“Malaysia has surplus of electricity reserve”
let me make that much precise, “Malaysia generate highest wasted electricity percentage in Asia thanks to our beloved IPPs”
Wat ? U want to increase ron95 some more?
Kinda felt like a slap on our national brand – Proton
It is onli prototype…..some uni in boleh oso have those kind of prototype..there fund for that oso in boleh use by uni researcher n student..
Its a joint control mainly ideas from German, why everytime other parties do something rakyat loves to blame the gov and proton? Are we that perfect that every little things must blame them? I hooe the current gov will built a mega mirrors in every state to reflect ourselves first ok
recharged in only 15 minutes to achieve operating range of 200 km. definitely a great innovation.
is it proton savvy design?
Where’s our award winning Proton Range Extender?