Electric dream for large sum

The dream of environmentally friendly and economical transportation, which has become especially urgent in the last 3 decades, the end of zero is already partially implemented. In 2008, one of the first serial production car with an electric motor has been established American company Tesla Motors, introduced himself and his models in honor of Nikola Tesla, American inventor and electrical Serbian roots. Tesla Roadster, developed on the basis of the British sports car Lotus Elise, was equipped with an electric motor, powered by a set of lithium-ion batteries, which received a number of huge advantages. When fully charged batteries for 3.5 hours, using any household outlet voltage of 110 or 220 volts, enough energy for 230 kilometers. While the roadster to 100 km / h and accelerates in 4 seconds and a top speed of 200 km / h, Tesla spends 100 watt-hours per km of road, which is equivalent to 1.74 liters of fuel per 100 km. Routine inspection on a car is recommended no more than twice a year: it tires, brakes, steering - more to break it with nothing. The only thing that will come in a large sum, this replacement lithium-ion batteries are recommended every 5 years, which is not comparable to the cost of repair of fuel equivalent for this time. Tesla Roadster has already been successfully implemented in the United States, also recently opened Europe's first dealership in London. However, the number coming down the assembly line pieces of equipment does not exceed the sum of three zeros, which fault retail price of electric vehicle. On average, 98 thousand dollars that can not afford, of course, the attachment justified. By 2011, the same Tesla Motors plans to start selling elektrosedana Tesla S, whose value is 2 times less, counting on the middle class. But even a price - a weak competitor, when the same fuel analogue honda or Subaru, even in Russian shops sold 2-3 times cheaper. |

Therefore, the main problem for the mass use of electric vehicles, especially for the post-Soviet space, is price. Because unlike the future Tesla S, you can buy Opel or Cherry with the fuel engine for 7-10 thousand dollars, including customs, to say nothing about the products and the domestic automotive aftermarket.

Its electrical analogues also in the next 6 years are planning to present to the market, Renault, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Honda, Volkswagen, Ford, Mazda. ... Many of these producers promise, and reasonable prices. So in the next 5-6 years is really the beginning of the era of electric motors. And it really environmentally friendly technologies, causing minimal damage to the environment, even considering the production of electricity by thermal power plants.