Concept Car : Kia POP

Kia POP concept car has been unveiled by KIA as its latest concept car just a few weeks before its official debut at Paris Motor Show this year.



Kia POP concept car is a compact and electric powered car concept which has an odd shape. This concept car’s power will comes from an all-electric drivetrain. While for its interior, Kia POP concept car featuring two seat for its passenger.

Concept Car : The Opel Ampera hybrid on pure electric power 2011

The Opel Ampera will be a plug-in hybrid with a 65 km range on pure electric power Design Sketch

This project is the first Opel amps with permission of the loss of the "European Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), where documents are stored in nature.

      Opel ampere is the European version of the Chevrolet Volt from GM Hybrid will go on sale next year, the North American market.



      Measured against these pictures, it seems that are available to the project, the current Opel model amps and length of the keys to the new Insignia, which recently won the European Car of the Year.

      Amplifiers are Voltec GM hybrid powered concept was seen in the last Cadillac approach, which debuted at the Detroit auto show in January. It has combined an electric motor with a gasoline engine used to charge the lithium-ion batteries. It is up to 40 miles (65 km), clean power and can be downloaded for about 2-3 hours at 230 V European standard. Use of gasoline as the generator is battery operated, Ampere range approximately 500 miles (or 800 km).



Ampere expected sales in 2011 and in Europe has its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show in Geneva next month .

Concept car : BMW Active Hybrid X6 2010

 

BMW announced the production version of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6. The BMW ActiveHybrid X6 will make its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in September and will reach US BMW Centers in fourth-quarter 2009. The overall drive system featured in the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 consists of a 400 hp twin-turbocharged V8 gasoline engine and two electric synchronous motors delivering 91 hp and 86 hp, respectively. Maximum system output is 480 hp, and peak torque reaches 575 lb-ft. 

 

Precisely controlled interaction of the three power units optimizes the overall efficiency of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 at all speeds, with acceleration from a standstill to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds. Top speed of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 is limited electronically to 130 mph, with average fuel consumption in the EU test cycle improved by roughly 20%, and a CO2 emission rating of 231 grams per kilometer. EPA ratings will be available closer to the market introduction.

BMW ActiveHybrid X6 able to run exclusively on electric power – and that is entirely free of CO2 – up to a speed of 37 mph (60 km/h), with the combustion engine being activated automatically whenever required. With the two electric motors, three planetary gearsets and four multi-plate clutches, drive power is transmitted through a 7-speed automatic transmission. As would be expected in a BMW, the driver can operate the transmission manually. BMW’s lauded xDrive all-wheel-drive system distributes the power between the front and rear axles.

Concept Car : Renault Peugeot Citroen C Zero 2010

A concept already seen! look as Mitsubishi i-MiEV. Citroen has just adapted the car to house style, as Peugeot with the ion.





PSA (Peugeot-Citroen), the politics of electric vehicles is to partner with specialists. Thus, after the Berlingo First Electric, developed with Venturi Automobiles, the Group has approached Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, to develop the C-Zero. This strategy shows some caution on the part of PSA, in contrast to gamble in terms of investment, offers an electric Renault. The group prefers the hybrid, less revolutionary. Question of culture!





Technically, the C-ZERO has a synchronous motor with permanent magnet delivers 47 kilowatts (64ch) between 3000 and 6000 rpm. The maximum torque of 180 Nm is constant from 0 to 2000 rpm. The fall of torque from 2000 rpm is needed is the technical defluxing, familiar to electricians. The motor power is provided by batteries last generation of Lithium-ion implanted in the center of the vehicle in the floor. The stored energy is 16kWh issued a voltage of 330V.



Performance side, there is only one number to remember: 130. The car can travel 130 km on a single charge and maximum speed reaches 130 km / h. A city with a capacity of peri-urban. Know that in France, 70% of car trips daily on weekdays, are less than 30 km, for an overall average of 40 km.



As the ion Peugeot, the C-Zero will be marketed in 2010 and will be eligible for bonuses Government 5 000 €. Why miss out?