Electric cars are flooding the market
by Jasons Rozentsweig
Up until recently the quality-price ratio of available electric cars was rather limited. Those electric models did not have a long-lasting battery, were much more costly in maintenance and could not be considered as a real alternative to internal combustion or diesel engines.
Those earlier models were not manufactured for the market and typically remained only concept cars. For example, back in 1992 Volkswagen Golf City-Stromer appeared as a concept. General Motors manufactures about a thousand of two-seat GM EV1 cars back in 1996. Just three years ago the market offered pricey Tesla Roadster that can run as fast as 200 kilometers per hour. All these concepts were typically not affordable to British customers with lower income.
However, as improved batteries reached the market the situation improved providing great choice for environmentally concerned consumers. A popular magazine Chip has discussed pros and cons of electric cars that just appeared on the market.
Smart branch of Daimler corporation is the most advanced in terms of technology related to electric cars. Their new model Smart ForTwo ED will be offered for as little as 19 thousand Euros starting from September 2012.
However, the price does not include the cost of renting batteries. The new electric car has rather limited space as in other Smart cars, however, for many consumers Daimler is the same as iPhone vs Android phones.
Mitsubishi I-MIEV is another electric car for a city that can run up to 140 kilometers on one battery charge. The car was introduced in December of 2011 and is two and half times more expensive compared to Smart.
Nissan Leaf and Renault Fluence Z.E. can offer a longer travel up to 175 and 185 kilometers correspondingly. Both cars will appear in Europe in the beginning of 2012. Nissan Leaf sells for about 50 thousand dollars and Renault Fluence Z.E. will sell for 11 thousand less.
Chevrolet Volt also known as Opel Ampera in Europe was the first electric car that went into mass production starting from 2010. After Volt caught a fire after a crash-test in the USA critics were convinced that lithium batteries may be dangerous.
Heavy weight of batteries is one of the major concerns related to electric cars. Unlike most electric cars that are adapted from a traditional model, BMW stock has finalized a new light-weight carbon concept BMW I3. The same material is used in manufacturing planes and racing cars.
There is one additional use that "smart" car batteries can offer. It is well-known that electricity sells at night for much lower price. New electric batteries would accumulate energy during the night. During the day the electricity can be returned back to the system and sold at a higher price.
It seems that in a few more years electric cars will become popular among assistant professors in macroeconomics and busy Parisians living in suburban areas with easy access to electricity.
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Title: Electric cars are flooding the market
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Keywords: electric cars, new electronic devices, zero emission cars, hobbies, environmentally protective, automotive, new automobiles, city cars, tesla cars, smart fortwo
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