Subaru R1e
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The Subaru R1e is a Battery electric vehicle Microcar undergoing development [1]. Currently there have been 10 Prototype built and undergoing testing by a Japanese electric company. Plans call for 3000 of these vehicles to be built and used by the electric company [2] starting in 2008. The vehicle has a range of 50 miles (80 km) and a top speed of 62 mph (100 km/h).
The G4e is a follow-up to Subaru's earlier R1e, which has been jointly developed with Tokyo Electric Power, the giant Japanese utility company [3].
The prototype is a two-door, four seat vehicle based upon the Subaru R1 gasoline vehicle. This vehicle has received intense interest from electric vehicle fans owing to its modern battery technology, appropriate size, and potential performance attributes.
The car uses a lithium-ion battery which was developed in cooperation with NEC and can be recharged to 80% capacity in eight minutes using a special rapid charger, or to 100% charge in eight hours on a standard 100V plug. Battery life is at least 10 years or 144,000-plus miles (240K km). Tokyo Electric Power company plans on producing 150 fast-Charge station[4].
The estimated price is US$ 15,000.
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Features
- Laminated Lithium-ion batteries
- 240 VAC conductive charging
- It is a 2-seater.
Competitors in light electric vehicles
- Aixam (Neighborhood electric vehicle)
- Bolloré Blue Car
- Buddy (electric car)
- Citroen Berlingo Electrique
- Dynasty IT
- REVA (REVA)
- Italcar
- Mini E
- Nissan Motors
- Pininfarina B0
- Renault Z.E.
- Smart EV (Production car)
- Subaru R1e (2009)
- The Kurrent (Neighborhood electric vehicle).
- Think Global (Production car).
- ZENN
See also
- Hitachi Maxell
- Subaru R1
