Archive for June, 2010

Th!nk Electric Car

The Norwegian electric car leader Think which is also known as Th!nk has affirmed that it is performing a huge North American enlargement plan. As much as $40 million has been brought up to make certain that electric car production can begin in the Elkhart, Indiana motor plant in spring 2011. On the other hand, that does not mean Americans will have to keep waiting a whole year to buy a Think car. It is expected that Think will start exportation of the cars built in the Valmet plant in Finland as early as autumn this year.

The Ford guys are really disappointed. Actually they that are Ford possessed the Think project for a number of years before they made up their mind that there were no prospects in electric cars and did away with the company in 2006.

in the intervening time Th!nk has procured benefaction of companies like Rockport Capital and Ener1. Some of the present European based capitalists have also endorsed the North American enlargement. The Think car will do satisfactorily well in the U.S. since it is one of the few electric cars to have fruitfully undergone security tests. It will be a chief selling point for the small Norwegian company.

Record 1,000 km Trip on Single Charge by an Electric Car

An electric car in Japan has set a new world record by going for about 27 hours and passing over more than 1,000 kilometres on a single charge. The red and white Mira EV, which is fitted with a special lithium ion battery constructed by Sanyo, covered the distance at a speed of 40kmph, while driving with out stopping about a car racing course in Shimotsuma for 27.5 hours.

On the whole 17 people took charge of the navigation wheel of the electric car during its laps around the race course throughout the experiment.

The Japan Electric Vehicle Club, which prearranged the test run, is talking terms with the Guinness World Records to formally distinguish it as the world’s best ever electric car trip.

This accomplishment comes at a significant crossroads where the worldwide auto industry is revitalizing itself for an electric car boom and car producers are contending with each other to manufacture environmental friendly fomites vehicles.

The most recent electric vehicle drive of 1000 kms betters the former world record of uncharged driving 555.6 km, which was attained in November 2009 by the same Japanese organisation.