Already Era Electric Car Arrives In the market

After a stalled for nearly a century, electric cars are now ready to enter a new era. Washington Post reported that first-generation electric cars will go to the showroom in the United States next month.
Every big company car maker now plans to offer several types of electric cars or "plug in Hybrid" in the next few years. Competition this technology recalling the early days of automotive.

General Motors this month will begin delivery of the Chevrolet Volt which uses a gasoline engine to generate electricity when the batteries run out.
The car will be available for the California market from December. At the same time, Nissan Motor will launch Leaf is enlivened only by the battery. Ford next year will release a mini version of the Ford Focus car electricity.


"Electric vehicles finally become a reality and not just R & D projects," says Mark Sogomian, a partner at Ernst & Young. Many new generation of electric cars on display at the Los Angeles Aouto Show, which lasted until last weekend. Another alternative is on display is the Honda FCX Clarity uses hydrogen power.


Enter new car technology is coming a century after the existence of gasoline engine vehicles.

More than a century ago, at the beginning of the automotive industry, automobile fuel and uses a variety of strange mechanisms: a car with a big driving force of the play, Peugeuot who burn something similar to camphor, steam-powered vehicles, electricity and various petroleum products .

Fossil fuels eventually won the race because gasoline contains the energy and comfort to be taken and stored.

But, the inventor of the automotive sector remains curious to make electric cars, especially when fuel prices soar. On the other hand, the vehicles they created was never mass produced because the battery technology limits the vehicle cruising.

Now, improvements in battery technology, awareness of pollution and fears of rising gasoline prices has given new impetus to an alternative vehicle fuel.

In the coming months, customers make choices no longer be a cars or SUV. They must choose which type of power the car, meaning there will be a new question: whether a cheaper per kilometer, fuel or electricity? how far cars can drive once the filling? how much more money must be spent to buy a green car?

"The game changed, all have a chance like 100 years ago," said Leslie Kendall, curator of the Petersen Automotive museum in Los Angeles.

Barbara Ozda, for example, a graphic designer from West Los Angeles, making the transition from gasoline to electricity. He bought a Black Leaf Nissan car worth 20 thousand dollars that was sent in January 2011.

The price of the battery charger and installation wrapper, along with a portable power supply unit for charging a faster, draining koceknya of 3700 dollars. However, various government programs and incentives for environmentally friendly cars will make the price to be paid only about a thousand dollars.

"I waited a long time until people develop electric vehicles that can be used by ordinary people, every day as a commuter car," said Ozda.

He was conscious of driving Leaf will bring a lot of challenges than the previous vehicle, the Volvo C30.

"We exit the freeway, there are a lot of POM gasoline. You do not need to carefully calculate the travel plans for electric car infrastructure did not exist."

Because the car was just relying on battery power, Leaf has a number of limitations, such as reaching 100 miles (could be further if you do not use AC).

On the other hand, the Chevrolet Volt can go even further, mainly because the car was technically a hybrid car rather than a purely electric-powered vehicles.

The car can run about 40 miles a single battery charge. when gas driven, four-cylinder gasoline engine works as a generator and power from the electric power boost, increasing the reach of the car up to about 300 miles.

Volt will be sold in the range of 41 thousand dollars. Petrol car its size, the Chevrolet Cruze LTZ, it costs only 26 thousand dollars.

Nissan Leaf Hactback price ranges from 32,780 dollars. "Twin" the gasoline engine, the Versa Hactback, less than 17 thousand dollars.

"Later, there was a time when electric cars or alternative fuel cars become mainstream and you drive at this time will enter the museum," said former Al Unser Jr. pembalab car. who now works at the Zap electric car company in Santa Rosa California.