new approaches aim to charge up consumer interest in electric cars

An ongoing problem that makes electric cars attractive to the public is how to make an electric car that has enough scope to sell without using too heavy and expensive batteries.
The new battery technology and the electric \"refuel\" option offer some hope to solve this problem.
Lead acid batteries-
Types used for many years to power starters, lights and accessories in gasolinepowered cars—
Too heavy for electric cars designed for a long time
Michael Bergeron said the long journey
President of Engineering, Zenn Automotive
A low-cost manufacturer in Toronto
Speed electric vehicles used in cities.
That\'s why Zenn has 3.
8% stake in EEStor Inc.
A mysterious Cedar Park in TeX
A company that is trying to develop a battery replacement using a super capacitor.
Traditional capacitors can store a small amount of energy.
One of their uses is to keep the battery running.
Power supply equipment when replacing battery
But not enough to compete with the battery.
The super capacitor can store more energy and can charge more times than the battery before it runs out.
Zenn wants to use super capacitors from EEStor in future products called city Zenn, which will have 400-
Range and 125kilometre-per-hour top speed.
But while EEStor said it had made some progress, it prompted Zenn to announce recently plans to increase its stake in the company to £ 6. 2 and 10.
It does not have commercial products yet, nor does it have an open independent test to confirm what it says about its technology.
Another technology that is being watched today is lithium-ion batteries, which are becoming more and more common in mobile phones and computers.
Tesla Motors
San Carlos, California
Lithium-Ion was chosen as a sports car, an electric sports car priced at $109,000, which can run 400 kilometers for charging and a maximum speed of 200 kilometers per hour.
Michael van der Sander, senior vice president of Tesla, said lithium-ion technology has the best combination of density and cycle time
President of sales, service and marketing.
This means that its weight provides the maximum power, and the charging speed is quite fast.
All options-
Electric vehicles: 400 km fully charged.
The top speed is 185 kilometers per hour.
The battery uses black ions.
Sold in China in 2009.
6-112 kmhour charge.
Maximum speed is 95 kilometers per hour. Lithium-ion battery. Costs £16,850.
Adapted from the new United StatesK.
Electric car companiesLithium-ion battery. Not for sale;
For trial use by only 500 members of the public.
Single charge 160 km
The top speed is 130 kilometers per hour. Lithium-ion battery.
It will be released in Japan on 2009.
Single charge up to 100 km.
The top speed is 122 kilometers per hour. Lithium-ion battery.
Version set for 2010 in USAS.
Up to £ 390 km per charge.
The top speed is 200 kilometers per hour. Lithium-ion battery.
Cost $109,000S.
For a list of upcoming electric and hybrid vehicles, please visit the website of the electric vehicle transport association.
Skeptics believe that a problem with this technology is that the global supply of lithium to make batteries is limited (a U. S.
According to the Geological Survey Report of 2006, the world\'s known reserves are about 11 million tons. .
Therefore, electric vehicles powered by lithium-ion batteries are likely to trade a non-
Oil is another renewable resource.
Van der Sander dismissed the concerns, saying lithium is rarely used in lithium-ion batteries.
\"We don\'t expect a shortage,\" he said . \"
Van der Sande added that lithium-ion batteries can be charged about 500 times before they run out.
The frequency the battery needs to be replaced will not only affect the cost of owning an electric car --
Vice President Dave Pasco said the cost of the battery today is roughly the same as the cost of the rest of the carpresident of e-
Automotive systems by Magna International, a Toronto auto parts maker—
The environment is friendly and convenient.
The cost of the battery is a major problem, although it can be reduced in the end, Pasco said.
He said he expects it to be lower in five years, but in order to make electric cars attractive to mainstream consumers, the company may cut battery costs by about 80.
There is another idea for a better place.
Palo Alto, Calif. , does not make batteries that can be used for long distances
, The company wants to separate the ownership of the battery from the ownership of the electric car and provide a different choice for the electric car
The driver of the car is full.
\"The kilometers we provide are the same as the way Rogers provides mobile phone call time,\" said Sean Harrington, head of the global development Improvement Center.
Better places customers can charge their car\'s battery through a network of public charging points at home or in the parking lot and elsewhere.
This method of juicing the car\'s battery will work to a large extent --
For example, for those who need a night fee for attendance, they need 50 to 100 kilometers per day.
But for long trips, better places have developed batteries
Switch system, which can remove the exhausted battery from the electric vehicle and replace it with a fully charged battery in about a minute.
In order to make the place more popular, rather than having the owner own the battery.
Harrington says that when you buy an electric car, you sign up for a plan to allow a certain amount of driving per month --
May allow some averages between months
Just like the phone plans to give you the maximum number of minutes.
There will be no initial or additional charges, he said.
Harrington also said that better places will be able to manage the way customers charge their vehicles, thus using power more effectively and reducing the impact of electric vehicles on the grid.
This has also raised concerns about electric vehicles.
If they become commonplace, how will thousands of people affect the demand for electricity?
Ontario Power Generation is seeking answers to this question.
Government agencies in charge of power generation in the province will soon complete the first phase of the study, and if electric vehicles become mainstream, how power generation and distribution will need to change.
Even if the battery eventually replaces the internal combustion engine, there is a big question: will the environment really benefit?
Electricity must be generated before use.
In the United States, electricity comes from coal and fossil fuels, Kamiel Gabriel noted, Kamiel Gabriel, deputy provost for research and graduate programs in the United States, who is research and ont.
New assistant deputy minister for research and innovation, Ontario.
In this regard, Canada is in a better position than most countries: more than half of the country\'s electricity comes from renewable sources such as hydropower, wind, solar and geothermal.
This means that electric vehicles will have a greater impact on Canadian greenhouse gas emissions than elsewhere.
Better Place to be aware of the problem and also promise to get all the electricity from renewable sources.
For now, electric vehicles are limited to short trips or buyers with strong financial resources.
Whether it can enter the mainstream or not depends on whether it can solve the problem of battery technology and establish an infrastructure to support battery technology.