Volvo Develops Electric Car with a Mileage 1,000 km

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Volvo makes a new step with the electric car development project "Range Extender" that is able to travel a distance of 1,000 km. This project conducted a Swedish car company is due to the limitations of electric cars currently exists on the ability of home range. Range Extender is an electric car equipped with gasoline engines (motor fuel).

According to Volvo, the project received support from the Swedish Energy Agency and the European Union. For this, Volvo developed the concept of three combinations of technology and expected to be piloted in the first quarter of 2012.

"This shows that we become more focused in the development of electric cars. During these electric cars have limitations, namely the price and size of the battery charge. As a result, the mileage to be very limited, depending on battery type and size. With the Range Extender, electric cars could effectively increase distance of up to thousands of kilometers, but its emissions could be below 50 g / km, "beber Derek Crabb, Vice President of Power Train Engineering Volvo Car Corporation.

Development of technology leads to the unification of three different technologies, with 3-cylinder gasoline engine assist electric motor turning the front wheels. All are equipped with brake energy concept renegeration or brake energy regeneration.

Gasoline engines that are used can also be given intake of ethanol (E85). Two concepts tested on the Volvo C30 Electric. For this, Volvo must make modifications, such as battery size is reduced so that the gasoline engine and fuel tank can be installed without creating new problems