The electric vehicle industry - How Its growth has accelerated In 2009, the British government is committed to electric cars. When they are available on the market of car buyers will be offered a £ 2,000 - £ 5,000 grants to encourage them to buy plug-in electric cars. It is part of the overall government plan to promote friendly transport environmentally friendly as well as becoming a world leader in the production of these cars. From the perspective of the fleet, it is anticipated that operating costs will be at least 20% lower with fleet insurance costs are down too.
TV presenter and motoring journalist Tom Ford compares our current view of these first-generation electric cars with mobile devices such as brick 1980s. Then look at the phone, you have now? It was a billion times more processing power, twenty times the battery life and of course looks much smaller, slimmer and sexier today. The EV (Electric Vehicle) industry should have a similar acceleration of technology.
So why all these electric cars starting to appear now? Investment in green technology has become a priority as well as environmental considerations, which means that more people actively looking for green cars. Manufacturers now produce electric vehicles that are lighter, go further and perform more like a normal car.
Even during the last 18 months, there have been significant improvements. Tom Ford led the original test electric Smart Fortwo EV-of-18 months, and at this point, it does less than 20 miles from an office complete. Now, however, the new Smart can be charged to 80% in about 3 hours. We can go further up to 85 miles and is also equipped with batteries that can last for eight years, rather than just three years.
Nissan Taking as another example, they have doubled the mileage of their vehicles electrical potential over the last six months, even before the Nissan Leaf was launched. Now there are electric cars with ranges of 150 miles while the average commuter needs are 80 mile range, which represents 70% of total travel needs.
Nissan also announced something that makes the passage for the fleets of SMEs more attractive. There was concern over the battery life, but Nissan have announced they will lease the batteries on its all-electric Nissan Leaf. In this way, they retain ownership of the batteries. Also the use of lithium-ion means that the life expectancy of the battery is increasing.
Government supported trials are underway now it is accepted that electric vehicles will constitute an important part of corporate fleets in the coming years. Several police forces have put on their fleets of electric vehicles and early December 2009 Peugeot began taking reservations for its electric car with letters of intent both local authorities and businesses.
Sainsbury's has ordered fifty-one Edison electric vans from Smith Electric Vehicles and these trucks will be used in their service grocery delivery online in London. These trucks will be delivered in the first half of 2010 and will be one of Sainsbury's largest operators of commercial electric vehicles in the United Kingdom.
Bus operator Go Ahead London has taken delivery of its first Smith Edison van, after a month of tests successfully. These electric vehicles are to be used as vehicles to support the bus fleet in London in accordance with the future of London's environment Check program.
So with a taste of movements on the market EV fleet managers will undoubtedly intelligent integration of electric vehicles in their fleet plans in order that.
Posted on September 2, 2010.
