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 |  موضوع: Portable Chargers, Boosters To Ease Green Car Woes!  الثلاثاء مارس 20, 2012 7:43 pm | |
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Portable Chargers, Boosters To Ease Green Car Woes!  A Renault Zoe electric car is displayed at the French carmaker's booth at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show on March 7, 2012in Geneva. Chevrolet
Europe's president Susan Doherty drives to work every day in an
electric car, and thanks to a recharging station at work, she never
worries about running out of power. For most other people, however, it remains a challenge to find electric charging stations to refuel. As
a result sales of electric cars have lagged, with most consumers going
for hybrid options that at least offer the possibility of running on
petrol or diesel. But
with interest in going green growing among consumers, and with tougher
emissions standards to kick in from 2013across the European Union,
companies are beginning to introduce new solutions. At
this year's Geneva Motor Show, several car components firms exhibited
portable chargers while others announced deals with major automakers to
build more charging stations to ease refueling headaches. After all, "electricity is the way to go in the future especially if we want to have zero emission vehicles", Doherty said. Swiss
firm Alpiq E-Mobility AG announced an agreement with Toyota to fit
charging infrastructure at its 250dealers across Switzerland. In addition, it will also offer a charging station to go with each of Toyota's best-selling hybrid car Prius. It is an "an important step towards establishing e-mobility in our country", said Alpiq managing director Peter Arnet. Another
Swiss company, Green Motion, exhibited several types of chargers at the
show, ranging from a portable gadget that weighs just 6 kilogrammes to a
210 kilogramme installation which looks much like a petrol pump. "People will want to charge at home", a spokeswoman for the firm said, as she showcased the portable version. British company, Controlled Power Technologies, however, had another solution. Rather
than offering chargers, it showcased an energy booster that would allow
a car to run with the same power as a larger one even though it was
using a smaller engine. "We
offer the economy of a diesel, low CO2 emissions and the performance of
a two litre engine at an affordable price", said the company's chief
executive Nick Pascoe. Despite
substituting a two litre engine on a Volkswagen Passat with a 1.4 litre
one, the company's booster gave the car greater pulling power, while at
the same time meeting tougher emission standards, he told AFP. "Instead of adding thousands of euros to the cost we add tens of euros", Pascoe added. Manufacturers
are progressively having to increase the percentage of cars they sell
in the European Union with carbon emissions below 130 grams per
kilometre, with passenger cars to meet this level by2015. | |
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