Talk:Production battery electric vehicle

Intro
The intro on this article is clearly POV, unencyclopedic, and generally just sucks. I'd fix it, but I'm not qualified since I don't know anything about production BEVs...which is why I came here.


 * This article looks like something that can be deleted. Daniel.Cardenas 23:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree with Daniel on the Intro, it is far too POV. I suggest the creator of the page remove the opinion and point of view references.  Wikipedia isn't about people's personal views of things, it's an online encyclopedia and thus must deal with facts.  I wouldn't suggest it be deleted as it has some merit as a central point for battery powered electric vehicles, but it does need to be cleaned up to conform to wiki standards. John Posthocergopropterhoc 03:58, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

News

 * 2005.09.23 - International Herald Tribune Electric cars still showing a pulse


 * 09-23-05 - jalopnik.com - Subaru Parent Sets Timeline for Electric-Car Development
 * car.co.nz More details about the Subaru BEV


 * 08-31-05 - kansas.com - Toyota will let drivers keep their electric vehicles


 * 08-24-05 - scoop.co.nz - The MIEV (at under $US 18,000) promises to be a welcome relief for motorists and is expected to arrive up to two years earlier than Japanese rival Subaru’s electric minicar.


 * 08-21-05 - mitsubishi-motors.com Mitsubishi Motors to drive forward development of next-generation EVs Images
 * MIEV Mitsubishi In-wheel motor Electric Vehicle
 * carpages.co.uk The Electric Mitsubishi Colt
 * worldchanging.com
 * gizmag.com
 * evworld.com - past original article?
 * Lancer Evolution MIEV with all wheel electric motors


 * 08-21-05 - treehugger.com Subaru Joins Electric Car Race with R1e


 * 08-20-05 - cbsnews.com MOVIE Hybrids Getting Amped Up
 * With gas prices soaring, even hybrid car owners are thinking of creative ways to cut on gas use. Bill Whitaker reports how they are suping-up their energy efficient cars with electricity.


 * 08-19-05 - japantoday.com Fuji Heavy unveils electric car that uses lithium-ion battery


 * 08-19-05 - edmunds.com The Electric Car's Not Dead; Asian Companies Strive for Breakthrough


 * 08-12-05 - autoweek.com autoweek.com Experts say electric cars should be part of research plans for automakers
 * "That's the advice of a panel of technical experts representing the National Academy of Sciences. They say government and industry researchers should examine battery electric vehicles as an alternative to cars and trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells." -


 * 08-15-05 - ktla.trb.com Still Plugging Along The EV1 Waiting List, 5000 or 50?


 * 02-25-05 - H2 Can't Compete with Ev's Hybrids
 * This is an excellent article "Hydrogen economy: energy and economic black hole" with many good references, percentages and information on H2 & fool cells. Good info for arguing the H2 vs EV's/hybrids efficiencies. I love the line (after multiplying all the inefficiencies) "If you don't understand this (hydrogen) concept, please mail me ten dollars and I'll send you a dollar".
 * Toyota - Hybrids or Hydrogen? - "The lower efficiency of hydrogen production compared to gasoline brings the well-to-wheel efficiency of FCVs below that of hybrids."

XS200 All Electric Vehicle
Powered by breakthrough Chinese Lithium-Ion technology, the Miles XS200 has an anticipated speed of up to 80 miles per hour and a range of 200 miles.

Projected MSRP: $28,500

http://www.milesautomotive.com/products_xs200.html


 * I think we need "cheap" microcars (10,000€) with 150 km/h top speed. --Nopetro 20:44, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

ZAP-X
ZAP-X is a Crossover Electric Vehicle to be built in 2007 by ZAP Motors and Lotus Engineering based on the Lotus APX prototype platform. The claimed performance statistics are a total of 644bhp from four in-wheel electric motors, a 350-mile single charge range, 155 mph top speed, 0 - 60 mph acceleration in 4.6 seconds and a 10 minute recharge time.

The announced specifications closely match those from the Mini QED built by PML Flightlink and imply that the Zap-X will use the same Hi-Pa Drive system. The 10 minute recharge time implies that Zap Motors intends to build a battery pack including NanoSafe technology from AltairNano. The 3 year exclusivity agreement between AltairNano and Phoenix Motorcars may affect the battery technology used in the Zap-X.