Honda Starts Testing Electronic Vehicles In China

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Honda Starts Testing Electronic Vehicles In China

Honda Motor in association with the government of the city of Guangzhou and Guangzhou Automobile Group has started demonstration testing of its electric vehicles (Evs) in Guangzhou, China.

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To verify the practical convenience of EVs, the company will drive the Fit EV in a real-world urban transportation environment in the city of Guangzhou and also identify technological issues needed to be addressed to achieve the widespread use of EVs in the future.

Based on the results of the EV range verification and other relevant information, proposals regarding re-charging infrastructure will be made. In addition, Guangqi Honda Automobile is planning to start local production of EVs in China before the end of next year.

The vehicles to be used for the demonstration testing are equipped with electromotive technologies, such as coaxial motors, the automaker amassed through development of the Honda FCX Clarity advanced fuel cell EV as well as the advanced lithium-ion battery.

The company said that the charging time of Fit EV is under six hours with a 220V power supply and the range is more than 150km. The EVs will be driven on local streets to reproduce a real-world usage environment to identify the vehicle's potential technological issues and the results will be input to the development of the most appropriate EVs for China.
 
I think that's one of the major draw backs to the eletric cars is the charging. I don't know of any stations around here that has them yet. Also the charging time i think is too long. Over night yeah that's not bad but if you run out of juice goin On a tip I don't want to wait 6 hours before I can continue. What's the distance they are thinking of for rural/city driving?
 
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from a honda press release -

Fit EV is estimated to achieve a driving range of 100 miles per charge with a lithium-ion battery … using the EPA LA4 City Cycle that the industry is using for comparison. And again, we are leveraging our electromotive experience. This will include outstanding motor output from a coaxial motor first used with FCX Clarity. What we learned from the FCX can be directly applied to the Fit EV.
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road and track said 6hr recharging time from dead to full on 220volt outlet
 
I would get it if it was cheap enough to make it worth being a second "commuter only" car. Then again, most families have a 2nd or 3rd car so it can be done in a familly setting.
 
agreed as long as you don't live far from work and places you need to travel to. Its just he charge time that gets me and the lack of charging stations actually around here it rant any that i know of. And only one alternative file station.
 
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http://carstations.com/

also google maps will do it. Type in "ev charging station near" - then a city name
It supposedly pools public charging stations.

I saw pics a week ago from a walgreens that had added a charging station, as well as a mcdonalds. Some hotels are putting them into their parking lots as well. Granted, most people just plug them in when they get home.
 
thats cool at least they are starting to go along with the trend. Fort lewis just put an alternative fuel station up on bas a month ago so who know how long it'll take for a recharging station. :-P
 
It would be nice to be able to exchange batteries. You could pull into a station that is constantly recharging batteries. Your battery pack would be replaced, and you're back on your way. It would require a cooperation between auto manufacturers and battery exchange stations.
 
they'd need to be really accessible, and then make them universal to some degree. Think of propane tanks for bbq grills. Pull into a place to swap out tanks. The problem would be that you'd never really own the battery. You could be driving a brand new car swapping out batteries 5+yrs old or something... it's an interesting idea though
 
yeah that would be a downer a little unless they put regulations up to keep them maby only going to two or three years in use then recycled. And if people could buy an extra for there car then they can go 200 miles instead of 100 :-P
 
I would compare the idea to propane tanks for your grill. Obviously, some standards would have to be established and enforced for monitoring batteries' usefulness, and when they should be recycled.

I'd be surprised if someone isn't already working on this. It could easily be a multi-billion dollar business.
 
The Mini E employs a lithium-ion battery pack with an overall capacity of a 35 kilowatt-hours (130 MJ). The batteries weigh 572 pounds
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from the electric mini cooper ^^ almost 600lbs for the battery :corndrool:

You'd need an engine hoist to get these things out
 
They could just make the battery pack a cluster of smaller batteries. Maybe design the system to use up one smaller battery at a time to allow the driver to manage the amount of batteries that need replacing.
 
ice cube tray array for batteries
 
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