When ECO..is not a concept idea!
The BlueCar! An Electric Car With Lithium-Polymer Batteries and Supercapacitors
The B0(B Zero) or BlueCar is an electric car created by Pininfarina and France's Bolloré. It looks quite promising, in good part because it isn't just a concept car and the partners say that the first units will be delivered in about a year.
It will be available in six European countries and you can put your name on the list!
A communicative car HITECH
The BLUECAR uses the most advanced technologies to foster communication between the car and its driver. The upper screen, which is highly legible and clear, shows all the key indicators concerning the car’s operation: speed, remaining range, battery charge gauge. The central touchscreen is the virtual core of the onboard computer; it provides access to all the functions linked to cabin comfort and driving enjoyment: temperature regulation, in-car audio system, GPS, breakdown assistance, hands-free telephony, driving mode (economy, sport or icy roads). All these functions are controlled intuitively via 3D images. Finally, a remote control built into a smartphone can be used to remotely check the battery charge level and pre-heat the car’s electric drive system so that it is ready to drive off immediately even if it has been left at the curb for a long time.
Technological innovation
A the heart of the BLUECAR lies its battery, the source of the car’s power but also of its outstanding driving experience thanks to the use of a unique technology. Basing itself on its know-how as the world’s leading maker of polymer films for capacitors, another energy storage component, the Bolloré Group launched a research program nearly fifteen years ago to develop a battery based on a radically new concept: Lithium Metal Polymer (L. M. P.) technology.
Produced at BatScap, a subsidiary that was set up specifically for that purpose, the L. M. P. battery provides a number of advantages: it can store five times more energy than a traditional battery weight for weight and can be recharged in a matter of hours. Its “solid-state” technology makes it safer too and its lifespan should outlast that of the car that it powers.
Last, but not least, by combining an L. M. P. battery with an array of super-capacitors, the outcome is greater power for acceleration, a longer range thanks to the recycling of braking energy, and a longer lifespan for the battery thanks to the smoothing out of sudden power drains.
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