lower), it is about 17cm shorter in length and about 5cm shorter in width, but is 5cm higher in height; the company says that four adult occupants can be seated comfortably. The body is mainly made of aluminum parts and carbon fiber reinforced polymer parts. The total weight is 1,150kg. Electric powertrain The powertrain is electric. The maximum output of the front-wheel-drive motor is 85kW (116PS). The capacity of the Li-ion battery is 31 kWh...

市场技术报告  2011/10/24 更新

displayed by Aisin Seiki and Hitachi. As for brake systems, Hitachi and Hella exhibited devices that generated negative pressure normally supplied by the engine.  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries exhibited electric water heaters used for heating the i-MiEV's compartment. Calsonic Kansei is developing a power-saving heat pump type air conditioner.  Start-stop systems present a challenge common to EV and HEV associated with the deactivation of the eng...

市场技术报告  2011/06/21 更新

battery / Next-Generation battery Hitachi Vehicle Energy Li-ion battery for HEVs （to be supplied to GM’s eAssist hybrid vehicle）. Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Li-ion battery for construction machinery. IHI / A123Systems （USA） Li-ion battery module （to be supplied to Karma PHEV）. Power Supply Design / Showa Aircraft Industry - Lithium-ion iron phosphate battery and BMS （Battery Management System）. - Noncontact quick charge...

市场技术报告  2011/05/02 更新

nch*" means being launched as early as in said year. "**Launch" means being launched by said year. Definition of the terms in this report Minivan: passenger cars classified as minivan which is 3.5m long or shorterISG: Integrated Starter GeneratorBSG: Belt Driven Starter GeneratorMicro HEV: vehicle powered by gasoline/diesel engine equipped with an idle reduction systemAC: Alternating CurrentDC: Direct Current  SAIC Motor Corp. intends to market...

市场技术报告  2011/04/13 更新

Automotive lithium-ion battery manufacturers in Japan: building new plants Toyota, Honda and Nissan launching lithium-ion battery-powered vehicles in 2010-2012 Summary Primearth EV Energy / Toyota: Toyota to continue using Ni-MH batteries on its HEV Panasonic: Supplying consumer-use batteries for Tesla Model S and Toyota RAV4... Sanyo Electric: Lithium-ion battery orders received from six automakers including Suzuki and VW group AESC/Nissan: Incr...

市场技术报告  2011/04/12 更新

n of air intake manifolds Starlite Material replacement of air intake manifold Roechling suggests making air intake manifolds from glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene (PP + GF35) in place of the conventional glass fiber-reinforced polyamide 6 (PA6 + GF30). When the change is made, the material's density (gr/cm3) will decrease from 1.35 to 1.18 resulting in a 12% weight reduction and a 15% cost reduction including the material and manufacturing...

市场技术报告  2011/02/23 更新