Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Audi 20 electric vehicles will experience based on the hatchback A1

Audi is in the middle of next year will begin road testing of hatchbacks A1 electric power plants, the prototype of which - A1 e-tron - was first unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March this year. Twenty of these machines will be tested on the streets of Munich. This is stated in a press release. Tests electrical modifications Audi A1 will be carried out jointly with the Technical University of Munich and Germany's largest energy companies - E. ON and SWM. Partners to the top of the automaker's test is deployed in a network of 200 Munich elektrozapravok that will help determine the effectiveness and ease of use of such stations. It is expected that such elektrozapravki first be placed in the large parking areas. Munich authorities will invest in the development of electric vehicles and infrastructure for a total of 10 million euros. The German government hopes that by 2020 the roads of the country will travel about a million electric cars. Prototype Audi A1 e-tron has a 61-horsepower electric motor (for a short period of time can increase efficiency up to 102 horsepower), which causes the car in motion and gets its power from a set of lithium-ion batteries. To increase the power reserve is used in a way rotary-piston Wankel engine capacity of 254 cubic centimeters. The electric car can drive about 50 kilometers, and the gasoline engine Wankel, bred in the rear of the machine, it will increase the distance of 200 kilometers. Batteries are fully charged from a 380-volt outlet in about three hours.

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