Mitsubishi Motors said last week it plans to launch the i-MiEV, a four-door electric car, in Japan starting in July.
Plans are for the vehicle to be marketed to corporate customers, with Mitsubishi hoping to produce about 2,000 of the electric cars by March, 2010. The Wall Street Journal reports that Mitsubishi plans to ramp up to 30,000 electric cars per year by 2013, as part of a move that would ultimately boost its EV production to 20% of its overall volume by 2020.
Powered by lithium-ion batteries, the i-MiEV (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle) will reportedly go 100 miles on a charge and will take seven hours to recharge at 15 A and 200 V, or 14 hours at 15A and 100 V. Curb weight of the vehicle will be 2,376 lbs. Reuters reports that it will cost $47,580.
In the wake of the Chevy Volt fire investigations, sales are down, and General Motors' (GM) CEO Dan Akerson is blaming the downturn on a spate of bad publicity.
Smith Electric Vehicles teamed with Trans Tech Bus to roll out a 42-passenger, 26,000-lb electric bus called the Newton eTrans, which it hopes will change the way children get to school every morning.
If you're a prospective Volt owner who wants to load your lithium-ion battery with renewable energy electrons, Chevrolet says it has found a way to help you.
Thanks to embedded electronics, medical devices are getting smaller and smarter than ever. Pacemakers and implantable defibrillators are now able to call physicians. MRIs, CT scanners, and ultrasound machines are gaining mobility. And the venerable Band-Aid may soon be able to detect illnesses ranging from fevers to heart arrhythmias. On February 21, join Design News senior editor Charles Murray for a wide-ranging discussion, "Embedded Angles for Medical Products," which will explore the latest developments in medical electronics. The discussion will examine advances in medical device technology and offer an inside look at the embedded electronics behind it.
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