Honda Motor Co. rolled out an electric concept car and a plug-in hybrid concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show today.
Honda, which two years ago said it was reticent to move toward the all-electric arena, unveiled the Fit EV Concept, saying it will go approximately 100 miles per charge. The five-passenger hatchback design will take six hours to recharge at 240 V, and 12 hours at 120 V. A Honda press release said that the vehicle will use a pocket-sized interactive remote “to remotely view the vehicle’s state of charge, initiate charge, and activate the air conditioning, even while connected to the grid…”
The plug-in concept vehicle has an all-electric range of 10-15 miles, with a top speed of 62 mph. A full battery recharge will take less than 2.5 hours using a 120-V outlet, and less than 1.5 hours using a 240-V connection. The vehicle can also run in a gasoline-electric hybrid mode, powered by a two-liter, four-cylinder engine.
The Fit EV is schedule for sale in 2012. No date was immediately available for the plug-in hybrid.
Tesla Motors plans to roll out a “compelling, affordable electric car” that will sell for about half the price of its high-profile Model S by the end of 2016, company chairman Elon Musk said last week.
From Dell / Intel® New Paradigms in Design Work Scott Hamilton, vertical market strategist for Dell Precision workstations, 5/2/2013 5
Early in my career, I worked as a draftsman and remember the days of drawing on vellum with numbered pencils and Mylar with plastic lead. This was a fun experience in the sense that I ...
I've been using workstations for more than 10 years and love finding ways to get more performance from my system. With demanding professional applications that require more power each ...
A lasting memory from my first job as an engineer in an auto assembly plant is standing on hard concrete at six in the morning, vending-machine coffee clutched in hand, listening to ...
For industrial control applications, or even a simple assembly line, that machine can go almost 24/7 without a break. But what happens when the task is a little more complex? That’s where the “smart” machine would come in. The smart machine is one that has some simple (or complex in some cases) processing capability to be able to adapt to changing conditions. Such machines are suited for a host of applications, including automotive, aerospace, defense, medical, computers and electronics, telecommunications, consumer goods, and so on. This radio show will show what’s possible with smart machines, and what tradeoffs need to be made to implement such a solution.
To save this item to your list of favorite Design News content so you can find it later in your Profile page, click the "Save It" button next to the item.
If you found this interesting or useful, please use the links to the services below to share it with other readers. You will need a free account with each service to share an item via that service.
Tweet This
1 
