electric car in series (ex-Ford Developme)
And middle of the year on the market -. with batteries instead of gasoline.
Oslo - The story is reminiscent of the Transrapid. conceived and developed by German company, the project is implemented abroad and made commercially available. The maglev train is now running in Shanghai, not in Munich. We know that is not quite sure whether to be pleased with the statement made by Daimler CEO Juergen Zetsche, who in March announced proudly at the Geneva Motor Show, his company was the first breakthrough in the for electric cars as indispensable lithium-ion batteries done. Hundred meters from the Mercedes stand, presented from the small Norwegian company Think Global already equipped cars with these batteries. Even in the mid 2008, the first series produced electric car in the world under the name Think City come on the market - first in Scandinavia and Switzerland, and a trial in London, Paris, Milan and Amsterdam.
small production facility overtake the car-Avant-garde from Oslo to General Motors, Ford and Daimler. None of these producers has been an electrically powered production car in the program. I go on about the Smart, apart from a few test cars, still with gasoline. Think Global is likely therefore to rise this year for the largest electric vehicle manufacturer in the world. "We want to produce 10 000 vehicles per year," says CEO Jan-Olaf Willums, former CEO of Volvo Petroleum. It is all done in a small factory in Aurskog, 50 kilometers east of Oslo. At only 8,000 square meters where the cars from 570 ready-supplied components are assembled. This is one of the smallest manufacturing facilities in Europe. In planning the people of Think Global Consulting Professionals of Porsche were there to support.
EUR 20 000 will cost the model Think City. That's a lot of money for a car, which when fully charged batteries and cautious driving only 180 miles is coming and it brings in the top 100 kilometers per hour. For the lawn on German motorways, the small two-seater is not already configured. It is intended rather for those motorists who are on mobility in a City matters.
Willums is confident that the vehicle is found despite the relatively high list price for its customers. Norway alone there should be as early as 1500 preorders, 2000 more from Sweden. The first customers, according to Willums is a Swiss energy company from the Bernese Oberland, which you will soon deliver 200 cars. With two new models, the five-seater cabriolet Think Think Ox and the Open, the Norwegian company will expand its potential customer base further. So small and agile as the vehicle is to Willum's idea and his company to stay. "We want to be a modern company and are guided to the model rather small Companies from the computer industry, "he says. This also means that the car can be ordered online and then assembled the first place. In addition to the users can query by SMS, such as the charge level of battery. Anyone who wants to can to the car against Buy a monthly fee of 200 € and the same all-round service for maintenance and insurance.
hardly support
Willums is certain that the electric car will be on the European market a success. But slow down the entrepreneur's optimism when you get to talk to Germany. "A difficult patch," he says. Unlike the situation in France, where since January 1, low vehicles Emissions and electric cars are subsidized, such reductions in this country is not in sight. "As long as there is no support from policy makers to think in Germany of the little" is to Willums. Nevertheless, one could bypass the German market is difficult, so you also think about the price easy to raise. Until it is so far but that they wanted to first consider other options.
If the think actually a success, would get angry, especially the U.S. car company Ford. In 1999 he took over the company, but then sold again in 2003 because it was not profitable. Earlier, the U.S. group are about 150 million dollars was invested in the technology. As Willums acquired the operation then in 2006, he had the car almost exclusively composed yet.
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