Electric Car Capital: Oslo, Stocholm, Tel Aviv?
by April Streeter, Gothenburg, Sweden on 03.16.08
Norway's THINK Ox 4-door is still just a concept car.
It could be old Swedish-Norwegian rivalries rearing up again. Norway has the electric car maker THINK, which is beginning to roll new THINK city cars off of its production line next month (some of them rolling right over to the Swedish isle of Öland). THINK also showed the four-door, five passenger concept car Ox at the recent Geneva Auto Show.
Meanwhile, Sweden's Volvo and Saab together with the Swedish utility Vattenfall and battery maker ETC are straining to get ahead in hybrid-electric vehicle infrastructure. In a joint project with investments of around 62 million Swedish crowns (just over $US 10 million), a mixed 10-car fleet of Volvo and Saab plug-in hybrids will be road tested in Stockholm. Finnish power company Fortum (which owns Stockholm's electric net) and Toyota are speeding ahead to give Stockholm a good network of available outlets for re-charging - especially in parking lots and adjacent to business districts. Fortum says the problem of how owners will pay for their recharge isn't yet solved, but poses no great technology barrier (hint: how 'bout via SMS?). Currently, costs per 10 kilometers of driving are estimated to be between 1 and 3 crowns ($.16 - $.48). But while Oslo and Stockholm battle it out in Scandinavia, Project Better Place is betting over US$200 million and moving quickly on making Israel the first to have a complete electric recharging infrastructure. Via ::Dagens Industri (Swedish)
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Son, the correct spelling is Capital.
Capitol usually refers to the Capitol Building in DC (or for a state capitol). Capital refers to the city.
The Capitol Building is in the Capital City.
Stupid, I know, but that's English.
I can't wait to be able to drive in an electric powered car. No gaz. No support of massive pollution producing compagnies.
I can't wait to be able to drive in an electric powered car. No gaz. No support of massive pollution producing compagnies.
I always wondered how many kilowatts to fully charge one of these cars. I only have 150 watts of solar. I'm waiting for thin film to come on the market.
Nice vehicle, very practical.
I've also just read on EVworld.com that GE have invested in TH!NK and A123 lithium batteries. Also that the TH!NK will now use the A123 battereis.
This could be a big move.
No pollution except for all the resources mined, refined and manufactured to make the electric cars and the roads and bridges to drive them on.
Skip the electric car and join the rest of the world. Bike, walk or use public transit.
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No pollution except for all the resources mined, refined and manufactured to make the electric cars and the roads and bridges to drive them on.
Skip the electric car and join the rest of the world. Bike, walk or use public transit."
And grow 100% of all your food, otherwise it will be trucked in. Wait, where did your PC come from? Your clothes?
Yikes, they were shipped overseas AND then trucked in! You didn't ride your bike to deliver them?!?
The elitist attitudes hurt the cause more than they help....
Finnish power company Fortum (which owns Stockholm's electric net) and Toyota are speeding ahead to give Stockholm a good network of available outlets for re-charging - especially in parking lots and adjacent to business districts.
Israel is also putting in an electric car recharging network.
What is missing is a world standard for power and plug type. All Electric cars need to use the SAME recharging facilities.
People who can't wait to be drive n an electric powered car. Go for ZAP !