http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2014/04/13/new-kit-car-style-ev-due-to-launch-next-year/ New kit-car style EV due to launch next year by Faye Sunderland April 13, 2014 Headlineauto.co.uk
[images http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/cms-images/Japanese_EV_project_by_Neues__a_company_based_in_Osaka.jpg A Neues electric vehicle designed to look like a taxi http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/cms-images/Neues-chassis.jpg Neues chassis ] The British spirit for kit-car building is inspiring a new generation of small electric vehicles which are expected to go on sale in the Far East and Europe in less than a year’s time. Japanese firm Neues plans to sell licences for its chassis design so that the vehicles can then be bodied however the customers would like them to be. Examples of potential EVs which could be born of the design are currently on display at the Taiwan EV Show. Head of EV development, Keisuke Imada says he plans to tap into the knowledge of British kit-car makers in sourcing things like braking systems, lights, pedals and mirrors. Speaking to the news agency Headlineauto.co.uk, Imada said: "We are searching for good suppliers and the UK has a history of kit cars and classical innovation which we want to use to make an attractive car. "I plan to visit the UK in June or July to search out manufacturers." Neues began work to develop electric vehicles two years ago and has now developed two chassis – one for a four- or six-seater car and another for a 10- to 16-seater commuter vehicle Neues chassis "We have finished our initial tests and started to make some units for endurance runs, which will begin right after the show," said Imada. "We want to finish all the specification by October." The complete car on display on display at the show is like a small version of a London black cab, but there is also a body for a potential two-seater sports car. "Our target is to develop a platform like a rolling chassis and let coachbuilders finish it. It could be any kind of body," added Imada. The platform is being developed for front-, rear- and all-wheel drive and to allow different battery capacities and motor electric power outputs. A company in the Philippines is likely to be first to market with a vehicle based on a Neues chassis next March, but there has also been interest from a Turkish manufacturer which has plans to sell throughout Europe. Neues is also in talks with a company in Japan. "We are happy to open our technology to other companies, but we will provide a fixed jig for the assembly line. You have to get the know-how from us through the assembly jig," said Imada. Neues - the German word for ‘new' - is a division of Nakanishi Metal Works, which makes 30 per cent of all the bearing retainers sold worldwide and 80 per cent of those on Japanese cars. The name ‘Neues' was chosen because Nakanishi's CEO is a Porsche fanatic, and even has his own Porsche racing team in Japan. [© thegreencarwebsite.co.uk] http://www.just-auto.com/news/british-kit-car-builders-to-aid-japanese-ev-project_id144965.aspx TAIWAN: British kit-car builders to aid Japanese EV project 11 April 2014 - British kit-car know-how will be used to help a Japanese company to develop rolling chassis for electric vehicles which, it is hoped, will go on sale in the Far East and Europe in less than a year's time ... For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Recharge your plugin from 80gal cow-methane flatulence-bag EVLN: Fresno, CA hotel installs Sun Country L2 EVSE (video) EVLN: Hong Kong e-taxis switch back2 fuel> lack of EVSE infrastructure EVLN: Sri Lanka wants 100k EVs by 2016 + EVLN: EV owners don't save much by leaving lights off {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Neues-kit-car-EV-due-next-year-tp4669055.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
