'i-MiEV EV is dead', 'Mazda’s h2-rotary-rex'
http://www.motoring.com.au/nissan-ev-range-extender-in-2016-100413/ Nissan EV range extender in 2016 December 01, 2015 Feann Torr Range anxiety issues to be addressed with Nissan's first extended-range electric car BMW’s i3 has one, the now-discontinued Holden Volt had one, and soon Nissan will offer an electric vehicle (EV) with a compact range-extender engine. To be revealed in 2016, the new vehicle will be self-proclaimed EV market leader Nissan’s first attempt at offering an electric car with a small combustion engine. Unlike regular and plug-in hybrids, the (usually tiny) engines have no connection to the driving wheels. Instead, they act purely as a generator, sometimes doubling effective cruising ranges. Yoshi Shimoida, Nissan’s Deputy General Manager, EV and HEV engineering division, revealed to motoring.com.au that there will be “no engine” for the LEAF in future, ruling out the world’s best-selling EV as a donor car. “But in the future Nissan will add [a new vehicle] to the line-up of EV systems an engine that is only for generating energy,” said the EV technology specialist. When talk turned to the BMW i3 and its range-extender, Shimoida said it was similar in execution. “It’s something like that [range extender]. But we call it a series hybrid,” he said, which is another name given to the range-extending EV technology. The Japanese EV guru wouldn’t be drawn on the Nissan EV’s range, or whether it would match that of the range-extender BMW i3. The BMW EV can travel around 150km while the range-extender versions, which get a 650cc scooter engine and a small fuel tank, effectively double that distance to 300km between charges/fills via a 9.5-litre fuel tank. Shimoida wouldn’t say what the new vehicle will be called although he did reveal it’s going to be announced sooner rather than later. “Next year we announce what it’s called,” he stated. If the new vehicle is not going to be a LEAF, it’s possible an all-new vehicle premiering the range-extending EV technology for Nissan could be introduced. In September this year, Nissan revealed a new battery pack for the 2015 LEAF electric car for overseas markets that goes from 24kWh to 30kWh, extending the range from 228km to 280km. Chris Jordan, Nissan Australia’s Corporate Communications Supervisor, said the upgraded LEAF will not be offered in this country, but wouldn’t rule out the arrival a new range-extender EV – which would be far more palatable to Aussie buyers. “You’d have to see what it was first,” he said. “We look at all products but I can’t add anything more than that.” [© motoring.com.au] http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/12/mitsubishis-electric-i-miev-is-dead-hybrid-is-the-future/ ... Mitsubishi is killing off the i-MiEV to focus on hybridifying (yep, that’s a word) the rest of its vehicle line-up in the next couple of years ... http://edge.alluremedia.com.au/m/g/2015/12/mitsubishi_imiev.jpg ... http://www.autoblog.com/2015/11/30/i-miev-doesnt-survive-mitsubishis-updated-ev-plan/ i-MiEV doesn't survive Mitsubishi's updated EV plan ... http://artofgears.com/2015/12/02/mitsubishis-electric-only-i-miev-to-be-discontinued/ Mitsubishi's Electric Only i-MiEV To Be Discontinued http://www.wired.com/2015/12/mazdas-confusing-plan-to-resurrect-the-famously-dirty-rotary-engine/ ... despite the rotary engine’s ample promise as a [h2] range extender, Mazda’s managing executive officer Kiyoshi Fujiwara insists that is not how the engine will return. “I want to introduce a new rotary without electrification first,” he says. “If I introduce it with both, people will say electrification helped the rotary engine.” So pride is clearly an issue. And there’s still no guarantee [h2] will ever become a widely available fuel source, hence the old joke, [h2] is the fuel of the future—and always will be ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-New-Nissan-EV-will-offer-an-i3-like-rex-option-tp4679056.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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
