https://tech.nikkeibp.co.jp/dm/atclen/news_en/15mk/022002689/ Japanese Start-up to Launch Ultra-small EV Using Replaceable Battery in Thailand Feb 20, 2019 Kaoru Kubono, Nikkei xTech
[images https://tech.nikkeibp.co.jp/dm/atclen/news_en/15mk/022002689/5.JPG A diagonal front view of "FOMM One." It is FOMM's first volume production model and will be released in Thailand https://tech.nikkeibp.co.jp/dm/atclen/news_en/15mk/022002689/?SS=imgview_en&FD=51314185 A diagonal rear view. The EV uses a replaceable battery. https://tech.nikkeibp.co.jp/dm/atclen/news_en/15mk/022002689/?SS=imgview_en&FD=52237706 On the rear side of the vehicle, there are two replaceable battery packs. https://tech.nikkeibp.co.jp/dm/atclen/news_en/15mk/022002689/?SS=imgview_en&FD=53161227 A battery pack is located near each of the right and left doors. ] FOMM Corp (Kawasaki City) will start volume production of an ultra-small electric vehicle (EV) using a replaceable battery in Thailand in February 2019 and deliver it to customers in March 2019 or later. The EV, "FOMM One," is the company's first volume production model. It is a four-seat vehicle priced at 664,000 bahts. By employing the replaceable battery, the non-operating time of the EV became about five minutes, which is about 1/6 that of normal EVs. The new vehicle is equipped with four replaceable lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery packs: two on the rear side, one on the right side and one on the left side. The capacity of the battery pack is about 3kWh (12kWh in total). The drive range of the EV is 160km (approx 99.4 miles). The weight of each battery pack is 30kg. So, the total weight of the four battery packs is 120g, which accounts for about 20% of the vehicle's mass. It is not realistic for the driver to replace the battery packs by himself/herself. In view of this, FOMM is planning to set up charging stations at gas stations and the company's bases in Thailand so that employees can replace used battery packs with charged ones. Original Japanese article https://tech.nikkeibp.co.jp/atcl/nxt/column/18/00001/01557/ [© Nikkei Business Publications] http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=FOMM&sort=date search evdl on FOMM ... https://www.google.com/search?q=%22FOMM+One%22 "FOMM One" ... https://www.gov-online.go.jp/pdf/hlj/20190201/24-25.pdf ... top speed is eighty kilometers per hour, and it has four rechargeable lithium ion batteries. On a full charge, the FOMM ONE can travel for 160 kilometers (or 100, if the air conditioner is used) ... + (citroen quadricycle) https://bgr.com/2019/02/21/citroen-ami-one-concept-ev-license/ You can drive this tiny electric vehicle without a license February 21st, 2019 ... range of around 60 miles and a top speed of 28 miles per hour ... modest specs mean that this Citroën can be driven without a license by anyone 16 or older ... https://boygeniusreport.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/ami-one.jpg ... https://www.automobilemag.com/news/citroen-ami-one-concept-ev-quadricycle/ For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
