Revolutionary electric vehicle to hit the road
29 January 2010
A Japanese company has begun developing an electric car that has motors in each of its wheels, a breakthrough that could enable the car to travel 300 kilometers per charge, up to twice as far as some other electric vehicles using the same batteries. The vehicle with the unique energy-saving "in-wheel motor" technology could go into mass-production in 2013. According to Sim-Drive, the company established by Keio University Prof. Hiroshi Shimizu and others, 34 companies and organizations--including Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Isuzu Motors Ltd., a battery maker and local governments--have invested 680 million yen in the project. |
