April 20, 2009
GM to twice study and development of electric driven vehicles will not ever smash into autopilot
The United States General Motors Corporation broadcast on the 7th, the business will work with the United States constructor of electric driven vehicles Segway co-develop a twice two-seater electric driven vehicles. This vehicle is not only an locality of little, reduced charges, but furthermore mechanically going and bypass misfortunes and traffic jams. GM designs to launch in 2012 at the newest car.
Profile
The research and expansion program known as “urban bodily mobility and accessibility” (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), the English acronym for PUMA, which method Cougar. GM shown in public the thoroughfares of New York at the United States double electric-powered cars like this car, dated passers-by finish watch.
The “Puma” Application of the electric driven vehicle business twice balanced Segway expertise, the vehicle can accommodate two persons. Watch from a expanse, like two wheels of automotive look of a large mouse ledge can furthermore be glimpsed as the “driving chair type of” Segway electric driven scooter. Compartment at the base of vehicles equipped with four little wheels, for the stable.
“Cougar” No doors, on both sides of the fence with one. Do not have to worry because this car accident happened, the car had not been installed with airbags or any other safety equipment, the only equipped with only the seat belts in order to ensure passenger comfort.
The United States “New York Times” said that this car Nowadays people still think of the rickshaw Singapore. The idea seems to be responsible with the General Motors vice president of R & D happens to coincide with Burns. He said that the company’s early promotion of market such as Singapore.
Performance
Burns, the “Cougar” vehicle powered by lithium batteries, maximum speed of 56 kilometers, 56 kilometers stroke. The car parking area is only common around one-sixth of the area.
GM did not reveal this new cost. However, the business said that the perfect state, encompassing vehicle payments, protection, upkeep charges and fuel, encompassing, a “Cougar” vehicle full cost of the customary four-wheeled vehicles is only one-third to one quarter.
Burns said that all “Cougar” vehicle will jointly form a communication network, through the radar transceiver and Global Positioning System automatically moving and stopping, driving without artificial. In addition, the process in a moving vehicle can automatically avoid the pedestrians, vehicles and other obstructions never collision, so as to avoid accidents and reduce traffic congestion.
Although this sounds like science fiction, but Burns said that put ideals into reality is not a joke, because all the technology are in place, do not need to invent anything. “Now, only a necessary business decision,” he said.
Questioned
Although the R & D plan sounds very attractive, but also lead to questioning voice.
“New York Times” said, “Cougar” vehicle speed is limited, which makes it unable to travel on the road. Fundamentally speaking, this car is equivalent to electric vehicle community, that is a short-distance means of transport. Although community advocates said the electric car, electric vehicle community to meet the needs of millions of people travel, but it has not been able to take much market share of car sales.
In addition, the announcement of the time seems not satisfactory. GM substantial assistance from the government to obtain loans, life is still hanging line, unknown, is facing possible bankruptcy. The United States is the automobile industry for decades suffered the most serious recession, sales plummeted.
But Burns, the “Cougar” endeavour is immobile confident. He said that the bulk inventive models regularly come from the time span of fiscal downturn. “The next couple months, as a every component of in 2009, GM will be a time span of innovation.
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