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Electric Car

Tags : hybrid, cars, vehicles, automotive, future, automobile, Electric cars, electric vehicles, cars on electricity
Industry : Automobile, Automobile
Functional Area : Innovation, Global Business, New Technologies, Growth, Strategy Execution, Business Processes, Business Processes, Growth, Innovation, Strategy Execution, New Technologies, Autos, Global Business
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An electric car is an alternative fuel automobile that uses electric motors and motor controllers for propulsion, in place of more common propulsion methods such as the internal combustion engine (ICE). Electric cars are specifically a variety of electric vehicle created or adapted for use on the road. Electric cars are commonly powered by on-board battery packs, and as such are battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

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Electric Cars are the hot topic in the automotive world these days, and consumers are becoming more and more intrigued by Electric cars. In this topic let us discuss on Electric Cars and whether will there be enough of them on the road to be making the statement. Will consumers buy into Electric Cars?

Let this topic decide that…

 

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After all the applause for being the cheapest car in the world, the Tata Nano is back in the news again. Tata’s drawing up plans to build an electric and hybrid model using its platform. The Nano was...
By : Shikha Malhotra
Kailash Sharma  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
This decision will indeed help TATA NANO a lot in publicity. It will also generate  lot of revenue for the young car. But what I feel is, since it is recently launched and already is getting a very good public demand, TATA should wait NANO to get...
andyappan  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
ELECTRIC VERSION, AIR MOTOR VERSION, HYBRID VERSION IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO TATA  NANO IT IS AN OPEN JACK. ANE-BODY CAN DO IT LIKE THAT GYRO VERSION IS POSSIBLEALL  FUEL  VERSION IS FEASIBLE  [SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, GAS] STEAM CAR IS DONE..  ENGINE  60 CM...
Antony  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
It will help Nano for what??? While its confirmed that the Nanos have passed the NCAP, which also means the car has pretty tough chassis to take any future loads. However,when all the upgrade / body style for the Nano is good news for the company...
 
 
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Rahul Mitra  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  3 years ago
The very idea of hybrid cars shows that we are becoming responsible citizens of this world.Yes, the hybrid cars are in infancy stage compared to the gasoline counterparts in manner of power delivery and easy maintainance. Also, at present the...
Kailash Sharma  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  3 years ago
yes Mr. Sudhish, you are right. Hybrid car cannot sustain for long with present fuel and oil crisis.
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respected sir,                               I am RIZ MOHAMED,  a  third  year  mechanical engineering  student in  NOORUL ISLAM  COLLEGE  OF  ENGINEERING, I would  like to  get   permission  for  in...
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as  we r freshers we dont know about the positions for electricxal engineers.
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phanindra  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  3 years ago
when there is a deficiency in power supply and production in india, electric vehicles make no meaning. Europe lot of current produced by windmills so they have the luxury to use this type of vehicles but not in india.
Satish Yadav  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  3 years ago
Yes i think this will provide us an alternate and reduce our dependency on conventional fuels. i also agree will mr. kailash that there are some concern during long distance drive but there are huge  numbers of people who come in the category of...
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1 Comfort level is too low
2 Educate people
By : Kailash Sharma
K.MOHAN  |  Supported idea  "increase battery storage capacity and increase speed"  |  2 years ago
I missed this alternative vehicle discussion. i am for environment friendly cars/vehicles. The electric car has not taken off in a big way as they are at present suited to intercity travel only owing to lower mileaage per charge. They cant take...
Arun Murali  |  Added idea  "Educate people"  |  3 years ago
From this blog i can safely say people are not educated enough about this car. We have to educate them.    Ill give it a try. To all this car that we are talking about is called as "Nissan Leaf".   It is expected to be an electric car to be sold...
 
 
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Arun Murali  |  Argues in support of  "e- cars"  |  3 years ago
Sorry, I travel 60 kms a day and I have health problems when in dusty or rainy situations.   Cycle cant replace my car. But if cycling was possible save a lot of money and walk that distance its a good exercise.
Ramachandran Mahadevan  |  Argues in support of  "E-cycles/e-bikes"  |  3 years ago
It is possible and common man will enjoy it in rural and urban areas.   Commercialisation at a cheaper rate is not being done
C Nijagunaradhya  |  Argues in support of  "e- cars"  |  3 years ago
I think majority of people prefer COMFORT in travelling. Thats the reason everyone of us wanna have it.  When it comes to the point of traffic i would say that govt should start construction of  METRO RAIL in every city from now itself because...
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1 More postive steps from Government
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Jagadish Bhombore  |  Added idea  "More positive steps from Governement"  |  2 years ago
When Hybrid Car becomes common in Indian Market, then Government should make it mandatory for LCV to adopt the technology.
Kailash Sharma  |  Supported idea  "More postive steps from Government"  |  3 years ago
If there is more awareness created about the hybrid cars and also about its fuel efficiency in Indian roads, government and people can take a real initiative promoting new hybrid cars...
 
 
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Manish Agrawal  |  Answered  |  4 years ago
As far as pollution goes, if rechargeable batteries are one of the hybrid energy forms, central production of electricity allows better pollution control anyway.
 
 
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Jaguar Announces Plans To Build Extended Range XJ Hybrid Electric Car Similar to the Volt !-- google_ad_client = 'pub-7986326907675573'; google_ad_channel = 'withinpost'; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; google_ad_format = '300x250_as'; google_ad_type = 'text_image'; google_color_border = 'FFFFFF'; google_color_bg = 'FFFFFF'; google_color_link = '000000'; google_color_text = '343434'; google_color_url = '677601'; //-- window.google_render_ad(); There appears to be two camps when it comes to deciding on the engineering of electric cars. Some automakers such as Tesla, Mitsubishi, Nissan, BMW, Toyota and Ford believe pure electrics or plug-in parallel hybrids are the way to go. O...
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Nand Jha  |  Commented  |  4 years ago
Thanks for the insight....and Hybrid cars are the future according to me as it is going to cut down on carbon emissions than the electric cars,...
 
 
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