ecocar car : Electric Car Uses Bumps to Charge Battery

This strange looking car is an interesting concept designers, industrial Kim Jung Hoon was a record year for the 2010 Michelin Challenge Design competition. Unlike other electric cars, which is connected in particular in relation to the charging station or an extension cord, Eco-P has four piezoelectric devices to recharge the battery when the car is moving.

Kim thought the P-Eco, that the car is a lot of energy that can be collected and converted to lose. Whenever the vehicle is in motion, and vibration is reflective and could be used piezoelectric device to generate power that can recharge the battery. Piezo on both sides of each seat, this concept car can not be operated effectively without additional costs for electricity or gasoline.

Car, of course, the need for other energy sources, such as backup, especially if it is not used for some time. But it would be fairly easy to draw, and the batteries to charge only in the home network, and then keep moving car while on the road. Concept is based on the future effectiveness of the piezoelectric based, it makes sense, I know, but now will one day produce uneven road, it was really good.

Concept car : BMW Active Hybrid X6 2010

 

BMW announced the production version of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6. The BMW ActiveHybrid X6 will make its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in September and will reach US BMW Centers in fourth-quarter 2009. The overall drive system featured in the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 consists of a 400 hp twin-turbocharged V8 gasoline engine and two electric synchronous motors delivering 91 hp and 86 hp, respectively. Maximum system output is 480 hp, and peak torque reaches 575 lb-ft. 

 

Precisely controlled interaction of the three power units optimizes the overall efficiency of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 at all speeds, with acceleration from a standstill to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds. Top speed of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 is limited electronically to 130 mph, with average fuel consumption in the EU test cycle improved by roughly 20%, and a CO2 emission rating of 231 grams per kilometer. EPA ratings will be available closer to the market introduction.

BMW ActiveHybrid X6 able to run exclusively on electric power – and that is entirely free of CO2 – up to a speed of 37 mph (60 km/h), with the combustion engine being activated automatically whenever required. With the two electric motors, three planetary gearsets and four multi-plate clutches, drive power is transmitted through a 7-speed automatic transmission. As would be expected in a BMW, the driver can operate the transmission manually. BMW’s lauded xDrive all-wheel-drive system distributes the power between the front and rear axles.

Concept Car : Aptera 330mpg

Yeah, you're laughing at this weird-looking half-egg-shaped concept car now, but when gasoline costs $10 a gallon not too long from now, this 330 mile-per-gallon Aptera concept car might start looking pretty damn good. It cops that high-mpg efficiency with a fuel-sipping diesel engine lashed onto hybrid technology, coupled with its wind-slippery aerodynamics and 850-pound weight.
Stare at it long enough, and it starts looking like a lemon that's been cut in half. Will it be a lemon? Wait a couple of years to find out, because the Aptera's designer, Accelerated Composites, says the three-wheeled fuel miser will hit the road by the end of 2008 at a sticker price of less than $20K. – Charlie White