Renault urmăreşte de strategie proactivă de vehicul electric cu inaugurarea unui centru de testare electrică în Lardy, Franţa, pe 14 noiembrie.

        Renault oferă acum o gamă largă de toate, vehicule electrice, care oferă cele mai înalte niveluri de performanţă, datorită, de siguranţă şi de calitate a Grupului  28 milioane Euro  de investiţii şi de trei ani de dezvoltare motopropulsor electric.

    Centrul este piatra de temelie a dezvoltarii brand-ului de noi tehnologii electrice şi case de cele mai multe facilităţi de testare pentru motoare electrice si baterii.

  Operaţionale începând cu anul 2009, a fost extins treptat pentru a acoperi 3.300 de metri patrati si aproximativ 100 de bancuri de proba.

      Over the past three years, the centre has run a comprehensive test programme for the development and validation of the performance, reliability and safety of the electric powerplants fitted to vehicles in the Z.E. [1] range. Lardy’s technicians and engineers have thus acquired extensive testing expertise in the field of electric motor technology. Dedicated test facilities to guarantee the performance and durability of electric powerplants. Renault has recently launched Kangoo Z.E. and Fluence Z.E., the first two of the four new-generation electric vehicles that will be released over the next year. Developing these highly innovative vehicles has called for an extensive list of tests designed to cover the performance, safety and durability of the new components: the electric motor, power electronics unit and battery. Renault has set up dedicated test facilities – housed at Lardy in an electric mobility test centre which has been gradually expanded since 2009.

    The centre spans two buildings and around 100 test benches over a surface area of 3,300 sq. metres: - Eight test benches for electric motors: unlike test benches for internal combustion engines, which are powered by fuel, electric motor test benches run on electricity supplied by a 400V battery simulator. These test benches serve to develop motors and power electronics units and measure performance (torque, power, efficiency, driveability, type approval, safety).

         SEAT prezintă noul Altea XL ECOMOTIVE electrică şi plug-in hibrid Leon Ecomotive TwinDrive. SEAT prevede productia de masini hibride şi electrice începând cu 2015. Automobilul electric consolidează strategia SEAT de mediu.

SEAT has today announced it is working on its first electric car designed, developed and manufactured in Spain. And, as well as unveiling the prototype Altea XL Electric Ecomotive, a totally electrically-driven zero-emissions car, the Spanish manufacturer also presented the prototype Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive, a plug-in hybrid.

   Over the next few months SEAT will make available units of both models to governmental institutions in Catalonia and Madrid for use in their vehicle fleets. This will provide SEAT with valuable information on use of the cars for assessment with a view to mass production of electric vehicles in the medium-term. The company envisages the launch of its first electric plug-in hybrid car in 2015, to be followed a year later by an all-electric car. SEAT’s strategy is to commit to a wide range of alternative technologies. To this end the Spanish manufacturer is unveiling two different but complementary models at the same time. SEAT’s President James Muir stated: “Customers demand a more sustainable form of mobility, but their needs are diverse. Therefore, we believe that a parallel strategy of developing two different technologies will put SEAT in the best position to meet their needs”.

     The announcement of the launch of the first electric vehicles coincides with the start of the biggest new product offensive SEAT has known. The company will be launching four new models onto the marketplace over the forthcoming twelve months. The first will be SEAT’s new urban vehicle - the Mii. Electromobility, a team effort The future of electromobility in Spain depends not only on vehicles but also their components such as batteries, as well as a recharging infrastructure. For this reason SEAT – the number one industrial investor in R&D in Spain – is heading the CENIT VERDE project. This public-private-partnership between manufacturers, universities, research centres and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation is taking a holistic research approach to making the electric vehicle a reality in Spain.

      The Altea XL Electric Ecomotive, SEAT’s first electric carThe Altea XL Electric Ecomotive blazes the trail for electromobility in Spain. It has a range of 135 kilometres and as with all its vehicles, SEAT guarantees driving pleasure with an engine producing 115 hp (85kW) and 270 Nm of torque. This amount of power translates into a limited top speed of 135 kph. With its roomy passenger compartment and generous boot, the electric Altea XL is equally suitable for family or transport company use. By intelligent location of the batteries under the rear seats and the boot, there is no intrusion on the passenger compartment. A sophisticated regeneration system with adjustable braking torque optimises energy use. And when the electric Altea XL is parked in the sun, the rooftop photovoltaic cells recirculates fresh air inside the passenger compartment reducing the energy needed afterwards by the climatic system.