States auto giant increase investment in new energy vehicle competition strength

States auto giant increase investment in new energy vehicle competition strength

The world's first electric car is the car. 1881 French engineers GustaveTrouve to the assembly of lead-acid battery-powered tricycle, which is the world's first to be powered by rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles. After this lead-acid battery-powered electric vehicles gradually beginning of the epidemic and become a powerful tool for travel, the first a speed of over 100 kilometers of the car is a bullet of the electric car, driving by a Belgian, in 1899 In May to 110 kilometers per hour hit the record.





With the popularity of electric vehicles, to the late 19th century, many American, British and French companies have started production of electric vehicles. At this point the electric vehicle has been developed to have spoke wheels, tires inflated, comfortable chairs and a spring inside the luxurious decoration. To 1912, the United States has 34,000 electric vehicles registered.

1911, invented a car engine, made in relation to fuel cars, electric vehicles more attractive, from breaking the electric vehicles in the market leading position. Ford and Ford T mass production vehicle, its price fell sharply, eventually occupied most of the market, and to allow electric cars gradually disappear.

Now, with oil prices rising, atmospheric pollutants brought about environmental issues, electric vehicles and other new energy vehicle re-entry into people's attention.

April 2008, the new U.S. sales of motor vehicles and energy in 2007 compared to the same period increased by 46 percent, sales reached 39,900. As a result, new energy, automobile market share exceeded 3 percent to 3.2 percent.

This is in the United States has always been a vehicle to support the new energy policy results. In early 2002 the U.S. government raised fuel cell vehicles FreedomCAR Partnership Scheme, by the U.S. Department of Energy and the American Automobile Research Council (USCAR) cooperation on sustainable economic development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology and related hydrogen supply infrastructure technology cooperation in R & D projects.

After Bush took office, Geng Shiba research and development of fuel cell vehicles to the energy security and national economic security position, and proposed establishing a "hydrogen economy" slogan, developed a realization of the "hydrogen economy" of the road map. Bush asked the U.S. Department of Energy in the development of the financial year budget, a 322 million U.S. dollars for fuel cell and hydrogen technology projects.

In addition, the U.S. government also subsidies new energy vehicles, such as the same model of the hybrid engine than the traditional assembly of more than 3,000 U.S. dollars in your car, but the implementation of 2000-4000 dollars per vehicle on the preferential tax policies, higher than the Prices were offset by the Government's preferential policies, which means that the price of some hybrid cars also cheaper than regular. ,

All along, Japan is the United States in the field of hydrogen car powerful competitors. Japan is the development of new energy technology to the fastest one of several countries, from 1993 onwards began to implement "the world's energy network" plan, deep study of hydrogen technology and infrastructure, and hope to gradually extend to the 2020 Hydrogen Can.

In the hybrid electric vehicle product development, Japan is more than other countries, stable world-leading position. Japan's Toyota Motor Corporation is the world's first hybrid vehicle to achieve the industrialization of the enterprise, in hybrid vehicle technology research and development and large-scale production has accumulated a great deal of experience.

And the United States, the Japanese government also provided substantial support policy, universities, research institutes engaged in the development of fuel cell given more subsidies. Meanwhile, the Toyota hybrid car subsidies, 600,000 yen per vehicle, the vehicle to give consumers buy 200,000 yen subsidies. Oil prices rise to 70 dollars, its hybrid vehicles beginning to show the advantages.

In Europe, pure electric vehicles have a certain market, of which the most successful and well-known models is electric Peugeot 106, such a nickel-cadmium battery-powered electric vehicles through more than 10 years of development, has been in European countries, particularly in the Government Departments, have a large number of users.

At the same time, European governments have also in the new energy vehicles formulated a series of preferential policies. France to encourage and support the development of new energy cars, automobile distribution of such a policy: dealers each sold five conventionally powered vehicle, it must sell a clean-fuel vehicles. At the same time, the Government formulated a clean car tax relief policies. Whether manufacturers or dealers, from the distribution links and link research and development arising from the huge costs, most of the government's preferential policies and subsidies to digest, there was not excessive passed on to consumers. In Britain, ordinary cars into the British capital London is to charge, but if driving is the hybrid will be free.

Giant big competition

Now have the strength of the international automobile giants have formed three major corps. The hybrid Toyota Corps mainly represented. 1997, the world's first mass-produced hybrid Toyota Prius listing in June this year, including the Lexus luxury brand campaign, the company's global sales of hybrid vehicles has exceeded 1 million, of which Cape Rui Andean sales accounted for 75 percent. Toyota announced the availability of environmentally friendly hybrid Toyota plans will be the core content.

Fuel cell vehicles on behalf of General Motors. General Motors issued a statement that: If a large-scale production, General Motors in 2010 before developing a cost comparable with the traditional vehicles of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

U.S. General Electric Company is the first development of fuel cell companies, as early as the 1960s will be used for spacecraft fuel cells, hydrogen fuel cell technology advance in the forefront of exploration.

Diesel and other alternative energy sources for vehicles in Europe, most mature development. Its representatives are wearing Volkswagen - grams Group.

In addition to the vehicle in competition, the big international competition has already begun to rise in key technology standards. For instance, cell technology, since both in hybrid and pure electric vehicles or fuel cell vehicles, battery technology is the key, in recent years, has been in research and development of new energy to spare no effort on the major Japanese auto makers have begun to focus on its dominance Competition.

Currently Toyota, Nissan The two companies have to seize the initiative, Toyota and Matsushita Electric to set up a new company, a hybrid battery development and production. Nissan Motor Co. and NEC Corp. plans to joint production of lithium-ion batteries, and plans to mass production around 2010.

Japanese electronics giant Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. announced that it will begin mass production next year, the high-end hybrid batteries. Sanyo also said that the German Volkswagen Group has become its partner.

In the development of technical standards, the United States and Japan have pledged to spare no effort to help promote the "international standardization" of the process, Japanese companies also strive to safety standards and charging and so on the international standardization bodies (ISO) certification, with a view to the field Snatch the initiative.

Among them, to fuel cell standards as an example, it is reported that, by the Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry suggested that Toyota Motor, Matsushita Electric, Tokyo Gas, Sanyo, such as in fuel cell development of powerful enterprises have formed a joint fuel cell development company; General Motors Corp. and BMW AG of Germany formed a fuel cell vehicle development alliance, a view that these large enterprises in the Commonwealth of R & D cooperation under the name gradually monopoly fuel cell standards.

In a number of energy companies for new cars leading position in the race, once the dominant road map has started the trend of diversification. General Motors has announced that with the Association for the Study of American Electric Power (EPRI) and more than 30 power companies launched large-scale cooperation to accelerate the promotion of electric cars plugged in the commercialization process.

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