See what's driving the future IAA 2007

Fair report from the 62nd international motor show in Frankfurt, all in the sense of ''See what's driving the future''. Part 1: Plug-in-Hybrid PHEV. Part 2:other, just building.
Mitsubishi electric car iEV Mitsubishi electric car iEV
  130 km/h top speed and 160km range are enough for a small car. Refuel with cheap electric power in the own garage instead of wasting time at the gasoline station.


New electric scooter models from IO New electric scooter models from IO
  Unimportant optical unimportant care for a different look of the new models. Deciding is the new stronger wheel hub engine.


New wheel hub engine New wheel hub engine
  The deciding difference to the old model is the new wheel hub engine. The earlier IO-scooter model was not able to compete with the E-Max S on the montain, now this is reverse.


Honda Photovoltaic Honda Photovoltaic
  Where comes tomorrow the fuel for our cars? Honda shows on the IAA booth the answer with a CIGS thinfilm photovoltaic.




Mitsubishi iEV interior They drive on the left side in Japan, let's hope, that this car comes soon also in the rest of the world. Mitsubishi iEV battery 88 of this 50 Ah Lithium cells make 330 Volt and 16 kWh battery capacity. 14 pieces would fit very well as an upgrade in my E-Max S electric scooter. Mitsubishi iEV battery pack The 50 Ah Lithium cells are organized in blocks with 4 cells. 22 of this blocks with 4 cells yield 88 cells with 330 Volt. Pernament magnet synchronous motor 47 kW electric engine frrom the Mitsubishi iEV electric car with 180 Nm torque. This is used for the rear wheel drive. 50 kW socket The Mitsubishi electric car iEV has a built in 110 or 220 Volt charger. Here is the socket to connect an external 50 kW fast charger.