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.
| Volvo Plug-in-Hybrid
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Finally, expectation for a decent car for a strict “no plug, no deal” fan. It will take, regretfully, some years until it will be ready to order at a Volvo dealer.
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| IAA 2007 concept car from Volvo
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Concept cars are usually nice to look, but not decisively for the future. But it is different here. This here looks like a normal car in the Golf class.
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| Volvo wheelhub engine
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The revolution lets nothing like it was before. Gearing, clutch, differential for front and rear, differentials for the axles are yesterday.
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| Volvo wheel hub engines
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All the mechanical insufficiency from a 4 wheel drive replaced by 4 wheel hub engines. Complicate mechanic replaced by some electric cables.
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| Brake better without brakes
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Here is no brake to see, only the wheel hub engine. The total revolution in automobile construction does even not stop at the mechanical brake.
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| Volvo Plug-in-Hybrid Generator
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What is the range of an electric car? As long as the carried generator delivers electric power. The engine has no mechanical contact to the wheels.
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| Volvo Interview Plug-in-Hybrid
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VMCC - Volvo Car Cooperation - Monitoring and Concept Center, Ichiro Sugioka Ph.D speaks about Plug-in-Hybrid cars and vehicle to Grid. 8 minutes Video from the IAA 2007.
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| General Motors Opel fair sensation IAA 2007
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September 13th 11:25, hundreds of journalists wait for the visiot of theGerman prime minister Angela Merkel at the GM fair sensation: The solution for our future mobility.
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| Revelation of the IAA 2007 fair sensation
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2 dancers make a show in front of the veiled fair sensation on Segway scooters. At the end of the performance, the sensation is disclosed for the big public.
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| Opel Flextreme Plug-in-Hybrid
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55 km is the range of the Flextreme only with electric power. On longer distances produces a 1,3 litre Diesel engine with a 53 kW peak generator for the supply with electric power.
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| Tomorrow we will charge our cars like our mobiles
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On the IAA 2007 booth of Opel is near the Flextreme a couch and a desk with plugs to recharge mobiles. On the desk is written:
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| Criteria to purchase a car ready for the future
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At the Flextreme concept car without coachwork is to see the most important criteria to purchase a car in the future: The plug to recharge.
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| Flextreme chassis based on Opel Astra
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Opel builts the Plug-in-Hybrid Flextreme with as much parts from the large serial construction. So the chassis is from the Opel Astra.
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| Serial Hybrid Opel Flextreme
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The 1,3 litre Dieselengine with urea exhaust cleaning resides in the usual position, but it propels only a generator with 53 kW peak performance.
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| Opel Flextreme battery
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The battery is listed with 16 kWh capacity. This sould be enough for 100km or even more. The range of only 55 km is an indicator
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| Urea tank for exhaust cleaning
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The Opel Flextreme has left in the photo a 26 litre Diesel tank. In the smaller tank behind the battery is urea to reduce NOx nitric oxide in the exhaust gases.
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| Opel Flextreme front view
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Already the optic lets assume, hier is a coachwork with very small air resistance. A view below the car show an entire flat bottom.
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| Opel Flextreme side view
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PHEV Plug-in hybrid car. In the rear are the open Segway garage visivle.
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| Opel Flextreme without side mirrors
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Because of the aerodynamic optimization, there are no more side mirrors. Instead of a side mirror are in the fron part of the front side window is a camera installed.
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| Opel Flextreme rear view camera
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At the upper end of the dark deepening is the rear view camera. Finally, one has not to renounce for a central rear view, only because the cargo space if filled up to the top.
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| Instruments in the Opel Flextreme
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In front is a flat screen over the full interior width. The screen shows mainly the pictures from the left, middle and right rear view camera.
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| Opel Flextreme interior
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The front and rear door of the Flextreme open contra-rotating. There is no B pillar.
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| Carry a Segway in a car
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Below the luggage department is a garage for 2 Segway scooters. No, this is not a motorhome, this is a medium sized car.
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| Aerodynamic optimized rims
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Who looks exactly will notice the transparent plastic at the large free spaces of the rim. Only the small free spaces let air to the disk brakes.
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| GM Chevrolet Volt
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The plug-in-hybrid Chevrolet Volt shows on the General Motors fair booth the other options for the generator: Petrol engine or hydrogen fuel cell instead of Diesel engine.
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| Chevrolet Volt gasoline
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The chevrolet Volt with a 3 cylinder turbo engine for the range extender. Because the generator is only used with high load, there is no advantage for the Diesel at small load.
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| Chevrolet Volt Motor
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Is a Diesel engine at 30.000 km a year economical? Presently yes. At a plug-in-hybrid are the borders of economy moved towards the petrol engine.
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| Chevrolet Volt tanks
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The petrol version has 2 tanks with 26 litres. Left is at the Diesel the exhaust pipe. Where at the Diesel is the urea tank, is here the battery longer.
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| Chevrolet Volt Plug-in hybrid hydrogen
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32 km range with the batteries and 480 km with the hydrogen tanks. Mankind will seriously stop the climate disaster. Fossile fuels are highly taxed.
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| Chevrolet Volt Plug-in hybrid with fuel cell
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The plug-in hybrid drive concept makes the use of a fuel cell more easy. 32km range with the batteries alone, complete without fuel cell.
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| Hydrogen tank halfs place for batteries
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The battery for the Chevrolet Volt hydrogen is only half as long as at the petrol version. The front hydrogen tank reduces the space away for the battery.
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| Maybe upgradeable with 4 wheel drive
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At the hydrogen variant of the Chevrolet Volt is at each rear wheel a wheel hub engine. Maybe it's in the future possible to have four wheel drive as an upgrade?
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| Chevrolet Volt front view
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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.
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| Chevrolet Volt side view
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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.
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| Chevrolet Volt flat bottom
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Most of todays cars look very aerodynamic above. But below very cleft. Not so Volt and Flextreme, they have both a flat bottom.
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| Because they do not know what they do
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Should the automobile industry do more for the climate protection? The result, only 1/3 Yes shows the insufficient enlightenment of the car drivers about our future cars.
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The car has no brakes. The huge energy from an emergency stop are directed into the battery. 
