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Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it will fix the 650,000 Prius hybrids worldwide. Improvement campaign is done because there is damage to the cooling pump (coolant pump) that resulted in this rapid-selling hybrid engine hot (overheat) and can strike. However, the Toyota claimed to have received the report whether to have an accident because of it. Of the total number of the above, as many as 378,000 units sold in the United States (U.S.) for the production of 2004 to 2007. Announcements for improvement can be seen the details on Toyota dealers across the United States and the process started in December.
Unlike the recall, campaign like this is often done major U.S. manufacturers, especially those that do not threaten the safety of passengers and no reports.
John Hanson, spokesman for Toyota USA, said the company also plans to replace components that are problematic for the Prius hybrid outside the U.S. Hanson ensure that such damage occurs only on appropriate models production years 2004-2007. Therefore, production next year is already using other components.
For the U.S., California region became the main location of improvements since the Prius is the largest population in the city, that number reached 107,500 units. The cost of repair and replacement of damaged components will be borne entirely by the Toyota.
Posted in Auto Info
Honda, number two car manufacturers in Japan and number one motorcycle manufacturer in the world, plans to launch a demo and test electric vehicles future generations of small or personal mobility (the experimental vehicle).
The types of vehicles used were electric cars and plug-in hybrids, the newest (EV-neo scooter) electric scooters and other electric vehicles. The test is done in two areas, namely, Kumamoto and Saitama prefectures in Japan. The aim is to determine the efficiency of automotive technology, motorcycles and cars as well as ancillary devices, for example, communication technology. In this trial, solar energy station is also used using a very thin solar cells made by Honda Soltec.
The real target of this program is the realization of low-carbon environment to improve the quality of life and public health in urban areas. At the end of this year, Honda plans to continue this program in the United States, with the main target areas with high concentrations of traffic. In that country, Honda will demonstrate electric cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles with Stanford University, Google Inc., and the city of Torrence, California, under the Advanced Technology Demonstration Program.
Posted in Motorcycle
This is the way that the United States Government does to encourage people to buy electric cars made in that country, the Chevrolet Volt. A total of 4400 car buyers who first went on sale at the end of this year will get a free battery charger to be installed at home. Remarkably, the system charging voltage is 240 volts, while the electrical system in the country was 110 volts.
According to General Motors, 240-volt charging system was obtained from ECOtality. Inc. and Coulombs Technologies explained that this program is run by the American Recovery Act and Reinvestment who obtained funding from the initiator Transportation Electrification under United States Department of Energy (DOE).
“Many car owners will be plug the Volt will be 120-volt socket. Charge the battery overnight and tomorrow morning at home driving a Volt just by relying on energy from the battery, “said Tony DiSalle, Director Product & Marketing Chevrolet Volt. Read the rest of this entry »
Although hybrid vehicles in the United States had sold three percent of all vehicles sold in the country, 26 percent of Americans according to a survey turned out to have considered buying an electric vehicle as the vehicle they would buy next. The survey conducted on 1752 adults by the Consumer Report. Of that amount, approximately 72 percent had not wanted to buy electric cars.
The numbers were smaller than those who want to buy a Tesla Roadster. This is due to limited infrastructure to facilitate operational electric cars. It is estimated, the change in the consideration of people buying electric cars will be influenced by the price.
Meanwhile, Nissan, Ford, and General Motors will soon market the electric cars around 18 months ahead. These three companies have not provided information on the expected price of electric cars that will be marketed; Analysts expect that the price of their products between 25,000 dollars and 40,000 U.S. dollars, the price was not yet certain, whether including the battery and get a tax subsidy from the government.
One-fifth of all respondents indicated that they do not want to pay more for electric vehicles. The other one-fifth would pay 5000 dollars in addition because they understand that prices are still very expensive battery. Estimated, the electric car market could reach double digits in the next few years.
Posted in Electric Car