Think EV

[katakisLives]

Is it really here? how many people outside of London have seen one? I've never seen one!

[ClunnEVs]

as a electric car driver i.d like to know ,, what voltage is the car , how many kwhours is the battery pack what size motor and controller ?

[no1saphead]

Go back to the MINI..

[tgkprog]

how many are being sold a month?

[Redshift21]

Ok so the car is £14'000 I think he said but theres also battery rental as well... how much is that gonna be ?

[anthonycut]

They are NO LONGER involved with Ford....although Th!nk did help Ford create my 2000 Ford Ranger EV NiMH...yes the REAL EV batteries the ones used in HYBRIDS and patent owned by CHEVRON!...

[Redshift21]

And Chevron sued Toyota to stop them using the same battery tech in the Rav4 EV..... dirty tricks aplenty from Chevron.

[ogicabp4u]

if you buy and old honda civic 92-95 you can sell the engine and convert it to electric. Take about 80 hours and 10,000USD. old hond 2000 - 3000USD. hmmm.....but the reason they are expensive is they are new and in low production...when they hit mass market status the price will drop dramatically.

did with gas cars...the computer..the mobile phone...wait and see

[voyager1985]

now why are they not at every ford dealer in america , canada and especially the hawaiian islands.

[sailor999BOI]

$200.00/month to "rent" the batteries -- Someone's dreaming here! Why would I want to rent batteries? I buy a car -- and I would expect to buy the batteries as well. Otherwise, I'll look to other alternatives!!!

[MooseOfReason]

Right. Now, how much do you imagine those batteries cost? And you do want to pay that lump sum every five years?

[Zamboro]

Did you watch the video? You don't pay a lump sum every 5 years. You cover the cost of the battery through a modest monthly fee.

[MooseOfReason]

@Zamboro, read the comment I replied to.

[vogt48]

$30,000 makes it potentially no more than a rich man's toy. I don't care what the technology is it's not enough car for the money. Reduce that by a third and I could begin to think about it.

[MooseOfReason]

It's only $30,000 because the dollar's sinking against the pound. GM wants to charge over $40,000 for the Volt.

[lesvogt]

At that price they'll sell dozens of them.

[nidaros1112]

Do you have any idea what cars cost in Europe? It's not very cheap, but we pay that price loads of small cars.

[vogt48]

No, I have no idea what cars cost in Europe. I also understand there are some incentives for efficiency there. I salute you for it. Here ( I live in Chicago) it's very much different. The prices of cars and gas are much lower but we pay fortunes for healthcare and education. I think you have the better of it. I can buy a BMW 3 or an Audi A6 for about $40,000. I want an electric but A. They're not selling them and B. I can't justify the cost.

[MooseOfReason]

So, I suppose the Prius is also a "rich man's toy"?

But the price could "lower" if the US dollar went up in value. Shouldn't happen anytime soon, though.

[uPowerTV]

It have right now 3 battery options

all is about 370V 245-260 kg:

* MesDea"Zebra"HighTemp,28kWh 245kg

* 123systems LiFePO4 19kWh 260kg

* Enerdel Lithium Manganese 26kWh 260kg

Nice

[uPowerTV]

(This is movie 1 of 2, listen to the test drive and the economics in part 2)

So It has 19 and 26-28kWh sizes on the "tank", it seems to consumes only about 1.5kWh per 10km city driving

A gas car, same size is about 5-6kwh. A normal European gas car in town-driving is about 8-12kWh, a Hummer H2 or Big US-pickup soaks over 10 times the Th!nk energy per mile!

Londoner, Please also consider the

"Smart EV", see videos in my playlist.

Danny, Thanx for your work and sharing this with us!

/uPower

[FtAbeLincoln]

Think now has A123 batteries. GE just dumped a ton of money into both Think and A123. These batteries don't explode, have a huge cycle life and can really handle high amp discharge and can charge amazingly fast. The same batteries as in the Chevy Volt and the Dewalt 36volt power tools. Safe, powerful and could be recharged as fast as filling with petrol.