Electric car to run in 20 paise per charge km
Published On Apr 13, 2011 06:56 PM By CarDekho
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Electric cars are truly the future of the automobile industry as its saves on the environment, carbon di oxide emissions and above all leaves the scarcity of diminishing natural resources. India is to one among the countries which is gearing up for the launch of the such environmentally family cars. It has been reported that few final year students have designed Indo Electra, an electric car. The student are from CPC Polytechnic in Mysore. These students have mainly controlled on the costing part of the car. The electric car will cost almost from Rs 3 to Rs 3.5 lakh which is quite low against the likes. The most expectational aspect is that the new electric car Indo Electra can run in just 20 paise per km.
The electric car sways on two electric engines which are of 500 Watts each and includes 12 eight volt batteries. The car weighs 180 kg with an upper limit of 35 km in one hour, churning 250 kg capacity. The car can the mill for 50 km per charge with four people in and 80 km per charge when two people slipping in. The production cost of the project was Rs 17,000 it included the two auto mobiles for Rs 11,100 for each and Rs 5,300 for the other inputs.
K.T Prakash, the students team said that the team collected info on the electric two vehicles for using them. They found out that if 130 kg weight giving a mileage of 50 km in one charge. Later, the team stated that the four seator will require two of the 500 Watt engines. He also said that the team brought two wheeler which were second hand and made a chassis along with a steering system, acceleration, seating, body and braking. The team managed to complete the project in just 30 days.
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