Electric car Visio.M

Electric car Visio.M

About two years ago experts of the companies BMW, Daimler and scientists at the Technical University of Munich (Technical University Munich, TUM) have teamed up to create casual, comfortable, and safe electric car, which even then was named Visio.M. Two years passed, during which the future of the electric car have never been heard, and finally, the development team decided to introduce their offspring to the General public.

Small double electric car Visio.M weighs only 410 pounds, this is almost two times less than the nearest class electric Smart ForTwo car. The reason for such a low weight car Visio.M is that its designers used lightweight carbon fiber and aluminum as main materials of the exterior and interior of this car. In addition, the car window is made of transparent polycarbonate, which is exactly two times lighter than automotive glass.

Electric car Visio.M

"Low weight is very important for electric vehicles," says Professor Marcus Linkup (Markus Lienkamp), head of Department of automotive technologies of University TUM, - "a Greater weight leads to a waste of energy and requires larger capacity batteries with the same value of the maximum distance of travel per charge. In addition, greater weight reduces the dynamic characteristics of the vehicle, to compensate for what the motors require more power, which need a more capacious battery. We managed to create a car that is simple, convenient and efficient as it is at all possible at the present time".

Electric car Visio.M

Due to the fact that the car Visio.M weighs a lot less than other electric cars, he needs an electric engine, with a capacity of just 20 horsepower. In this case, the specified capacity is enough for driving with a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour with maximum range of motion on one charge of the batteries 160 kilometers. Small size and other operational characteristics of the vehicle Visio.M make it the ideal electric car for the urban environment.

Electric car Visio.M

Special attention the designers paid to the issues of traffic safety. Radar with a coverage angle of 360 degrees and a camera system control everything surrounding the vehicle space. Management system that receives information from cameras and other sensors, can identify obstacles, pedestrians and situations which can lead to road accidents. This information is used not only to alert the driver, in the extreme case the system can be used active ingredients for the protection of life, which in most cases can prevent or avoid a car accident.