Bolloré Bluecar

The Pininfarina Bluecar is an electric car and was under the project name Bluecar (also Blue Car or Bolloré Blue Car ) by the battery manufacturer BatScap, a subsidiary of the French conglomerate Groupe Bollore and Pininfarina developed. At BatScap the EDF owns 20%.

Basis of the electric car is that of BatScap constructed in Quimper in Brittany lithium - polymer battery. To record the stream from the regenerative braking and its rapid delivery at ensuing acceleration a supercapacitor is also installed.

The project batScape worked alongside Pininfarina also with Renault together. The engine delivers Matra.

Concept Bluecar

The car should achieve the following technical specifications:

  • Range: 200 to 250 kilometers through a 240- kg lithium -polymer battery that is installed in the middle of the vehicle.
  • Battery charge time: 6 hours.
  • Total weight with battery: 1070 kg
  • Maximum speed: 120-125 km per hour
  • Of the electric motor: 30 kW, in continuous operation, a maximum of 50 kW
  • Consumption costs: the cost of electricity were estimated ( without specifying the price basis ) in the source to 1 euro per 100 kilometers.
  • Length: 3.05 meters
  • Height: 1.61 meters
  • Width: 1.71 meters

Actual data of the Pininfarina Bluecar

  • Range: 250 km through a 300 -pound lithium - metal-polymer battery.
  • Charging time of battery: name of the manufacturer: 6 h, but can be derived from the technical data for a normal household socket, 230 V AC, 16 A, calculate the ideal case: 30 kWh / 3.6 kW yields at least 8.5 h to future power stations or wall boxes are provided by the manufacturer for an accelerated charge 2 hours. This would require charging terminals with a minimum of 15 kW, usually hedged 400 V three-phase current of about 25 A. If required, according to the manufacturer a " flash - Load" 5 minutes is possible with the electric car can at least 25 km to cover. This can, however, calculate that for the fast charge terminals must provide at least about 36 kW (25 km / 250 km range * 30 kWh / 5 min = 36 kW).
  • Maximum speed: 110 kilometers per hour ( electronically limited).
  • Engine power: 50 kW, battery peak power: 45 kW ( 30s). With a steady pace are about 5 kW 50 km / h for 130 km / h already about 25 kW would be needed. The higher engine performance improves both acceleration and the efficiency of recuperation.
  • Energy Information: The technical data results in approx 30 kWh / 250 km, which is roughly 12 kWh per 100 km. The actual cost will depend on the individual cost of electricity ( in Germany in 2013 about 0.25 € / kWh ) and the individual consumption from which can vary greatly according to user behavior.
  • Battery Energy: 30 kWh (410 Volt, 75 Ah at C / 4). This applies strictly speaking only at a discharge of about 18.75 A, ie only when the accumulator has to give about 7 kW permanent. Which is in turn at a constant speed of about 60-70 km / h is the case. Details depending on the capacity of a battery by discharging see accumulator.

The external form, the body of the Pininfarina Bluecar was initially presented as Protoptyp by Pininfarina under the name Pininfarina B0. It was developed by Lowie Vermeersch, head of the design by Pininfarina.

  • Five-door
  • Length: 3.65 meters
  • Height: 1.60 meters
  • Width: 1.72 meters
  • Wheelbase: 2.50 meters

Production

The manufacture of the vehicle assumes a 50-50 joint venture between Pininfarina and Bolloré ( " Véhicules Électriques Pininfarina - Bolloré "). The assembly will take place at the assembly plant of Pininfarina in Turin. Essential components Bolloré put forth in Quimper and Montreal.

After originally the start of delivery for late summer 2009, it was announced should be from spring or summer 2010, the first cars will be delivered to customers, while the production of the batteries should begin in September 2009. According to the report, there were about 6,000 pre-orders in September 2009. The vehicle then celebrated in October 2009 on a scooter exhibition in Munich Germany its premiere. The schedule has been postponed again: a first prototype is now rolling in 2010, the series production is planned for 2011.

In the first half of 2010, there were differences in the strategic objectives between the partners Pininfarina Bollore and which are until now (August 2010) does not conclusively resolved. As a final solution of the purchase of the shares of a joint - venture partner by the other partner could bring about a solution. The differences should have their origin partly in the different policies of the governments of France and Italy regarding the incentives to electric cars.

Bollore has awarded the contract for the equipment of the car-sharing service Autolib ' in Paris and the surrounding areas with 3000 electric cars of the type Bluecar end of 2010. This took in December 2011 official operation and is expected to 2018Vorlage: Future / In 4 years, the breakeven point ( break-even ) exceed.

Price

In the spring of 2013, the BlueCar is offered for retail price of 19,000 euros in France. State promotion of Euro 7000 can be taken advantage of and lowers the price to 12,000 euros ( some French districts provide additional incentives). Not included in the price is the battery, which must be rented for 80 euros a month. Originally it was only possible to rent the vehicle. Yet in March 2008 lease costs were predicted by EUR 500 a month. In an interview of 20 October 2010 for the French radio station EUROPE 1 called Vincent Bolloré, President of the conglomerate Groupe Bollore a price of 10 EUR per day for a minimum term of 3 months.

Since mid-2012, customers can rent a vehicle for 330 euros per month, which had already been announced for the year 2010.

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