Eliica

The Eliica (Electric Lithium- Ion battery Car) is a battery-powered electric car, which was developed by a team at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. In charge here was Hiroshi Shimizu, the research in the field of electrical power plants since the 1970s. Shimizu is convinced that the common prejudice against electric vehicles can be covered from public view only when extremely powerful vehicles exceed the performance of the fastest combustion engine vehicles or at least reach. Therefore, when Eliica had a top speed of 400 km / h development goal - have been achieved so far in tests in Nardo 370 km / h

Constructive details

The Eliica is 5.1 m long and has a mass of 2400 kg, the body has a slight resemblance to a Citroën DS. The front doors are conventionally, but run the rear doors as hinged doors. The chassis is constructed according to the skateboard concept and includes batteries and power electronics, the eight wheels each have a compact, housed in the hub unit from the engine, transmission ( a fixed reduction ) and brake. The front four wheels are designed steerable. Benefits of unusual construction with eight wheels are:

• It can work with smaller wheels identical traction are achieved
• Through the smaller wheels, the wheel housing can be made smaller, this results in more space in the interior
• It is relatively simple chassis parts a good ride comfort feasible

Performance

Depending on the reduction is either an acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in 4 seconds in combination with a top speed of 190 km / h ( acceleration model) or a top speed of 370 km / h with a lower acceleration (which used for record attempts speed model) possible. The acceleration model is moved from Shimizu's team regularly on the road. The range with a full battery charge is 320 km, this is a ten-hour charging is needed.