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Sunday, September 19, 2010
First electric Saab: 9-3 ePower
Saab recovered and it shows us very clearly. Conservative Swedish brand will demonstrate in Paris its first all-electric model. It says 9-3 ePower and distinct from standard electric cars a little better performance. Currently a prototype, but the promised capabilities of the car to make us think of the crowds wanting to have it will spur the company for rapid deployment in the range. Yourself see that no ePower fantastic design of the future. All the work was focused on technique and not driven her pack is done 184's of horsepower electric motor. Station wagon accelerates to 100 km / h for 8.5 seconds and develop excellent 150 km / h. So far so good, but not anything special. Regarding the transition to a single charge, however, the Swedes promise about 200 km, which is 25% more than standard press releases that read. Scandinavian lithium-ion battery (actually an American, developed by Boston Power) should be loaded for 3 to 6 hours, also with at least one hour ahead of the average electric. It remains to leak test successfully, something which no doubt that we can buy an electric version of the 9-3 even with the introduction of new generation in two years. Tests will be carried out as a modern recently as 70 selected clients of the firm be granted 9-3 ePower of use for some time. Each of these cars will be fitted with black box to collect the necessary data.