New hybrid bike "Eneloop" proposed by Sanyo

It is not just cars that are hybrids, the bike too! The company Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.. released in Japan a bicycle electric bike hybrid called Eneloop. It is a two-wheeler environmentally innovative.

It can produce and maintain its own energy. It is equipped with "Two Wheel Drive providing a more stable and more secure and the new" Power up mode "to move, 30% of the power comes from the legs of the cyclist and 70% by the engine.

This bike generates electricity and charges the lithium battery during use. It has a charging system when braking ("Load Brake System") that allows it to automatically recharge the battery in the descents or when the rider slows . In automatic mode, it fits on all roads: it assists the rider gently on the flat, enhances and intensifies its assistance when the coast is steep and charges in line of descent or deceleration. In all, the cyclist can carry up to 100 km. The monthly output in Japan is 1 000 units. The selling price of 136 TTC is ¥ 290 (approx. € 891). Sanyo has not said when the bike Eneloop will be marketed in Europe. The sooner the better!

Lampo Protoscar & Spider Brusa, 1 or 2 electric motors for Swiss

We discovered at the Geneva Motor Show a prototype electric sports, the Lampo Protoscar. The car was not totally new since it took over the basis of an Opel GT, but as his body, all its features were original. Lampo the innovation as so formidable by its system to recover the energy lost in braking, but not its engine was not original. It came from the Swiss manufacturer Brusa, and we had the opportunity to make a small tour (in passenger) in a prototype that was used to develop a green spider. 

It's a small car! A real toy for which the expression in car mount is out of place, but after seeing the lack of exhaust, we go on with pleasure. In this ultra-lightweight body and with the instant torque of an electric motor, acceleration is kick, and the lack of roof amplifies all the sensations. The Spider is a prototype development, it is not possible to judge the finish or the road, which are those of a car kit, but its electric motor responds frankly to any request for the accelerator and a blast! 

The Lampo Protoscar walking 2 times better, since it has not one but 2 engines (one per axle). This is not for performance reasons, but to optimize energy management. It is like the 4x4, for example the BMW X3, which has a transmission with variable distribution of power. It is 40% over the front wheels and 60% on the rear wheels under normal circumstances, but this may vary from 50/50 to 0 / 100 depending on the situation. The Lampo operates a similar system, but not in the power transmission at the level of recovery of energy lost in braking. 

The same way that a car has a system of distribution of braking power between front and rear wheels, 2 engines of Lampo enable it to recover more energy with a train than another. All this requires a great deal of mail, but it is precisely the strong point of Protoscar, who also designed a charging system ultra sophisticated, fully customizable and programmable. The car accepts the 220 V, 10, 16 or 32 A. It fits or does what the driver him. You have to think off-peak and peak. 

You can program the car it does not assume that during a given hour. This does not seem very relevant in view of the modest price of electricity, but all countries in Europe have already experienced peak electricity consumption. We know there will be times when it will not recharge his car, and who wants to see Protoscar far (he also designed a photovoltaic recharging station), it was necessary to provide this. With 200 kW and 440 Nm of torque, Lampo accelerates from 0 to 100 km / h in 5 s, and 280 kg of Lithium-Ion battery (capacity of 33.6 kWh) to provide a range of 200 km. We will soon see the roll ...