New Cars 2011 Nissan Leaf, Electric Vehicles, Fun Cars,

New Cars 2011 Nissan Leaf, Electric Vehicles, Fun Cars.

Leaf upcoming Nissan hatchback electric car will move closer to the real world, and far beyond the few boutique electric vehicles available to consumers today. Leaves will almost certainly be first in the next generation of pure electric cars from a large volume, a major producer of cars. It runs on batteries without any combustion engine or electric motor to supplement the electricity produced, and designed for specific drivers for everyday use. Leaves should be available to consumers in the United States before the end of 2010, according to Nissan.

Slightly larger than the subcompact Nissan Versa familiar, the zero-emission cars Leaf is excited with room for five and the cargo space is good. Its 100-mile range beyond the everyday needs of all but the farthest trip passengers, and it's loaded with things that are meant to make ownership easier.

New Cars 2011 Nissan Leaf, Electric Vehicles, Fun Cars.

Secret Leaves, and probably the closest thing to a breakthrough, which was hidden in the battery pack. Except widely praised beats hybrid Chevy Volt to the market, Leaf will be volume-produced car first with a lithium-ion batteries. Now familiar in laptops, mobile phones and other small devices, Li-ion batteries has long been considered not suitable for automotive applications. Nissan, though, they have developed for that purpose together with NEC since 1992 electronic.

Leaf battery is actually an array sheets laminated lithium-ion batteries made of manganese. Each rectangular sheet 12-by-10 inches, about half an inch thick, arranged in modules of heavy metal-encased total 395 pounds. Nissan says Li-ion battery has twice the storage capacity of any battery used in automotive applications today. They are in charge of and operate at a lower temperature than lead-acid or ni-cad battery, according to the engineer, and after five years of daily drain cycle, they remain 80 percent of its original capacity.

The value of Li-ion battery is quite simple: It gives Leaves various plug-160 kilometers per charge, or check under 100 miles, in a typical urban driving cycle. According to Transportation Department data, 98 percent of all drivers Americans drive less than 100 miles per day.

New Cars 2011 Nissan Leaf, Electric Vehicles, Fun Cars.

Li-ion battery compact modules give designers great flexibility in creating Leaf. Batteries according to the purpose-designed electric vehicle frame, stacked between the wheels beneath the interior floor. The leaf design adds to the overall stiffness, and it makes weight evenly on all four wheels. Most importantly, the battery takes almost no volume than a conventional cabin space.

They remind the battery packed in five-door swoopy from Versa, only prettier and more aero fine. Nissan has been shown by the Leafs were very close to production trim, with a neatly designed interior centered on the Scandinavian-looking pile of touch switches. Leaves have slightly more interior volume than the Versa, with a comfortable room for four adults. The dips in the trunk area behind the battery, so there's plenty of room for gear even when the folding rear seats occupied.

Nissan is still a bit vague about the launch plans for the leaf, if it is called a leaf when it went on sale in the United States. The company says the car must be available to fleet customers in the second half of 2010, with general retail sales in key markets like California shortly thereafter. Nissan's next generation Li-ion battery, which is maybe twice the reach of the car, according to the company, could be ready by the year 2012, when the leaves should be available in dealerships nationwide.

Guessing by placing a retail price between $ 24,000 and $ 30,000. The battery alone currently costs $ 10,000 to produce, according to one Nissan engineer. At the retail level, the batteries may be leased to the buyer leaves, so the cost is not necessarily reflected in the price of the car.

New Cars 2012 Ford Focus, Elegant, Dinamic,Luxurious, Powertrains

New Cars 2012 Ford Focus, Elegant, Dinamic,Luxurious, Powertrains

The 2010 Focus is a full C-sized small cars with new technology, new powertrains and features new customers, some of which are not offered by other cars in this class. This is a large market segment that accounts for 2 million units of production per year and include the Toyota Corolla, Nissan Sentra, Mazda 3, and the upcoming Chevrolet Cruze. Focus has been a great success for Ford since it was launched early in 1998, sold more than 9.2 million cars worldwide from production plants in Germany, Russia, Spain, the Philippines, China, South Africa, and Vietnam.

In the United States, the focus will be available in five-door hatchback and four-door sedan version. In Europe, the Focus is also available as three-door hatchback, including RS 300-horsepower model.

New Cars 2012 Ford Focus, Elegant, Dinamic,Luxurious, Powertrains

New Focus will be built around a Ford powertrain is completely new, which begins with the engine's all-aluminum four-cylinder 2.0-liter-second feature Denso fuel direct injection system and TiVCT, twin camshaft variable independent of time, two features that , taken together, provide a very smooth idle with high horsepower and torque numbers, as well as an excellent fuel and emissions performance, does not reveal current numbers. early power figures are 155 horsepower and 145 foot-pounds of torque using a very high compression ratio 12:01, previously only suitable for racing engines. Then, there will be a turbocharged 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine version is offered to purchasers of performance-minded, and still later, the Ford may offer a direct-injection common rail diesel version, already scheduled for Europe, the hybrid version, and version of the electric battery.

All models will use a Ford Focus in 2012 a new six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, quick-shifting automatic that does not have a traditional torque converter and can be used as a manual transmission. This transmission will feature a hill-start feature that holds the brakes for 2.5 seconds on the slopes, making it easier to drive in hilly cities. Focus using the front wheels.

New Cars 2012 Ford Focus, Elegant, Dinamic,Luxurious, Powertrains

New chassis will be directed around by the electric power steering that does not take the power of the engine to run and thus improve fuel mileage. Front and rear suspension will be mounted on a semi-insulated subframes to decrease nasal, vibration and hardness, with a new independent rear suspension, called the blade control, front strut suspension and torsion-torque vector system of the engine that moves from side to side during cornering maneuvers to increase traction and reduce understeer when turning.

Ford says 55 percent of the body will be made of high strength steel and 26 percent of ultra-high-strength steel boron to pass all future crash standards worldwide, and will come with seven air bags. Ford said the new Focus will be 25 percent stiffer overall than the car out. \

A brand new interior design by looking at the current high technology with all-new exterior design. A completely new MyFord and touch-screen control system will be offered on the new Focus, improvements on existing Sync system, with either two 4-inch screen, or one 4-inch screen and one 8-inch touch screen, with steering wheel buttons and voice activation for climate control, telephone, entertainment and navigation functions while the driver concentrates on the road in front. Package includes Bluetooth connectivity, satellite navigation, iPod and MP3 plug. Other technologies will include a stop / start button for the engine, keyless entry, capless fuel filler, spy cameras, and parallel-parking system is automated.

New 2012 Fiat 500, Future Cars, Small Cars, Micro Cars, Sports and Fun

New 2012 Fiat 500, Future Cars, Small Cars, Micro Cars, Sports and Fun

There is widespread speculation that the Fiat 500 will be sold in the United States beginning sometime in 2011. A city car built by Italian car maker, a small Fiat 500 is designed for fun and frugal. Think of it as a competitor to the Mini Cooper and Honda Fit, though it is expected to be cheaper.

With a retro style and sporty choices, the Fiat 500 will likely be positioned as a premium subcompact. This is expected to be sold at Chrysler dealerships.

Fiat 500 may not be available in several body styles: two-door coupe, convertible two door, four-door sedan, and high-performance Abarth version. Hatchback front-wheel-drive is available with a choice of three engines.

New 2012 Fiat 500, Future Cars, Small Cars, Micro Cars, Sports and Fun

The-the-line four-cylinder-engine 1.4-liter is the most likely choice for the U.S. market. 16-valve engine is rated at 99 horsepower and is expected to get about 34 miles per gallon in the city, 45 mpg on the highway. Abarth version is turbocharged and rated at 133 horsepower, it is possible to accelerate 0-60 mph in less than 7.9 seconds.

The current version was launched in July 2007. Its retro style aims to capture the success enjoyed by the Mini Cooper and Volkswagen Beetle. Most of the designs that come from Frank Stephenson who was involved in the design of the Mini Cooper.

Critics love his styling, calling it cute and very attractive. Inside, it gets the same high praise for an attractive design, high quality materials and ease of use.

New 2012 Fiat 500, Future Cars, Small Cars, Micro Cars, Sports and Fun

Two-door coupe is expected first, followed by a conversion, either sometime in 2011. High-performance Abarth model is expected in the year 2012. Four-door version is expected in 2013.

Most of this is speculation, of course, but some officials of Fiat said it would happen and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne announced his intention to sell the U.S. version of the Fiat 500 in the U.S. before the end of 2010.

Chrysler merged with Fiat in January 2009 after President Barrack Obama was forced to push the bankrupt Chrysler merger. Fiat 500 is expected to be built at the Chrysler plant in Toluca, Mexico. Part of the merger agreement is that Fiat will cover the costs of retooling factories to produce Chrysler Fiat models for sale in the U.S. and will provide the engine and transmission technology to help Chrysler to introduce fuel-efficient small cars.expected Pricing $14,000-$24,000