Monday, May 16, 2011

Opel platform supports National Electric Mobility

The Adam Opel AG, has welcomed the second report published today, the National Platform for Electric Mobility (NPE). "The recommendations to the federal government, we describe a realistic path to allow Germany to become a significant market for the electric age," said Karl-Friedrich Stracke, Managing Director, Adam Opel AG.

Stakeholders from academia, industry associations and recommend a better-equipped national research and development program, the promotion of lighthouse projects, an educational campaign as well as tax breaks for the purchase of electric vehicles. To achieve the socially desired shift away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible, high investments in development and construction of infrastructure like the electric cars are even necessary.

Opel since 1998 at the research site in Mainz-Kastel already invested 600 million euros in alternative drives. Thus, in particular the development of electric vehicles has been driven. This includes the study of fuel cell vehicles with hydrogen powered fuel. By the year 2020, the investment by Opel at the site at around one billion euros have increased.

In the overall company General Motors have been invested around 1.5 billion euros to develop the fuel cell. In order to deliver the report in the Federal Chancellery drove Karl-Friedrich Stracke before the fully electric car for everyday use Ampera, coming later this year on the market.

Opel is working on the full range of electric vehicles and develops small, pure battery electric cars for use on short trips, extended-range electric vehicles such as the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles Ampera and without restriction on size or function. From next year, Opel Eisenach plant produces in an urban vehicle that is smaller than the Corsa.

It already has all the technical requirements for a version with a battery powered, are working on the Opel developers already. To offer its customers the best quality of service, Opel has decided to set up in Rüsselsheim, a battery-Service Center with direct access to the technical development center.

With an investment about three million euros from the Service Center is available in "Opel Special Vehicles" for the launch of Ampera. The European Centre for alternative drives in Mainz-Kastel, Opel engineers are working on the next generation of electric and fuel cell vehicles, including innovative propulsion and onboard charging technologies.

Opel also forms since 2009 "system engineer electric mobility" from.

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