電気自動車とモジュール化

電気自動車になるとアーキテクチャが変化し、

モジュラー有利になる蓋然性が高いですが、

とうとうタタが参入してきます。激戦の中から

どこが本物を造れるでしょうか。

やはり、最重要モジュールである高性能

電池を握った者が勝者になるでしょうね。

Tata to launch electric car in Norway in 1 yr

http://in.news.yahoo.com/137/20080903/371/tbs-tata-to-launch-electric-car-in-norwa_1.html

「世界最安価小型車ナノで注目を集めるインド

　のタタ自動車会社は、電気自動車でも独自路

　線を突き進んでいますが、来年からノルウェ

　ーで小型電気自動車の販売を計画。２個のリ

　チウムイオン電池搭載、フル充電で175～200

　キロ走行。ノルウェーでの共同製造・販売を

　決めた理由は、電気自動車の運転に必要なイ

　ンフラが整備されているから。

世界では、三菱自、日産、ＧＭ、ダイムラー

　などが電気自動車に力を入れていますが、

　タタ参入で今後低価格車市場の競争が一層激

　化すると予想されている。」

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Tata Motors plans to launch an electric version of its Indica hatchback in Norway within a year, and will bring it to the local market at a later stage, its managing director said on Wednesday.

Tata Motors, which is also making the Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, showcased a prototype of the "Indica ev" at an industry conference on Wednesday.

"This is one of the technologies that we are looking at, as you know that electric cars are almost zero emission," Managing Director Ravi Kant said.

Car makers, including Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors, are preparing to roll out electric vehicles in the coming years, amid soaring gasoline prices and stricter emission rules.

U.S. giant General Motors Corp, meanwhile, is looking to beat Toyota Motor to the punch with its all-electric Chevy Volt. GM expects to have a showroom-ready version by this year, according to people familiar with the project.

Last week, Toyota said it would speed up the development of vehicles that run only on electricity with the aim of mass producing them in the early part of the next decade.

Tata Motors' electric car -- with a left-hand drive -- has been developed in collaboration with a Norwegian firm, Kant said.

"Right now we want to test it out in Norway with the Norwegian party. Because, you know, lot of infrastructure is required for electric vehicles and ... in Norway, they are making arrangements for electric cars."

"We will bring that to India at an appropriate time."

S. Ravishankar, senior general manager at Tata Motors' engineering research centre, said the car can run for 175 km to 200 km when fully charged with a "two-pack" battery, but mileage could vary according to the battery used.

On Tuesday, Tata Motors said violent protests had forced it to suspend all work at a plant in eastern India where it planned to make the Nano, and the firm is now considering alternative sites.

When asked whether the protests would delay the much-awaited car's planned launch next month, Kant declined to comment.