The B0 (B zero), designed around the LMP technology, will be produced in series at the end of 2009 in Turin by the company Pininfarina-Bolloré
In their partnership, both family run Bolloré and Pininfarina brought together the expertise necessary to produce in series electric car, part of its technical characteristics and its beauty, a milestone in automotive history.
The car will not be a prototype. It will be produced in series, with the first models late 2009 and a steady rise in production according to the production of batteries. Built in Turin by the company Pininfarina-Bolloré, it will use technology LMP to feed through batteries and supercapacitors manufactured in factories Bolloré enamels and Montreal.
Fully electric vehicle that produces no carbon dioxide and from the outset was designed for that purpose. Its batteries will be housed in a specially designed for this purpose under the car, centered between the axles, giving it through its center of gravity lowered, a dress out of the ordinary.
With a beautiful dress designed by the famous coachbuilder Pininfarina, the car is an elegant city of four seats and four doors, automatic transmission. LMP battery can recharge on a standard, and provide a range of 250 km. In terms of performance, its speed point will be electronically limited to 130 km / h, and its acceleration will be strong with 6.3 seconds to reach 60 km / h.
Last accurate Photoelectric cells on the roof and the hood to help feed its electrical equipment.
LMP: the technological revolution of the battery
The battery is the heart of the electric car. The diverse group Bolloré, realizing 10 billion dollars of annual turnover and employing 35 000 people is 30 years since the world number one capacitor components. The knowledge gained in the storage of electricity and polymer extrusion, Bolloré has worked for 15 years, BATSCAP through its subsidiary, to develop a battery-based solid polymer lithium. This battery stores, weight equivalent to five times more energy than a traditional battery and recharges in a few hours. Requiring no maintenance, it has a lifespan of about 200 000 km and provides unparalleled security.
In addition, the electric car has no gas, no fine particle. LMP batteries and allow the fight against air pollution. Finally, noise, degrading the quality of life in urban centers, are also addressed.
General Characteristics:
Volume: 300 liters
Weight: 300 kg
Communication bus: CAN
Electrical characteristics
30 kWh Energy
Rated voltage: 410 V
Peak power: 45 kW (30s)
Battery voltage mini / Max: 300/435 V
Capacity at C / 4: 75 Ah
Mass density: 100 Wh / kg
Volume density: 100 Wh / l
Thermal
Internal temperature: 60 ° C - 80 ° C
Operating temperature: -20 ° C to + 60 ° C
The supercapacitors: the accelerator and the recovery of power
The supercapacitors is another component of electric energy storage developed by the Bolloré Group. In an electric car, the role of this component is to recover and store energy from braking, then return it to reboot. The result is even more powerful acceleration, increased autonomy and a longer life for battery. Electric cars powered by batteries and super capacitors LMP BATSCAP to provide a range of over 250 km. They are fast (speed is 130 km / h), fun to drive, safe and endurance.
Solar panels for a natural energy
Because its engine is 100% electric, the B0 causes no pollution. That is why the framers of the B0 have committed to implement all solutions to optimize the utilization and yield clean energy sources. The super capacitors, which can recover energy from braking and reuse is an example of the effectiveness of this concept. Similarly photovoltaic cells covering the roof and part of the bonnet fuel some of the equipment B0.
Of course, environmentally responsible approach must be coherent. That is why all materials used in construction, the battery and the interior of the car have been carefully selected for their environmental impact. Naturally, they are recyclable or recoverable.
The Bolloré group is also studying the development of photovoltaic simple gates that can be installed in private or in public places, providing a total or partial recharge batteries by the only solar energy.
Power of 2 great industry groups:
Ergué-Gabéric / Bolloré
It is in the research center of the industrial site of the Group Bolloré, to Ergué-Gabéric near Quimper in Brittany, which were born for LMP batteries and supercapacitors. The origin of this research is based on the expertise of the Group, world's largest producer of films extruded ultra-thin for the manufacture of capacitors, another component of energy storage. The success of this research led the group to found BATSCAP 15 years ago, a subsidiary dedicated to these activities.
Today, teams have BATSCAP laboratory equipment and production more highly sophisticated and have more than 120 engineers, scientists and technicians.
Montreal / Bolloré
In 2007, the Bolloré Group has acquired companies with Hydro-Quebec and Adanarko, the assets of Avestor only other company in the world, with technology and patents to manufacture batteries LMP. The strong Canadian team of sixty people highly qualified and joined BATSCAP. The pooling of talent, technology and equipment from both sites allows the Group to have means of powerful and highly sophisticated amply sufficient to feed the production lines of the B0 and electric Microbus.
Cambiano / Pininfarina
Globally known for the talent of its design teams that have designed several of the most beautiful car in history, Pininfarina is a very experienced manufacturer which has produced in series of high-end cars for many manufacturers.
It is on a production line, near Turin, the Joint Venture-Bolloré Pininfarina will build B0. It will benefit all the skill and care of an extremely talented team and proud to produce the first electric car series in the world with LMP batteries and supercapacitors, bearing the mark Pininfarina.
Andrea Pininfarina (1957-2008), sadly passed away this summer in a road accident, said "The fact of thinking, draw, to design and build cars is not just a mental journey exciting. Neither a simple choice of contractor. It is also and above all, a great social responsibility. "
Two practical uses of the LMP
The BlueCar
Designed from the outset to exploit all the advantages of the electric motors associated with high performance batteries developed by BATSCAP the BlueCar was designed by Philippe Guédon, creator of the first space for Renault, in partnership with the Bolloré Group and Matra Engineering . This little car, ideal for the city, whose initial studies began in the early 2000s, was presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 2005 and is now in its second version. The BlueCar have traveled tens of thousands of miles in all traffic conditions and thus validated the years of research on batteries LMP: they received their approval in the fall of 2007. They were rolling laboratory for the model series and proved that the electric car is not a futuristic utopia. It is our present.
The electric micro bus
At the same time, so that the benefits of electric motors can extend to public transport, the Bolloré Group has formed a second joint venture with the Oatmeal, coach manufacturer, to develop and build an electric version of the Microbus. Particularly suited to urban transport, this bus small (5.46 m) to design attractive offers great accessibility and carries up to 23 people. Its all-electric version, powered by batteries and supercapacitors LMP developed by Bolloré will respond simply and efficiently to the will of communities to offer their people a means of transport in common environmentally friendly.
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