Detroit Electric

Before the electric car died the speed and range had been improved. The last Detroit Electrics had a competitive top speed of 35 miles per hour by the early 1920s. The light Dey runabout of 1917 was available for 985. 

Charles Kettering s starter caught on quickly and the sales of electrics dropped to 6,000 vehicles, only 1% of the total, by 1913. In that year, sales of the Ford Model T alone were over 180,000. Electric carmakers closed down or united. There were almost 30 companies selling electrics in 1910 and less than 10 at the end of World War I. A few, such as the industry leader Detroit Electric, lasted into the 1920s. 

Edison also attempted to impress the world with his new car battery as well, arranging for a 1,000-mile endurance ride with two electric cars a Bailey Electric and a Detroit Electric. Each car was equipped with his new batteries and each routinely traveled more... 

R. E. Silver, in Electric Furnace Conference Proceedings Vol. 41, Detroit, Mich., 1983, p. 175. 

Turning Handbook of High Effucieny Cutting, GT9-262, Carboloy Systems Business Department, General Electric Company, Detroit, Mich., 1980. 

Ahlvik, Peter, Leonidas Ntziachristos, forma Keskinen, and Annele Virtaiien. Real Time Measurements of Diesel Particle Size Distribution with an Electrical l.ow Pressure Impactor. SAL Technical paper 980410. Reprinted from General Emissions (SP-13.3,5). lnternation.al Congress and Exposition, Detroit, February, 23-26 (1998). 

Detroit s electric cars have a shaky history since the market can change rapidly in the automobile industry, which is dependent on long lead times for new models. In 1975, when memories of the oil embargo were fresh, Detroit s cars were still growing in size, but it was a record sales year for the Volkswagen Beetle and sales of Toyotas and Hondas reached 100,000 that year. GM s profits dropped 35% and the company had to temporarily close 15 of its 22 assembly plants. 

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202... 

Process energy for SMC, PC alloy, and PU-RRIM is reported to be 18.6M, 39.OM, and 16.6M BTU/lb.U) The utility (electrical) rate for primary (custom or captive molder) customers in the Detroit area 1s reported at. 0575/k1lowatt-hour.(2j... 

In 2007 at the Detroit Auto Show, General Motors Corporation introduced a PHEV that utilizes a lithium ion battery [9], The Volt is a plug-in series hybrid that is expected to be produced in 2010 [10], The average distance the American commuter travels today is approximately 64 km, or 40 miles, according to US News and World Report [11], The Volt design is set to run purely on electrical power for the first 40 miles, which will cover the range of the average commute... 

BYD (Build Your Dreams) e6 (Figure 10.16) is not new, as it was already presented at the Coho Center in 2009 and 2010, but the renewed BYD e6-Eco presented at the Detroit Auto Show 2011 is getting closer to series production. This model proposes an electric alternative to Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt. Technical features of the car include 60-kWh lithium iron phosphate batteries, rechargeable in 6 h and capable of powering a 75-kW electric motor. This car has a top speed of 140 km/h, and its range per charge is expected to be 300 km. 

BMW ActiveE was presented at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. It is a zero-emission 1-Series powered by an electric motor. Based on the same principles as Mini E, BMW ActiveE is a front-drive vehicle with an electric motor mounted on the rear axle. It uses two different lithium-ion battery packs, as shown in Eigure 10.17 the first in the traditional area of the fuel tank (rear module) and the second replacing the distribution system (tunnel module). 

RAG 68] Ragone D.V., Review of battery systems for electrically powered vehicles , A/W-year meeting of the society ofautomotive engineers, Detroit, USA, 1968. 

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