Detroit Electric vehicle

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. 

Rousseau, A. and R. Larsen. Simulation and validation of hybrid electric vehicles using PSAT. GPC Conference, Detroit, MI, June 6-8,2000. 

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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