Japanese Cars

The global automotive industry is probably among those who have suffered the more impact the current economic crisis. Nevertheless, it continues to do research on Futures Cars, and innovations are always available. The Future cars (auto) manufacturers, in fact, trying to remain competitive by increasing the level of technology included in their products, as we have seen recently, in the case of Audi and Ford.

It therefore seems reasonable to expect that the cars in the next few years, become more intelligent and further integrate technologies. Probably a lot more time will pass before the flying cars become a reality, if ever. Perhaps, however, a few years cars will make things that we never imagined just five years ago.

New technologies usually show up first in luxury cars. The German producers, in this sense, are very active, but there are interesting products from around the world. Regarding the issues of research and development, nearly every aspect is covered, but certainly the safety and comfort are the masters.

The massive boom in Chinese two-wheel electric drive has reached 15 million vehicles produced in 2005. For 2010 it is expected that it will be even sold twice. This incredible production is positively influencing the development of increasingly efficient batteries in the future can also be used on larger vehicles. Moreover it is a commercial development planned by the government for anything, but stimulate only by market demand. This industrial and environmental success, therefore, did not cost a penny to the coffers in Beijing.

Some of the 110 Chinese manufacturers of cars that exist today come from the electrochemical and electrical industry, and are taking advantage of this experience (not common in the automotive West) to develop, within the government program 863 with 1.3 billion RMB, cars battery, with the aim of presenting it and trying to journalists during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and during the World Expo 2010 Shanghai.

Many American institutions (enter government, industry, academic institutions and even some oil companies specialized in chemical components for batteries) are pushing to ensure that the products are “plug-in hybrids” that are hybrid vehicles with a battery from 2 to 5 times larger than that of a Toyota “Prius”, to allow greater autonomy “all-electric” and equipped with charging socket to be used, possibly at night, at home.