Japanese electric car innovator SIM-Drive has developed prototype of an amazingly efficient electric car called SIM LEI. The company boastfully displays the electric car with its capability to run more than 200 miles on a single battery charge in general urban traffic. The carmaker in its official press statement announced that SIM LEI prototype EV was proven to be running 206 miles (more than 300 kilometers) on single charge. Interestingly, the car’s name LEI stands for Leading Efficiency In-Wheel motor, the company said. SIM-Drive LEI will run 190 miles per charge if going 62 miles per hour. The maximum speed of the car is 93 mph.
Hiroshi Shimizu, the engineer behind the eight-wheeled Eliica EV has designed prototype of SIM-Drive LEI. SIM-Drive SIM LEI sports 24.5kWh battery to meet the target of 300 kilometers per charge. It is almost equivalent to other electric cars in the market. For a single kilometer, SIM-Drive LEI consumes 77Wh/km, the company revealed. The manufacturer has used several innovative technologies to get realized the electric car with much power efficiency.
In-wheel motor and component built-in frame technologies of SIM-Drive play big roles in realizing the electric car of over 300 kilometers per recharge. So as to reduce weight of the car, DIM-Drive has used steel monocoque to shape the body. Interior of the car is also designed in a way to help reduce weight significantly. High power dense battery is used in the car, which will further help the vehicle attain more energy efficiency.
SIM-Drive LEI has an acceleration rate of 4.8 seconds for 0-100km/h, which is almost equivalent to high-end sport cars. The company plans to mass-produce the electric car in 2013. It looks like that the medium sedan will herald a new evolution in the electric car manufacturing sector of the world.
Via: CNET
