The Future Mobility Solution - Electro Mobility !

What does Electro Mobility (E-Mobility) mean?

Electro mobility (e-mobility) is a general term for the development of electric-powered drivetrains designed to shift vehicle design away from the use of fossil fuels and carbon gas emissions.

The term electro mobility includes full electric vehicles, as well as hybrid electric vehicles and those using hydrogen fuel cell technology. All of these represent ideas for electronically driven vehicles for the future. Discussions about electro mobility are sometimes combined with other concepts such as microcontrollers and sensors that work toward better energy efficiency for vehicles. Features like battery balancing can also play a part in designing smarter vehicles for the 21st century.

Some experts also tie the emergence of electro mobility designs to the idea of smart power grids that will provide the energy that these vehicles run on. Improving the efficiency of the vehicle goes along with improving the efficiency of the grid, and these efforts, in tandem, lead to the greatly reduced energy needs and carbon gas emissions that national governments, as well as manufacturers, are looking for in the coming years.

Johammer's J1

Leading examples of Electro Mobility

Johammer's J1 

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There is no familiar rumble that made Harley Davidson famous. Only a whine from the electric motor that increases linearly as you rush for the horizon.

This is the Johammer J1, a cruiser like no other. Designed and built in a small Austrian factory near the Czech border, the distinctive shape has been likened to a giant peanut, a prewar Junkers airplane or even a medieval jousting steed. The outrageous design seems more at home in the living room than the garage.

"This is a natural return to the concept of the horse, before there was noise and pollution from engines," says Johann Hammerschmid, founder of Johammer e-mobility GmbH.

First released in late 2014, some 60 Johammers are storming across Europe. While it's the first electric motorcycle to cover more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) on a single charge, what comes next might make it even more revolutionary. The next generation, now under development, while parked might also double as battery storage behind home solar-power panels. A prototype-think of a Tesla Powerwall on wheels-is already in use in Switzerland.

Fifty-six-year-old Hammerschmid first thought of an electric vehicle in 2007, and it took shape over the years as essentially a weekend project. His other company, Nordfels, solves complex engineering problems. With a team of fewer than 40 it makes factory lines for the food, drug and farm industries. Their latest machine, for example, toasts 5,000 sandwiches per hour.

The bike's top speed is limited to around 75 miles an hour to avoid energy-sapping wind resistance. Acceleration is fun, not fast, but you forgive its limits to sheer performance. It's like ditching a motorboat for sailboat-both are pleasurable in their own ways.

There's some clever engineering. The J1 has no dashboard, instead data are displayed on the rearview mirrors. A reverse twist of the throttle turns the drive motor into a generator that acts as a brake and quickly scrubs speed. It's so efficient the disc brakes are relegated to helping with slow-speed stopping. And it's got a reverse gear for parking. Safety-certified items-wheels, tires and brake disks-were sought commercially, and most of the rest was built in house.

Two versions of the J1 are available. The top spec J1.200 costs 25,000 euros ($26,750), capable of traveling 125 miles on tough terrain, and 186 miles urban-more ground than a standard Harley-Davidson Sportster can cover. A full recharge takes 3.5 hours, but it can be blast-charged in 80 minutes.

"We're at the stage cars were at 100 years ago. The infrastructure was limited but it grew quickly," says Hammerschmid. "The same will happen with e-vehicles, and it won't just be gas stations used for recharging." Homes, workplaces, shopping malls, parking garages-all will become places to recharge.

The battery is assembled at the Johammer factory from more than 1,200 individual cells capable of holding 12 kilowatt-hours, close to the Powerwall's 14 kwh. There are plans for a sidecar model, which would allow a bigger battery and increased range.

Ultimately, the Johammer's selling point is about pushing technology and design. Its uniqueness is what draws people willing to pay a premium for their passions, despite its price topping models offered by more mainstream rivals such as Victory and Zero.

VOLVO HX1

VOLVO HX1 

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Volvo's prototype HX1 represents a new approach to a sustainable future, based on the concept of electro-mobility and autonomous vehicles.

Rather than having a few, large, versatile machines, as is common at quarry and mine sites today, the HX1 demonstrates the emergence of smaller and more numerous specialist machines.

Volvo CE say this ‘elephants to ants’ concept is a new way of meeting customer needs, combining intelligent machines, automation and electromobility.

The HX1 forms part of Volvo CE’s long-term ambition of achieving sustainable transportation solutions.

The concept HX1 features a totally new and revolutionary approach to transportation systems, introducing a shift to smaller and autonomous electrified vehicles.



The above concepts are groundbreaking in the industry and gives us a glimpse of how the future may look.

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