Cars of Future

Author: Shahid


The Auto Expo 2010, at Pragathi Maidan, new Delhi, ended up with a hopeful hint. The new generation of Green Cars. The governments all over the world were imposing strict pollution control rules, the latest of them being Euro IV (or Bharath IV, the Indian version of Euro IV. The only difference between them is the maximum speed limit in testing conditions. For your information, the low floor volvo buses released recently in the state comply to Euro IV). All of these rules put restrictions to the Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide and Sulphur Dioxide emissions.

We do not have a zero emission car till date. It is at this juncture Hyundai i-10 Blue Drive is important. The car is not driven by an engine, but an electric motor of 49kW (66.6 PS). The power comes from a 16kWh lithium-ion battery pack which promises a range of 160km on a full charge and a top whack of 130km/h. These are pretty decent figures for an average daily life of an Indian.

Tail end: Well, Hyundai haven't given any hint of commercial release of the vehicle. But we still have hope as the Hyundai plant at Chennai is serving the rest of the world supplying i-10. More over TVS has already displayed its concept model of electric auto-rickshaws.

So lets look forward to greener roads and a greener future