Objective
This proposal was prepared in the wake of the event organized in Limoges on Sep tembre 1997 the 17th,, within the framework of the IRC ( INNOVATION RELAY CENTE R) on the theme of The Clean Car , in which many European industrialists too k part and where M Eric Ponthieu, representing the Car of Tomorrow Task For ce, outlined the objectives of the European Union on this theme. The project puts forward a new concept of electric vehicle, which can be driven without a licence, and which is best in a system of interchangeable batteries, to be used exclusively in an urban enviromnent and not limited in range according to batt ery capacity, thanks to interchangeability of batteries. While the risks inv olved are sizeable, they have been carefully assessed and are fully justified a s envirommental pollution caused by traffic in urban areas has become unbearabl e for city-dwellers throughout Europe. It also provides an opportunity of gradu ally expanding the market for electric vehicles which is currently in stagnatio n. The major innovation involved is the interchangeability of the rack of ba tteries. The concept, as such, is not new but has been almost exclusively f or basic internal combustion vehicles. In this caæ, development is focusing on the OSMOSE vehicle designed from the outset as an electric vehicle. The choice of lead batteries is the result of cost effective studies. The aim is to be abl e to sell this product at the same price as that of an internal combustion vehi cle, while subsequently leading to a substantial reduction in operating costs.T he development of this type of vehicle is currently penalized by the higher pu rchasing price. The potential operating success is considerable as vehicle r ental companies such as Budget are committed to follow the development of the p roject very closely. Infrastructure will be required which can be either fix ed or mobile according to the motivation of the fleet operators ( rental compan ies, cities, administrative managment, administrative companies such as EDF, LA POSTE, France TELECOM, in France for example).
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87260 Pierre Buffiere
France