Fisker EVer rev 12/11

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Published 2011-12-21
Henrik Fisker came across a technology that originally was developed for the U.S. military. It could go about 40 or 50 miles in pure electric. And then after, it had a range extender, to go as far as you want. Henrik thought, "What if we would take that, make it into a useable drive train for a normal consumer who would buy a car?" That is the origination of EVer Electric Vehicle extended range It means that when you reach the end of the battery charge, The engine automatically will come on at that point. And you can continue driving, and you will not notice a dropoff in overall performance.

The gasoline engine is only there as a range extender. So, we don't have the gasoline engine connected to the wheels. It's only there to turn a generator, to create electricity, to power the electric motors. The advantage with driving an electric is really that you always have torque. Whenever you press the accelerator, you have instant acceleration.

So we've got more than enough power in there to deliver that to the 400 horsepower motors that we have in the rear of the vehicle. Zero to 60 in less than six seconds. Most people are driving, doing 30 to 60 miles a day. So, in most cases, you're going to be able to operate all electric. You know, you come in, you plug in the vehicle at night. You wake up in the morning, and you're back out.

Now, if you forget to plug in the vehicle, of course you have the engine in there, so you don't have to worry about it. There's no range anxiety as you get in the normal electric vehicle.] It really comes back to the point that there is no sacrifice from a consumer point of view, in terms of range. And range equals freedom.

Once you start driving with a range extender and this type of power--instant power--you're not going to want to go back to a normal car.
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