Honda Tests Solar Strategy for New Electric Vehicles

For more news & videos visit ☛english.ntdtv.com Japanese car manufacturer Honda Motor says it hopes to go a deeper shade of green with its next generation of electric vehicles and solar rechargeable stations. The company gave news media a preview of the new technology on Monday with a demonstration at its research facility on the outskirts of Tokyo. Here’s that report. Honda Motor says it’s looking to create a solar energy-based transportation system to support its two and four-wheeled electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. It’s a lineup the company calls “personal mobility.” It’s conducting a series of tests with the local government of Saitama, Japan. Honda hopes to establish the viability of its electric vehicles and solar-powered recharging stations for everyday use on a national scale. The slick 10 kilowatt solar-panel-roofed station, which can power four EVs simultaneously for a day of use, was designed by Honda for its EV lineup. Even the solar panels are made by Honda. [Sachito Fujimoto, Senior Chief Engineer, Honda] “This is a solar-powered station, a part of our experiments, that recharges EVs with the electricity generated here. It takes less than six hours to fully charge an EV using 220-volts, enabling the vehicle to run up to 100 miles or 160 kilometers.” Fujimoto said a smart-phone application that monitors the vehicle’s power capacity also adds convenience to drivers. Among other things, the phone can display a map which will show a driver how far the …