Citroën C-Zero: Sprinter
Test future cars like the Citroën C-Zero: ChroniquesDuVasteMonde editor Barbara Voigt
Now they roll, cuddly electric cars like the French twin models Citroën C-Zero and Peugeot iOn, which were developed together with Mitsubishi's i-Miev. Your sustainability strategy: zero fuel, zero CO2 emissions, zero engine noise, only electricity has to be, to get them rolling. Which brings us to the heart of the problem.
When the Citroën C-Zero was presented, almost all questions turned to charging, range and life of the lithium-ion battery. The drives the 67-horsepower engine and is mounted crash-proof under the floor of the vehicle. The battery is just enough for 150 kilometers. Maximum. But that's enough for use as a city Stromer, the Citroën people expect: On average, we are on a weekday 38 kilometers on the road, and four out of ten trips do not even five kilometers.
In addition, 92 percent of the time the average car spends in a parking position. Adequate opportunity to charge electricity - it takes six hours at a household socket (eg in private garages), at a fast-charging station (eg at petrol stations or in public car parks) for half an hour, in which the battery of the Citroën C-Zero up to 80 percent? can. Consumption costs (currently about two euros per 100 kilometers) are in view of the gasoline prices to Niederknien.
But the Citroën C-Zero is not only economical. Never has switching been easier - forward, backward, park - hearing is but a faint whine, and the electric motor can ramp up to its peak. That's fun, and the search for a parking space is done quickly at 3.48 meters complete length.
1000 Citroën C-Zero, so the goal, should be sold in the first year. Half of it was already ordered from the start.
INFO: The Citroen C-Zero costs from 35 165 euros - the main reason for the high price is the complex production of high-performance battery.
