Opel Ampera: More power for the future

ChroniquesDuVasteMonde editor Barbara Voigt was on the road to eco-trendsetter Opel Ampera

How much attention a future mobile excited, we notice already before boarding. Passersby stop by the Ampera, admiring the slightly futuristic-looking design.

"Is this an Opel?" One asks - as if he does not trust the Rüsselsheim Blitz logo between the headlight housings shaped like a boomerang. And later, in a traffic jam on a multi-lane road, a truck driver looks admiringly out of his cabin as we roll alongside him with no engine sound. "A brand new electric car," my passenger calls out to him, "will be launched at the end of the year."

Opel hopes for a big image gain? also for e-mobility in Germany. Because the Ampera is not only a comfortable mid-size sedan, but the worst enemy of the zero-emission locomotion tricked: After 40 to 80 emission-free kilometers neither socket nor tow truck are needed. In addition to the 150-horsepower electric motor is an 86-horsepower gasoline engine on board. He can supply the lithium-ion battery by means of generator with new power for the electric drive.

Thanks to this range extender, the Ampera manages more than 500 kilometers before having to plug in a normal 230-volt outlet for four hours.



In order for the overall concept to be right, Rüsselsheim and 28 green electricity producers have put together an advantage package for Ampera customers. It can not be better.

INFO: The Opel Ampera (4.50 m long / 1.79 m wide / 1.44 m high) can be up to 161 km / h fast with a fuel consumption of less than 1.6 l / 100 km (CO2: 40 g / km) for extra power supply (manufacturer specifications). Guarantee for the lithium-ion battery: eight years (maximum 160,000 km). Price: from 42 900 euros.

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