General Motor’s second-generation EN-V concept vehicle has been shown at the Detroit motor show. Now carrying the Chevrolet badge, the revised two-seat, electric urban mobility concept adds new features to the original vehicle, including climate control, storage space and can operate in all weathers, according to Chevrolet.
Read about the original EN-V concept
Marketing and strategy vice president Chris Perry said: “By 2030, more than 60 per cent of the world’s eight billion people will live in urban areas. The Chevrolet EN-V represents a possible solution for global customers living in markets where alternative transportation solutions are needed.”
The EN-V’s lithium-ion batteries allow a total travel distance of around 40 kilometres (24 miles) on a single charge.
Thanks to its GPS with vehicle-to-vehicle communications and distance-sensing technologies, the EN-V can be driven manually or autonomously, which “could reduce vehicle crashes” and “reduce traffic congestion,” according to the firm.
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Re: Second-gen EN-V in progress
I once read an example created by a "scientist" where he proved that if you ate foods of a certain calorific value that had been cultivated in a particular way, and imported from abroad via Air Freight, and you wore certain clothing again of a particular type and construction could conceivably generate a bigger carbon foot print walking to the shops than you would driving a small car. An extreme point; I wish I could lay my hands on it again.
Re: Second-gen EN-V in progress
Re: Second-gen EN-V in progress
Or vacuum tubes like in Futurama, looks like a pretty simple solution to me, why cant we have those?
I would quite like conveyor belts fitted to pavements as well, especially on hills. I would probably stop driving to the chip shop at the bottom of my street then lol :P