Citysax
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 CitySax based on the Chevrolet Matiz M200
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| CITYSAX | |
| Production period: | 2009-2011 |
| Class : | Small car |
| Body versions : | Station wagon |
| Engines: | Electric motor |
| Length: | 3495 mm |
| Width: | 1485 mm |
| Height: | 1500 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 2340 mm |
| Empty weight : | 980 kg |
The Citysax (spelling CITYSAX) is an electric car developed on the basis of the 2nd generation of the Chevrolet Matiz . When it was first published in 2009, it was the only four-seater electric car newly manufactured in Germany.
Development history
The fully electric car, developed and manufactured in Dresden in 2006, was designed by a small team (Matthias Bähr, Dirk Hunecke and Dieter Schulze). Originally, the Daihatsu Cuore was to serve as the base vehicle , but production was discontinued during the development period. In order to be able to manufacture and sell the Citysax in Dresden in small series , the developers founded Citysax Mobility GmbH in 2009. The production of the small series started at the beginning of September 2009. By April 2011 the number of units sold was 21 units.
technology
In the base vehicle of the small car Chevrolet Matiz, the combustion engine is removed and an electric motor with 16 kW / 26 kW output (continuous / short-term) and 51 Nm / 96 Nm torque (continuous / short-term) is flanged to the transmission using an adapter plate. Since the torque is available over a wide speed range, very quick driving without shifting is possible in city traffic.
It is still possible to switch, especially in order to adapt the vehicle handling to the load or route. The whereabouts of the gearbox results from the detailed provisions of the German Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO), which require extensive and expensive proofs and tests when intervening in the drive train of a vehicle that has already been standardized and approved, which can hardly be provided by small companies.
The aim was to fully maintain the vehicle-specific equipment with ABS and other things, which was achieved via electronics that make the "missing" operating parameters of the combustion engine available and feed them into the existing on-board electronics.
The maximum range with the 13 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery pack is between 100 and 125 kilometers in practice. With the built-board charger, the charging time is at a low voltage network - outlet 6 to 8 hours. With the optional three-phase charger, accelerated charging is possible in approx. 4 hours, when using two chargers in approx. 2.5 hours.
The battery life expectancy is given as 2000 cycles.
To the function of the interior heater that uses the waste heat of the engine at the base by means of heat exchanger to maintain, is factory a Webasto - heater which is operated with commercial gasoline installed.
Miscellaneous
The vehicles are used by energy suppliers, among others, and are used at Frankfurt and Düsseldorf airports by Lufthansa, among others. Several vehicles have been customized, for example for the Heilbronn University with special measurement technology as part of the research program "Electromobility in rural-urban areas".
In 2011 the company SEW-Eurodrive implemented a non-contact inductive charging system on a Citysax from Deutsche Lufthansa AG. The vehicle is considered to be the first vehicle with road approval and inductive charging technology in Germany and is intended to test the convenient technology in a practical environment.
At the Northern European E-Mobile Rally 2011, the 24 Citysax team (Erben / Hunecke) took 5th place in the overall standings out of 37 teams.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c BSM, Solarmobil magazine No. 73, March 2009: The emergence of the electromobile “CITYSAX” (PDF; 1.2 MB), accessed June 10, 2013
- ↑ Citysax electric car has gone into series production. umungsgedanken.momocat.de internet blog, September 23, 2009
- ↑ a b Freie Presse, April 11, 2011: Dresden company converts small cars to electric drives ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Citysax Mobility GmbH website: Citysax technical data ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 7, 2012.
- ↑ StVZO Germany: Laws on the Internet , accessed on August 30, 2012
- ↑ PDF prospectus: CITYSAX , PDF, accessed on January 7, 2012.
- ↑ Citysax website: reference vehicles from Citysax customers ( memento of the original from December 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 7, 2012.
- ↑ HHN Hochschule Heilbronn: receives its own electric car ( memento of the original from May 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 27, 2012.
- ↑ HHN Hochschule Heilbronn (iaf): Electromobility in rural-urban areas , accessed on March 27, 2012.
- ↑ SEW EuroDrive, August 29, 2011: The first vehicle with road approval and inductive charging technology goes into operation , added March 27, 2012
- ↑ E-Mobil Rallye: Photos Rallye 2011 ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , inserted March 27, 2012
- ↑ WordPress.com: March 20, 2011: Overall results of the 1st North European E-Mobile Rally 2011 (PDF; 106 kB), accessed on March 27, 2012.
