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Published on November 28th, 2014 | by Cynthia Shahan

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Chevy EN-V 2.0 To Be Used In EV-Sharing Program

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Shanghai Jiao Tong University and General Motors China have started a collaboration and joined in a quest for sustainable urban mobility. Shanghai Jiao Tong University hopes this project will result in a model that will be used to widely integrate small electric vehicles (EVs) with the transportation network. The coming program plans on strengthening the structure of urban environments with EV-sharing programs.

General Motors China has committed to initiating and integrating such an EV-sharing program featuring the Chevrolet EN-V 2.0 starting next year. These dynamic electric vehicles use about a third of the footprint of a traditional vehicle, turn on a dime, and weigh less than 500 kilograms at about 1.5 meters in length.

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These technologically keen vehicles carry two passengers. This GM China collaboration with the University’s Minhang campus in Shanghai activates an assessment of the EN-V 2.0 (the benefits and challenges) in a vehicle-sharing transportation model integrated with transit, bicycles, cars, and shuttle buses.

Green Car Congress quotes GM: “We will apply these learnings to the development of future urban mobility transportation solutions, not just for China but for the world,” said Matt Tsien, GM executive vice president and president of GM China.

“Electric vehicles represent the transportation mode of the future, but the big topic now is how to develop them,” according to Yin Chengliang, vice president of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Automotive Engineering School. “This project will explore a model that integrates electric vehicles with the transportation network and intelligent transportation system.”


 

Green Car Congress previously reported that GM expected Shanghai to become one of the epicenters building mobility solutions for the future. According to GM, this newest generation Chevrolet EN-V 2.0 follows GM’s original Electric Networked-Vehicle (EN-V), which made its global debut at Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The EN-V 2.0 can travel up to 40 kilometers on a single charge. It is a design utilizing the convergence of electrification and connectivity, intended to address and solve concerns of traffic congestion, parking availability, air quality.

Appreciate that this effort is about affordability and clean air. China has terrible air-pollution problems. The EN-V 2.0 is an efficient and zero-emissions vehicles. While it may utilize electricity from coal power to an extent, eliminating car exhaust is necessary, and better sooner than later.

GAS2 also likes the new version, pointing out some of the changes: “In its place is a more conventional, lower-cost 4-wheel setup. Similarly, the ‘cockpit-style’ hatch of the concept has given way to more traditional doors, and the styling is much less Tron and, to my eyes, much more Power Rangers.” GAS2 sees this as a plus.

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  • Benjamin Nead

    While we’re addressing things like bicycles vs. NEVs in the comment’s section, here’s an item of interest: the folks at Superpedestrian who are building the long-awaited Copenhagen Wheel (integrated e-bike hub that contains batteries and controller) have announced yet another delivery delay.

    Units were to start shipping before the end of 2014, but this has now been pushed back to spring of 2015. They did, however, author a video explaining what they’ve been up to, outlining improvements they’ve been making during the past year . . .

    One of the items worth noting is that the newest iteration is noticeably thinner
    (see quick photo collage at 0:23 to 0:28 in the above video) and with a lighter shell made from “exotic alloys” (something other than garden variety 6061 aluminum, apparently,) that brings down the weight of the shell by about one half.

    If you check out their Facebook page, there have increasingly terse comments over the past few months from those who made the advance purchase just about a year ago and were initially promised delivery in early 2014 . . .

    https://www.facebook.com/copenhagenwheel

    The most recent delay announcement hasn’t exactly made everyone happy, but the video has smoothed out some of the frustration with a few of those early financial supporters.

    Sorry to hijack what is supposed to be a comments area dedicated to the EN-V 2.0, but I guess I’m a little surprised that Clean Technica staff writers haven’t picked up on this latest CP announcement yet.

  • Marion Meads

    If it’s speed is limited to 25 mph, I think the bicycle is way healthier for you than this contraption for urban mobility.

    It is said to be driverless, and thus if you have a one to one meeting, the vehicle can provide privacy for a business meeting while it drives both of you to the destination.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EN-V

    • Doug Cutler

      If you are older and your bicycle route might take you through busy intersections and four lane traffic with diesel bus and delivery trucks you might worry about sucking up too much particulate and triggering adverse pulmonary events.

      I’d love to have a low speed fully enclosed EV scooter. While your at it throw in heater, a/c, sound, air filter and a solar panel on top like the ELF. That would be one sweet ride. Slow, but very sweet.

      Everyone seems to be dancing around this concept but not hitting it on the nose. I want Tesla to take it up. Call it the Tesla Sun Dog. There Elon, its yours. I see more and more of the small EV scooters on city streets all the time. China sells 20 million EV scooters per year. I can’t help but think some upscale scooter design could do very well in the West.

    • Michael G

      I dont’ see where its speed is limited to 25 MPH but even if so the average city bus only averages 14-19 MPH (even in Bus Rapid Transit systems) and for non-rush hours or limited routes, this could be a lot more effective. No one wants to be driving behind a city bus and when it has only 2-3 passengers, it is doubly annoying.

      There are also a lot of small cities/large towns where public transit might be cheaper and faster with a callable self driving thing like this than fixed route massive buses. Since all public buses are subsidized on average 3:1 ($2 fare for an $8 cost of service) cheaper public transit means more of it.

      • Marion Meads

        You can click on the link that I posted, you will see the other specs. This article is short on many details so I have to look it up elsewhere and shared here.

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