Saturday, January 17, 2009

Subaru to begin delivery of plug-in Stella this summer



Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), maker of Subarus, will begin delivery of the plug-in STELLA this summer, according to FHI President & CEO Ikuo Mori in his New Year press conference speech.

More t
han 100 units are to be delivered mainly in metropolitan areas of Japan. FHI is calling 2009 the “First Year of Electric Vehicle”.


The Sub
aru Plug-in STELLA Concept combines the electric drive system employed in the R1e with the Subaru STELLA minicar platform. FHI plans to use the plug-in STELLA Concept in the development and test-marketing of the next generation of EVs in Japan in the near future.


The ST
ELLA EV seats four, has a maximum speed of 100 kph (62 mph) and a range of 80km (50 miles) per charge. A 9.2 kWh, 346V Li-ion battery pack drives an electric motor with 40 kW output and that develops 150 Nm torque.


Source:
Green Car Congress

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