The Japanese manufacturer did not revealed too many details on
this interesting electric concept, but from the official photos we can see what the Townpod concept offers.
Not exact matches
The Japanese manufacturer revealead this MPV
concept at Paris, an
electric model that comes with
interesting frontlights and innovative doors.
This
Electric Defender is purely a
concept, but it brings up a few
interesting points.
The Sport Turismo
concept already looks a lot better than the current model and an
electric Panamera would be an
interesting competitor to the Tesla Model S. Maybe they could even share the same Supercharger stations, at least once Tesla starts building them in Europe.
Bentley is committed to offering an
electric model in its future portfolio and we are
interested to receive feedback on this
concept.
Top US sustainable companies are also taking part in WCG, including Pacific Gas &
Electric (who just added 800 MW of solar power to their energy offering), Whirlpool (who has some very
interesting design
concepts out), Home Depot and Webcor (recently involved in a very cool green roof project in San Francisco).
Here's the two things that make this
concept interesting: the 62 - mile electrified road would be many times cheaper to deploy than building a two - lane railroad, and the trucks on the road would be able to travel much faster than current
electric trolley buses and trucks.
Interestingly, Honda also showed a
concept last year, for something called a «Honda power manager» - this device, a kind of fully connected and integrated charger - would potentially integrate into your smart home and allow vehicle - to - grid power flow, which electricity companies and power grids have great
interest in, as if they can occasionally use your car to balance the grid demand, it could negate the need to build new power stations to meet the extra demand
electric cars have the potential to create.