Valmet Eva Electric Vehicle Concept to Debut in Geneva

 Valmet Eva Electric Vehicle Concept to Debut in Geneva
Valmet Eva Electric Vehicle Concept teaser sketch - 17.02.2010

Can travel up to 160 km (99 miles) on a single charge

Finland's Valmet Automotive has announced plans to introduce the Eva electric vehicle concept at the Geneva Motor Show.

Designed to be a technological showpiece, the Eva features a lightweight body, a 2+2 seating arrangement, and an advanced propulsion system. The latter will allow the Eva to travel up to 160 km (99 miles) on a single charge.

Inside, the concept will boast a Nokia-sourced 'Human Machine Interface' with mobile handset connectivity. While we have no clue what that means, it'll probably be more compelling than your typical Bluetooth setup.

Look for more information to be released next month.

Source: Valmet Automotive

Valmet Automotive's new electric concept vehicle at the Geneva Motor Show

The new electric concept vehicle of Valmet Automotive gets its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show on March 2-14th. "Eva" represents the company's latest know-how in new ecological vehicle technologies.

The concept vehicle is a 2+2 seat electric city car with a range of up to 160 km per one charge. In engineering the vehicle, lightweight and safe body structures have been combined with innovative electric and recharging systems.

Fortum, a leading energy company focusing on the Nordic countries, Russia and the Baltic Rim area, brought to the project its extensive know-how in recharging systems. Thanks to the cooperation with Nokia, the car is equipped with a pioneering Human Machine Interface through mobile handset connectivity. The booth will also showcase a demo based on NAVTEQ's high-quality map data and content which enables green routing and driving functionality use cases.

Valmet Automotive is a forerunner in engineering and manufacturing electric vehicles. Already last year the company started the series production of one of the world's first urban electric vehicle, the THINK City, as well as the luxury Golf Car Garia. Valmet Automotive is also an engineering and manufacturing partner of the world's first premium plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Fisker Karma. The production of the Karma will start later this year.

The manufacturing of Porsche Boxster and Porsche Cayman represents Valmet Automotive's experience and recognized know-how in the production of premium vehicles.

In line with its new strategy, Valmet Automotive today offers to its automotive customers a large portfolio of services from product and process engineering up to series manufacturing and business services.

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 tootall tootall
99 miles till it requires a charge. That's not so impressive. How long dose it take to charge completely?
February 17, 2010 2:13 pm
 Aleksi Aleksi
Well that's the problem of all current electric only vehicles. Not that great range. This seems to be a small city car, so 160km should be more than plenty for most people. Actually, thinking of it for our family, 160km is more than enough for 99% of the year. Our cottage is 50km away, so it's enough to go there and back, and plenty more. Job is just a couple of kilometers away.
February 17, 2010 2:44 pm
 DogFalcon DogFalcon
160km is enough for a city car! More than enough! I usually take 40 or 50 km per day between home and work and taking kids and so on. The car is for city use not "cross-country"! Electric cars will have their prize in the city's, not highways.
February 17, 2010 3:44 pm