22 Electric Cars in The Altitude-Endurance Test Silvretta E-Car 2011

Premiered at the Silvretta electric car last year, as were vehicles with alternative power for the first time taken up in parallel to the Silvretta Classic in the Austrian Alps. Due to the great interest the audience started the “alternatives” also in this year’s Alpine Rally. Delivered its 2010 performance had surprised even the organizers, so they send the electricity this year not only have a 50, but 100 km line per day.
In the 14th Silvretta Classic (7 to 10 June) in the Austrian Vorarlberg is held next to the electric scoring, a classic car rally. The electric cars have to travel a total of 296 km and 5,500 m in altitude and overcome several Alpine passes. In yesterday’s first stage of Partenen on the Silvretta High Alpine Road to Schruns 1,000 meters had to be mastered.

A total of 33 electric vehicles participated in the rally. Daimler sends seven electric vehicles into the race. The biggest eye-catcher here is the lemon-yellow SLS AMG E-Cell. The four electric motors at the wheels together make 533 hp. From zero to 100, the SLS-E-Cell accelerates in four seconds. And the almost noiseless and emission-free local. The hardness test in the mountains, the electric sports car in any case passed with flying colors, say auto journalist Timothy pancakes and Jan Feustel, he is responsible for alternative fuels at AMG. Was impressed by it especially the instantly available torque.

Is excited by the appearance of electric vehicles, a vintage car fans like Johann Lafer. The chef has long played with the idea to buy a electric car, “Yes, and I even follow with great interest. Just because I was in my environment at home, while shopping, very sustainability eighth. And I’ve been thinking for a long time for it to buy an electric car. ”

Actor Jürgen Vogel is enamored with the idea that ride at a historic rally cars the future: “I think it’s great. Here, the older with the newer exchanges, and here you can see how that develops in the coming years. Still it from there and yes problem of how far you can drive an electric car, but it is indeed from year to year, so that’s also an incentive for electric cars, to prove that also can go a long trek. ”

At the start of Partenen were electric cars from VW, Opel, Toyota or Volvo and Daimler’s entire e-vehicle fleet besides the super sports car Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell, two smart fortwo electric drive, two B-Class F-Cell Models and an A-Class E-Cell.

“Ams” editor in chief and founder of the e-Rally Bernd Ostmann, “I believe the technique, as it stands now, is probably pretty far along, you can see the vehicles so sometimes buy or lease already and I think now is the exciting topic, and that will show in the next few years, with the infrastructure: Where can I load the cars? Can I load the car with me at home easily in the garage? If the built in cities? How will you accept? But it’s like with any new technology, which has come into the market. And then on the numbers of the cars is also cheaper. “