Denmark is aiming to be the leading country for electric cars. And major industrial enterprises, car manufacturers and energy companies are all helping. The most recent example is the German car rental company Sixt, who have decided to send 200-300 Citroen C1 electric cars onto the Danish market.
The company will both sell and hire out the C1 cars. If on a particular day you need to drive further than the 120 km that the car’s battery can manage, you can exchange the car for a petrol-driven car at Sixt.
Europeans very rarely drive more than 60 km a day and Sixt’ Danish Managing Director Kasper Gjedsted does not think that having to visit a Sixt rental location before driving a long way will stop car-owners being spontaneous.
- If you are driving 200 km, you already need to have talked to your aunt and have taken care of various things before leaving home. We have 24 hour service and by the end of the year we will have a total of 20 offices around Denmark, explains Kasper Gjedsted.
The car can be attached to a conventional 220 volt socket at home. There is very wide-ranging interest in electric cars – extending from individual motorists to municipalities and companies.
Major industrial enterprises are also keeping an eye on the electric car market. Danfoss has recently developed components for the cooling and management of the electricity in electric cars. And Danfoss say that they are in talks with just about all car manufacturers regarding components for electric cars.
- You won’t find a car manufacturer who does not have a project concerning electric cars or hybrid cars, but it is difficult to say when this will become mainstream, says Claus A. Petersen, Director of Danfoss Silicium Power in Germany, to the Danish magazine Ingeniøren.
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