PARIS - Car accidents involved are Bluecar, Pininfarina produced in collaboration with one of the French conglomerate Groupe Bollore. Total 250 Bluecar's been already rented in Paris, followed by 3,000 units in the next two years. With the accident, the manufacturer will add voice features to reduce the risk of a pedestrian struck.New week Municipal Government of Paris, France, applying an electric vehicle rental scheme "Autolib" to the public, and it has been no casualties. One electric car hit the pedestrians.
A woman was reportedly hit by a passing electric car on one street in Paris. The victim admitted to not hear the car was going so do not realize he was hit. He then rushed to a nearby hospital and got a "gift" bruises and abrasions.
Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said the incident was purely accidental and not prove a direct relationship exists between electric car and the accident happened. However, research conducted Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) said on the contrary, 20 percent of accidents involving pedestrians occur in hybrid cars when running using the electric motor so that not a sound.
"When the hybrid car uses an electric motor, pedestrians will not hear it approaching, so less alert on the road," said Vice President Director of HLDI.
