Former Production Electric Vehicles - Sinclair C5, General Motors Ev1, Toyota Rav4 Ev, Ford Ranger Ev, Peugeot 106, Chevrolet S-10 Ev (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 106. Not illustrated. Chapters: Sinclair C5, General Motors Ev1, Toyota Rav4 Ev, Ford Ranger Ev, Peugeot 106, Chevrolet S-10 Ev, Citroen Berlingo Electrique, Elect'road, Honda Ev Plus, Hypermini, Toyota Ecom, Solectria Sunrise, Chrysler Tevan, Enfield 8000, Solectria Force, Elcat Electric Vehicles, Bertone Blitz, Viento, Peugeot Vlv, Zytek Lotus Elise. Excerpt: with 1,175 kg (2,590 lb) Delphi Lead-acid battery pack18.7 kWh @ 312 volts (60 Ah) with 595 kg (1,310 lb) Panasonic Lead-acid battery pack 26.4 kWh @ 343 volts (77 Ah)with 481 kg (1,060 lb) NiMH battery packThe General Motors EV1 was an electric car produced and leased by the General Motors Corporation from 1996 to 1999. It was the first mass-produced and purpose-designed electric vehicle of the modern era from a major automaker, and the first GM car designed to be an electric vehicle from the outset. The decision to mass-produce an electric car came after GM received a favorable reception for its 1990 Impact electric concept car, upon which the design of the EV1 drew heavily. Inspired partly by the Impact's perceived potential for success, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) subsequently passed a mandate that made the production and sale of zero-emission vehicles a requirement for the seven major automakers selling cars in the United States to continue to market their vehicles in California. The EV1 was made available through limited lease-only agreements, initially to residents of the cities of Los Angeles, California and Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. EV1 lessees were officially participants in a "real-world engineering evaluation" and market study into the feasibility of producing and marketing a commuter electric vehicle in select U.S. markets undertaken by GM's Advanced Technology Vehicles group. The cars were not available for purchase, and could be serviced onl...