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fred v
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Registered: April 2006
Location: pensacola, fl.
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What happened to EV-1?
There were two production series and a yard full of mule level prototypes in the program.
The original series had lead acid batteries. That was the one where entire plant was sold out first and shut down by the new owners for:
A: lead handling issues and ongoing litigation
B: pollution source credits.
These combined to make operation of that group non-economic.
The second series for production had NiMH batteries that were supplied by Matsushita(Panasonic). There was one one actual fire reported, but they did melt the charging connector on more than a few.
My favorite was the one with the Williams APU in the trunk. There were several in this run of mules that had little diesels and SI engines as APU very much like the soon to be Volt. The entire collection was shreaded because GM was petrified of the possible litigation that might arise from a few privately held vehicles that had not been given the complete NHTSA validation. Some of that was because NHTSA could not supply test standards that were applicable to an electric vehicle.
What a Waste.
Matt[/quote]
Matt, have you seen the documentary "Who Killed The Electric Car". seems that no one wanted it except the people that drove one. Detroit, the oil companies, the govt. all wanted it to go away.
i understand how our whole economy is based on the IC engine and that it will take a long time to slowly switch over to a plug in electric if ever. i hope it happens.
Fred V
'77 Royale RB 455
P'cola, Fl
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