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Production
Production BEVs like the GM EV1 and S-10 Electric, Chrysler EPIC, Honda EV Plus, Ford Ranger EV, Nissan Altra EV, Toyota RAV4 and Force have been made available to the consumer market in very limited quantities and locations. Even though all were placed very few were ever actually for sale, and so it's very unfair to say that there is no market. They would be cost competative if put into mass production, and they have been cheep to maintain and operate with as little as 7 moving parts in the electric powertrain. Just imagine no oil to change, no filters, no spark plugs. A number of Rav4-EVs have over 100,000 miles on their NiMH battery packs, which are also used in current hybrids. They may be unavailable because they are too good, since their range of about 150 miles was as good as the best of HFCV (hydrogen fuel cell vehicles) and today their range can be comperable to gas cars. HFCVs have about 7 very costly fuel stations, yet EVs already have a worldwide refueling infrastructure with outlets at every gas station and garage. Today EV's make good sense for the Consumer, Environmental, and Energy Conservation stand points, but perhaps not from the short term manufacturer, dealer, and oil producer standpoints. We are all going to have to Demand that they make these cars and trucks available instead of waiting yet another 30 years for HFCV's.
Modern Production BEVs
- GM EV1 (Several hundred produced for lease only, all recovered, most destroyed)
- Chevrolet S10 EV (Some sold to fleets, available on secondary market as refurbished vehicles)
- Chrysler TEVan (1993-1995) and Second Generation EPIC (1998-200?)
- Ford Ranger EV (1998-2003, some sold, most leased and recovered and destroyed)
- Honda EV Plus (Several hundred produced for lease only, all recovered, most destroyed)
- Toyota RAV4 EV (Rare, Some leased and sold, out of production, supported)
- Toyota Force
- Nissan Altra
Low Volume
Prototype
Motorcycles
- http://www.electricmotorsport.com/
- http://electricmotorcycles.net/modules/wordpress/
- http://www.electricmoto.com/
- http://www.reish.net/ebike/
- http://www.tlb.org/scooter.html - Build a Segway like scooter.
See Also
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_electric_vehicle
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle
- evdl - Looking for info about production EVs
News
- 2005.09.23 - International Herald Tribune Electric cars still showing a pulse
- 09-23-05 - jalopnik.com - Subaru Parent Sets Timeline for Electric-Car Development
- car.co.nz More details about the Subaru BEV
- 08-31-05 - kansas.com - Toyota will let drivers keep their electric vehicles
- 08-24-05 - scoop.co.nz - The MIEV (at under $US 18,000) promises to be a welcome relief for motorists and is expected to arrive up to two years earlier than Japanese rival Subaru’s electric minicar.
- 08-21-05 - mitsubishi-motors.com Mitsubishi Motors to drive forward development of next-generation EVs Images
- MIEV Mitsubishi In-wheel motor Electric Vehicle
- carpages.co.uk The Electric Mitsubishi Colt
- worldchanging.com
- gizmag.com
- evworld.com - past original article?
- Lancer Evolution MIEV with all wheel electric motors
- 08-21-05 - treehugger.com Subaru Joins Electric Car Race with R1e
- 08-20-05 - cbsnews.com MOVIE Hybrids Getting Amped Up
- With gas prices soaring, even hybrid car owners are thinking of creative ways to cut on gas use. Bill Whitaker reports how they are suping-up their energy efficient cars with electricity.
- 08-19-05 - japantoday.com Fuji Heavy unveils electric car that uses lithium-ion battery
- 08-19-05 - edmunds.com The Electric Car's Not Dead; Asian Companies Strive for Breakthrough
- 08-12-05 - autoweek.com autoweek.com Experts say electric cars should be part of research plans for automakers
- "That's the advice of a panel of technical experts representing the National Academy of Sciences. They say government and industry researchers should examine battery electric vehicles as an alternative to cars and trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells." -
- 08-15-05 - ktla.trb.com Still Plugging Along The EV1 Waiting List, 5000 or 50?
- 02-25-05 - H2 Can't Compete with Ev's Hybrids
- This is an excellent article "Hydrogen economy: energy and economic black hole" with many good references, percentages and information on H2 & fool cells. Good info for arguing the H2 vs EV's/hybrids efficiencies. I love the line (after multiplying all the innefficiencies) "If you don't understand this (hydrogen) concept, please mail me ten dollars and I'll send you a dollar".
- Toyota - Hybrids or Hydrogen? - "The lower efficiency of hydrogen production compared to gasoline brings the well-to-wheel efficiency of FCVs below that of hybrids."