BASELINE AND VERIFICATION TESTS OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE ASSOCIATES' CURRENT FARE STATION WAGON. FINAL TEST REPORT

The EVA Current Fare Wagon was manufactured by Electric Vehicle Associates, Incorporated (EVA) of Cleveland, Ohio. It is now available from Lectra Motors Corp. of Las Vegas, Nevada. The vehicle was tested under the direction of MERADCOM from 27 March 1980 to 6 November 1981. The tests are part of a Department of Energy project to assess advances in electric vehicle design. This report presents the performance test results on the EVA Current Fare Wagon. The EVA Current Fare Wagon is a 1980 Ford Fairmont station wagon which has been converted to an electric vehicle. The propulsion system is made up of a Cableform controller, a series-wound 30-hp Reliance Electric Motor, and 22 6-V lead-acid batteries. The Current Fare Wagon is also equipped with regenerative braking. Further details of the vehicle are given in the Vehicle Summary Data Sheet, Appendix A. The results of this testing are given in Table 1.

• Corporate Authors:

  Army Mobility Equipment R&D Center

  Electrical Power Laboratory
  Fort Belvoir, VA  United States  22060
• Authors:
  • Dowgiallo Jr, E J
  • Chapman, R D
• Publication Date: 1983-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 112 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric vehicles; Lead acid batteries; Propulsion; Regenerative braking; Vehicle performance; Vehicle power plants; Vehicle tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00463009
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Energy Research Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOE/CS/51042-T10
• Contract Numbers: AI01-77CS51042
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1987 12:00AM