FIELD TEST WITH FIVE BATTERY VANS
Five battery powered vans, Mercedes Benz 307, have been on field test at the Swedish State Power Board (Vattenfall) during the period July 1982-June 1985. The goal with this project was to demonstrate that electric road vehicles in certain applications can be a good alternative to conventional vehicles. Most of the time the vehicles have been isolated from each other. The problems experienced are substantially dependent on the way the vans were operated from the beginning. The first problem was get proper service and maintenance. The main reason for technical problems has been the propulsion battery. The applications were chosen so it would never be necessary to exceed daily driving distance of 80 km and manage with a maximum velocity of 70 km/hour. After a lot of initial problems it was decided that one of Vattenfall's own departments was going to be responsible for the service on these vehicles. This was a happy change and gave the result that the vans were much better accepted by the users. The specific energy consumption has varied widely and the operating costs have been dominated by the battery.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Conference held in Washington, D.C., 20 October 1986.
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Corporate Authors:
Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20585 -
Authors:
- Ristborg, H
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1986
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 312-317
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Electric batteries; Electric vehicles; Energy consumption; Field tests; Motor vehicles; Operating costs; Vans
- Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00465420
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Energy Research Abstracts
- Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-8610122
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 29 1988 12:00AM