FMVSS 212/219/301 TESTING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES SOUTH COAST TECHNOLOGY-ELECTRIC VW (VOLKSWAGEN) RABBIT; BATTRONICS VAN

The report presents the results of two electric vehicle-to-barrier head-on crash tests. These tests were conducted to determine if the vehicles would comply with the fuel spillage requirements of federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 301, Fuel System Integrity, the windshield retention requirements of FMVSS 212, and the windshield zone intrusion requirements of FMVSS 219. The standard fixed barrier was replaced by the NHTSA Fixed Test Device with 40 load cells for the SCT Rabbit crash test. The electric vehicles tested in this report were the SCT Electric Rabbit, manufactured by South Coast Technology, Inc., Goleta, California; and the Battronics Van, manufactured by Battronic Truck Corporation, Boyerstown, Pennsylvania.

• Corporate Authors:

  Dynamic Science

  1850 West Pinnacle Peak Road
  Phoenix, AZ  United States  85027

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Pozzi, M
• Publication Date: 1979-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 156 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automotive engineering; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Design; Electric automobiles; Frontal crashes; Fuel systems; Fuel tanks; Reliability; Research; Safety; Safety engineering; Standards; Vehicle safety; Windshields
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318916
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 3042-79-186/1540 Final Rpt., HS-805 402
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-5-01104
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 27 1982 12:00AM