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To: Ray who wrote (4125)	10/21/1999 11:03:00 AM
From: Don Devlin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 8393

EXCERPT from todays'La Times DD Thursday, October 21, 1999 A Guide to the '00s and Beyond By JOHN O'DELL, Times Staff Writer ......... EV1 Changes: The country's only all-original electric car, General Motors' EV1, finally gets the new extended-range, nickel-metal-hydride battery pack. The NiMH batteries give the two-seat coupe up to 120 miles of real-world driving range (which, like gas mileage in a standard vehicle, is usually less than the official rating because most people don't drive for the sole purpose of maximizing fuel economy, as mileage testers do). The EV1, with sports-car handling and monstrous torque that lets showoff drivers spin the front-drive wheels and pins the occupants to the seats on takeoff, leases in California for $399 a month with the old lead-acid batteries (range is 65 to 90 miles) and $499 with the NiMH batteries, officially rated for 75 to 140 miles of range between charges. The extended-range batteries, originally promised early last year, will be available by December, GM officials swear. ************************************************************************* Here is a reminder of a recent post to the EV1 list DD INEEL Completes EV Performance Testing The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced its Field Operations Program at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) has completed baseline performance testing of the new General Motors EV1 and Chevrolet S-10 electric vehicles (EVs). Both of the vehicles feature nickel metal hydride batteries from Ovonic Energy Products. DOE said the EV1 is the first vehicle to have a range in excess of 200 miles. In addition, the S-10 EV with nickel metal hydride batteries traveled twice as far as the lead acid battery-powered S-10 model previously tested. The EV1 has a single charge range of 140 miles during the driving cycle test, 221 miles at a constant speed of 45 miles-per-hour (mph), and 161 miles at a constant speed of 60 mph. The EV has a charging efficiency of 2.7 miles-per-kilowatt-hour (m/kWh) and a drive cycle efficiency of 5.6 m/kWh, and accelerates from zero to 50 mph in 6.3 seconds. The S-10 was able to achieve a single charge range of 95 miles during the driving cycle test, 131 miles at a constant speed of 45 mph, 88 miles at a constant speed of 60 mph, and accelerated from zero to 50 mph in 9.9 seconds. The pickup has a charging efficiency of 1.3 m/kWh and a drive cycle efficiency of 3.6 m/kWh. Testing was performed by Phoenix, AZ-based Electric Transportation Applications. Contact: Jim Francfort, INEEL, phone 208-526-6787, e-mail francfje@inel.gov. (DOE RELEASE: 5/17)