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To: Thomas J. Smith who wrote (2778)	12/20/1998 5:48:00 PM
From: Don Devlin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8393

Correspondence from the EV1 list. Jeff, I completely agree. The NiMH batteries improved 300% over the lead acids in my 'IN CITY' driving. 40 miles to 122 miles. As normal freeway driving easily provides 70 miles trips, 300% would take us over 200 miles. However being extremely conservative and assuming less than three hundred percent on the longer range trips, I think that the Ovonics claim of 140 to 160 miles per charge is on target. They had quietly mentioned many trips in Michigan as over two hundred miles per charge. GM claims of 75 to 140 seems understated but as the last time people were disappointed in the lead acid range claims, GM was probably right to understate the NiMH range claims. Can't wait for the reports to begin coming in. I hope everyone reports their own experiences, truthfully. I did ask if it was O.K. to go public on my experiences. The answer was, yes. Hats off to Mark Selogie and his incredible team on their Gen 2 propulsion system. A four seater Gen 2 EV1 with NiMH would take off like a rocket. Don Devlin At 05:09 PM 12/19/98 -0500, Jeffrey Church wrote: >Message text written by Don Devlin >> Devlin/Chesnut (Lead acids: (historical) 3 1/2 to 4 miles per bar. >38 to 44 miles per charge. ><<NiMH batteries (100% start charge) 11 miles per bar - 122 miles per >charge>> >++ >My guess is that this for those folks who typically use the power pedal as >a FUN switch, or are quite aggressive, and are really enjoying the great >power of the car.I would say that these numbers are a great indication of >the ability of the car. >++++MY EXPERIENCE: >I had the luxury of chauffering Rob, our local EV Specialist, the other >day, a total of 54 miles. This was up and down freeways, and up 16 miles of >fairly steep hills in Orange County. Not flat freeway driving.Returned to >the start point. I used a total of 31% of a charge. This equates to >approximately 174 per charge. On flat freeway I expect to get in excess of >200 miles. >I used to not exceed that in my previous Saturn! >I'm looking foward to driving the NiMh in the future. >Very Satisfied. >Jeff >