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To: fred whitridge who wrote (3696)	5/29/1999 2:49:00 PM
From: Don Devlin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8393

Response to a fraction of the misstatements in article: Please forward to Bill Amburg. nytimes.com May 29, 1999 EXCERPT FROM NY TIMES DON DEVLIN Makers of Hybrid Vehicles Add Fuel to Electric Mix </yr/mo/day/news/financial/hybrid-cars.1.jpg.html> By MATTHEW L. WALD EXCERPT: Bill Van Amburg, a spokesman for Calstart, a private nonprofit group that is trying to develop a clean-vehicle industry, contrasted the choice facing buyers interested in helping clean up the environment: Toyota Motor Co.'s Prius, a hybrid already available in Japan and scheduled to go on sale in the United States next year vs. General Motors Corp.'s battery-electric model, the EV-1, which is available in California. "Toyota is selling a hybrid for $16,000 in Japan, a four-seater with an 800-mile range, or you can buy a two-seat EV-1 for $32,000, with a 60-mile range," Van Amburg said in a telephone interview. "That's an easy choice for most consumers, I think." N Y TIMES ************************************************************************ Don Devlin Writes: Almost impossible to believe that Bill Amburg speaks so mindlessly. What's going on? 1- Toyota sells the Prius for 16,000 dollars but loses over twenty thousand dollars with each vehicle sold. 2-You can't buy an EV1 for any price. It's only for lease. And there are no new ones for lease. 2 An EV1 four seater, already shown and demonstrated has never been manufactured. It would increase the potential buyers twenty fold. 3 EV1s with Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, many sitting for months at the railroad depot in San Bernardino, goes much closer to i60 miles than sixty miles. I've tested one myself for three days. They end the problem of low range and public charging, as a second car, Commuter, suburban, or Urban vehicle. They are simply the best vehicles on the road. No consumers have received one. They are never mentioned by GM or the Auto press. 4-The EV1 is a power house attaining sixty miles per hour in less than 8 seconds while the Prius is an underpowered automobile using either ICE or electric propulsion. The Prius(all Hybrids) uses gasoline and continues to pollute. Don Devlin***************************************** 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)