http://blogs.hotrod.com/1966-electrovair-ii-electricity-during-the-muscle-car-era-105625.html 1966 Electrovair II: Electricity During the Muscle Car Era by: Diego Rosenberg January 28 2014
[images http://stblogs.hotrod.com/files/2014/01/1966_electrovair-II_macsmotorcitygarage.jpg 1966 electrovair II macsmotorcitygarage Image courtesy of MacsMotorCityGarage.com http://stblogs.hotrod.com/files/2014/01/1966_electrovair-II_automotivenews.jpg 1966 electrovair II automotivenews http://stblogs.hotrod.com/files/2014/01/1966_electrovair-II_gm.jpg 1966 electrovair II gm Image courtesy of General Motors http://stblogs.hotrod.com/files/2014/01/1966_electrovair-II_ranwhenparked.jpg 1966 electrovair II ranwhenparked Image courtesy of GM/RanWhenParked.net http://stblogs.hotrod.com/files/2014/01/1966_electrovair_II_corvairforum.jpg 1966 electrovair II corvairforum http://stblogs.hotrod.com/files/2014/01/1966_electrovair_II_corvairforum2.jpg 1966 electrovair II corvairforum2 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Uuc6QwTFs ] Electric cars may be the technological flavor of the day, but they’ve existed for over 100 years. Once popular with women who didn’t want to deal with dirty, noisy (and, hence, unladylike) gasoline-powered vehicles, electric vehicles soon fell out of favor with the development of the self-starter (thanks to Cadillac), the value-priced Ford Model T, the developing gasoline infrastructure, and the lack of good cruising range. Many manufacturers continued to tinker with electric vehicles since then, including corporate giant General Motors. In 1964, they developed the Electrovair, a Corvair 4-door sedan, which was followed up by the 1966 Electrovair II, based on the second-generation Corvair four-door hardtop. Of course, the heart of a conventional Corvair was an air-cooled flat-six, but for the Electrovair an AC motor was substituted in its place. A 532-volt silver-zinc battery pack was mounted in the front trunk , which offered the highest energy storage per unit weight and highest peak power output of any battery source of the time. The electric motor put out approximately 115 horsepower (with a 13,000 redline!), which was comparable to the Corvair’s mid-range motor. Despite its bloated weight (the battery pack added 800 pounds), the Electrovair’s acceleration was comparable to a conventional Corvair. Since there was no engine braking, heavy-duty brakes were used. Of course, as is the case today, the drawback to the Electrovair was its driving range – only 40-80 miles before a six-hour recharge was needed. However, the Electrovair showed what electric car performance could be once a better power source was found. The search continues today. [© 2014 Hot Rod, Source Interlink Media] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: questgoi.org student develops a cheaper solar electric bicycle EVLN: EVSE-crime changes use-fee to pay, covering crime's repair cost$ + EVLN: A*Star/BYD to develop driverless electric cars {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-1966-Electrovair-II-An-Electric-During-the-Muscle-Car-Era-tp4667885.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
