Vehicle test report: Jet Industries Electra Van 600

Technical Report · Mon Feb 15 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5436571

Price, T W; Wirth, Jr, V A

The Jet Industries Electra Van 600, an electric vehicle assembled by Jet Industries, Inc., of Austin, Texas, was tested at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) dynamometer facility in Pasadena, California, and at JPL's Edwards Test Station, located near Lancaster, California. The tests were conducted between May 8, 1979 and January 30, 1980. These tests were performed to characterize certain parameters of the Electra Van 600 and to provide baseline data that can be used for the comparison of improved batteries that may be incorporated into the vehicle at a later time. The vehicle tests concentrated on the electrical drive subsystem; i.e., the batteries, controller, and motor. The tests included coastdowns to characterize the road load and range evaluations for both cyclic and constant speed conditions. A qualitative evaluation of the vehicle's performance was made by comparing its constant speed range performance with those vehicles described in the document titled, State-of-the-Art Assessment of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. The Electra Van 600 range performance was approximately equal to the majority of the vehicles tested in that 1977 assessment.

• Research Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-78CS54209
• OSTI ID: 5436571
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS-54209-9; ON: DE82014403
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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