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Baseline tests of the EVA Change-of-Pace Coupe electric passenger vehicle

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6605903

The EVA Change-of-Pace Coupe, is an electric passenger vehicle, to characterize the state-of-the-art of electric vehicles. The EVA Change-of-Pace Coupe is a four passenger sedan that has been coverted to an electric vehicle. It is powered by twenty 6-V traction batteries through a silicon controlled rectifier chopper controller actuated by a foot throttle to change the voltage applied to the series wound, direct current motor. Braking is accomplished with a vacuum assist hydraulic braking system. Regenerative braking is also provided.

Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH (USA). Lewis Research Center
DOE Contract Number:
EC-77-A-31-1011
OSTI ID:
6605903
Report Number(s):
N-78-17938; NASA-TM-73763; E-9469
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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