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Title: Sodium sulfur electric vehicle battery engineering program final report, September 2, 1986--June 15, 1993

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/468562· OSTI ID:468562

In September 1986 a contract was signed between Chloride Silent Power Limited (CSPL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) entitled ``Sodium Sulfur Electric Vehicle Battery Engineering Program``. The aim of the cost shared program was to advance the state of the art of sodium sulfur batteries for electric vehicle propulsion. Initially, the work statement was non-specific in regard to the vehicle to be used as the design and test platform. Under a separate contract with the DOE, Ford Motor Company was designing an advanced electric vehicle drive system. This program, called the ETX II, used a modified Aerostar van for its platform. In 1987, the ETX II vehicle was adopted for the purposes of this contract. This report details the development and testing of a series of battery designs and concepts which led to the testing, in the US, of three substantial battery deliverables.

Research Organization:
Chloride Silent Power Ltd., Runcorn (United Kingdom)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-88AL54303
OSTI ID:
468562
Report Number(s):
DOE/AL/54303-T1; ON: DE97004843; TRN: AHC29710%%57
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English