Re: Green car on Earthday Site

["David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <roden@ald.net>]

Sorry Peter.  I take it back; you're right.

Solectria now calls their mini-pickup (the body is from Taiwan, I think) 
the Flash.  That's the vehicle for which I gave the URL.  

However, they used that name in 1991 for a composite-bodied 3-wheeler 
prototype.  This is the probably the one to which you refer.  

I have also seen pictures of a similar vehicle which appears to have 4 
wheels, though it might be a doctored photo.  Regardless, it's a very 
cool looking gull wing car.

This vehicle was never produced, and was superseded by the Sunrise in 
1994.  

The Sunrise has also never seen production, but its prototype did go 238 
miles on a charge in a Tour de Sol (using Ovonic NiMH batteries).  In 
1996, they got 373 miles out of it.  In 1997, James Worden drove it from 
Boston to New York, at freeway speeds, on a single charge.  (Which shows 
you that anybody who says EVs can't have enough range just isn't paying 
attention.)


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
1991 Solectria Force 144vac
1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc
1979 General Engines ElectroPed 24vdc
1974 Honda Civic EV 96vdc
1970 GE Elec-trak E15 36vdc
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