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The principal investigator sits on the board of directors for the Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium (NAVC) along with the state fleet manager, who is responsible for implementing alternate fuel technology in Connecticut state government to comply with Federal law. Board membership has provided an opportunity for regular communication between the fleet manager and researcher at board meetings. The project was successful because it has discouraged expenditures of public funds on ALAB technology that doesn't work well and doesn't last very long. It is recommended that a nickel cadmium (NiCd) battery be evaluated in this car. The cost of NiCd batteries has fallen sharply in recent years. An evaluation should examine claims that NiCd batteries will both last longer can provide double the range of CSLAB cars. These characteristics would improve the practicality of a battery/electric subcompact car for state fleet needs. It is further recommended that fuel-hired heaters be evaluated as a means to address heating and windshield defrosting requirements in Connecticut in a manner that does not use much electricity from the battery pack, which supplies motive power. iv
Disclaimer The contents of this report reflect the views of the author who is responsible for the facts and accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not reflect the official views or policies of the Connecticut Department of Transportation or the Federal Highway Administration. This report does not constitute a standard, specification or regulation. v
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Page 11 and 12: List of Figures (continued) FIGURE
Page 13 and 14: Background Evaluation of Electric V
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Page 21 and 22: The 1995 EVs in our project all had
Page 23 and 24: demonstration-project requirements,
Page 25 and 26: Distance (miles) 50 45 40 35 30 25
Page 27 and 28: The graph was produced by the batte
Page 29 and 30: 95 Ah ALAB delivered 79 cycles duri
Page 31 and 32: the state-of-art ALAB car. All of t
Page 33 and 34: Distance (miles) 120 100 80 60 40 2
Page 35 and 36: the pack; followed by 4-4.5 hours u
Page 37 and 38: is 65 mph. One 1.4-mile stretch has
Page 39 and 40: within the 70 percent DOD limit. We
Page 41 and 42: eplacement battery registers 1.8 V/
Page 43 and 44: this car/battery configuration with
Page 45 and 46: In table 2 we are reporting the sin
Page 47 and 48: Rideshare provided data from both t
Page 49 and 50: 50 Ah CSLAB-powered Electric Subcom
Page 51 and 52: The project successfully assembled
Page 53 and 54: References 1. Berg, Mark R., “The
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Electric Commuter Vehicle Evaluatio
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1996 ATdS Daily Recordof Performanc
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1996 ATdS Range Day: 141-mile drive
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1996 Post ATdS Performance Battery
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1996 Analysis of ALAB Failure Elect
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ALAB Car Photos in 1996 & 1997 Elec
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1997 ATdS Results & Data Electric C
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1997 ATdS Results & Data Discharge
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1997 ATdS Results & Data Friday Dis
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Grade-clinbing Limits of ALAB Car C
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Preparations for 1997 American Tour
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1997 PostATdS the Goodyear Aqua tre
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1998 ATdS Results & Data Data for c
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1998 PostATdS ● ● ● 18, and 1
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ALAB Car Evaluation Completed ●
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VEHICLE WEIGHT IATF personnel weigh
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The 1.6 km (1 mile) urban circuit p
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energy management system to work pr
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