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Lateral view of the AC Propulsion eBox. AC Propulsion executives announced their intention to convert Scion xBs to battery electric vehicles in October, 2003. [1] Company executives stated that the Scion xB was chosen in part due to its boxy shape which allows for good placement and installation of a battery pack.
Since 2010, combined sales of all-electric cars and utility vans achieved 1 million units delivered globally in September 2016, [1] 4.8 million electric cars in use at the end of 2019, [2] and cumulative sales of light-duty plug-in electric cars reached the 10 million unit milestone by the end of 2020. [3]
Tesla, Inc. (/ ˈ t ɛ s l ə / ⓘ TESS-lə or / ˈ t ɛ z l ə / TEZ-lə [a]) is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it designs, manufactures and sells battery electric vehicles (BEVs), stationary battery energy storage devices from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar shingles, and related products and services.
Fastest acceleration of an electric car, 0 to 100 km/h in 1.461 seconds by university students at the University of Stuttgart. [70] Electric Land Speed Record 353 mph (568 km/h). [71] Electric Car Distance Record 1,725 miles (2,776 km) in 24 hours by Bjørn Nyland. [72] Greatest distance by electric vehicle, single charge 999.5 miles (1,608.5 km).
The General Motors EV1 is a battery electric car produced by the American automaker General Motors from 1996 until its demise in 1999. A subcompact car , the EV1 marked the introduction of mass produced and purpose-built battery electric vehicles.
The tZero (a mathematical symbol meaning, 'time from a standing start in sequence') is a hand-built electric sports car designed and built in very limited numbers by the U.S. pioneering company AC Propulsion in the mid 1990's. It was the inspiration and direct predecessor of the Tesla line of electric cars. The only part of the tZero that was ...
AC Propulsion is a San Dimas, California, USA company founded in 1992 by Alan Cocconi, Wally Rippel, and Paul Carosa, that specializes in alternating current-based drivetrain systems for electric vehicles. [1] [2] It offers AC-induction traction motors. [3]
AC induction motors and synchronous motors are simple and low maintenance, but up until the advent of power semiconductors, were awkward to apply for traction motors because of their fixed speed characteristic. An AC induction motor generates useful amounts of power only over a narrow speed range determined by its construction and the frequency ...