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Old 01-08-2009, 05:39 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
Alan Cocconi's AC Propulsion',EV- conversion CRX used inverted 3-phase AC current in his car... He's the guy that designed the initial controller for the GM Impact.
Here's another link to Cocconi that addresses this thread's subject:

I happened across the web page of the owner of an OEM GM S10e, which uses essentially the same drive train (including front wheel drive) that the production EV1 used.

Regarding acceleration performance, GM quoted it at partial charge to give drivers an indication of real world performance (rather than best case fresh-off-the-charger acceleration):

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GM estimated 0-50 mph times of 13.5 seconds at 50% charge; "even less" when
the truck had a full charge.
Source: 1998_s10e_
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