GE/Chrysler: Key chassis features of experimental electric car - 1979
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Item No: arcd06413
Title: GE/Chrysler: Key chassis features of experimental electric car - 1979
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Source: Automobile Reference Collection
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KEY CHASSIS FEATURES of experimental electric car under design and development by General Electric and Chrysler Corporation for the Near-Term Electric Vehicle Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) include 108-volt power system consisting of 18 lead-acid batteries, a separately excited direct current motor, regenerative braking, electronic controls, and coil-type suspension. Chrysler is designing the car, G.E. the motor and controls. Globe-Union, Inc. will provide high-energy-density lead-acid batteries. The two-year $5.98 million project will be completed in the spring of 1979 with delivery of two compact size, four passenger electric test vehicles to DoE.
Creator Name: GE research and Chrysler Corporation
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