EVcort (original) (raw)
The EVcort was an experimental electric car produced from 1981 to 1994 by Electric Vehicle Associates of Cleveland, Ohio, and later by Soleq Corp. of Chicago, Illinois. It consisted of a stock body and transmission from the Ford Escort, refitted with an electric propulsion system, every component of which was engineered and manufactured specifically for the car. It incorporated features such as regenerative braking and a multistep charging algorithm, that are common on modern electric vehicles but were quite innovative at the time. The intent was to produce a practical alternative-fueled vehicle with performance comparable to gasoline-powered cars, but like many electric vehicles of that era, the EVcort proved far too expensive to be commercially viable. Nevertheless, it was used extensive
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| dbo:abstract | The EVcort was an experimental electric car produced from 1981 to 1994 by Electric Vehicle Associates of Cleveland, Ohio, and later by Soleq Corp. of Chicago, Illinois. It consisted of a stock body and transmission from the Ford Escort, refitted with an electric propulsion system, every component of which was engineered and manufactured specifically for the car. It incorporated features such as regenerative braking and a multistep charging algorithm, that are common on modern electric vehicles but were quite innovative at the time. The intent was to produce a practical alternative-fueled vehicle with performance comparable to gasoline-powered cars, but like many electric vehicles of that era, the EVcort proved far too expensive to be commercially viable. Nevertheless, it was used extensively by a variety of institutions for electric vehicle demonstration and testing programs. (en) |
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| dbo:modelStartYear | 1981-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
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| dbo:transmission | 4-speed manual |
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| dbp:bodyStyle | station wagon, hatchback (en) |
| dbp:caption | 1988 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:class | electric compact (en) |
| dbp:designer | Shunjiro Ohba (en) |
| dbp:engine | General Electric SepEx motor (en) |
| dbp:layout | FF (en) |
| dbp:manufacturer | Electric Vehicle Associates, Soleq Corp. (en) |
| dbp:modelYears | 1981 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:name | EVcort (en) |
| dbp:sp | us (en) |
| dbp:transmission | 4 (xsd:integer) |
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| rdfs:comment | The EVcort was an experimental electric car produced from 1981 to 1994 by Electric Vehicle Associates of Cleveland, Ohio, and later by Soleq Corp. of Chicago, Illinois. It consisted of a stock body and transmission from the Ford Escort, refitted with an electric propulsion system, every component of which was engineered and manufactured specifically for the car. It incorporated features such as regenerative braking and a multistep charging algorithm, that are common on modern electric vehicles but were quite innovative at the time. The intent was to produce a practical alternative-fueled vehicle with performance comparable to gasoline-powered cars, but like many electric vehicles of that era, the EVcort proved far too expensive to be commercially viable. Nevertheless, it was used extensive (en) |
| rdfs:label | EVcort (en) |
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| foaf:depiction | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/1988SoleqEVcortElectricCar.jpg |
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| foaf:name | EVcort (en) |
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