Thanks, I saw one in Phoenix about 8 years ago. It had NiCd. My memory is not decreasing. ________________________________ From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> on behalf of EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 2:09 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: EVDL Administrator Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Chrysler Portal e-minivan production (v)
On 24 Sep 2018 at 18:15, ROBERT via EV wrote: > Sorry misspelling. Chrysler not Crystal. Got it, thanks. I should have recognized that, and might have if I'd looked at the subject line. :-\ Presumably you're thinking of the TEVan (early 1990s) and the EPIC (mid-late 1990s). Half the TEVans had 180ah Saft nickel cadmium batteries, the other half had 200ah Eagle-Picher nickel-iron batteries. Not many were sold, but some are still running around. Others were apparently scrapped, and now and then you come across someone offering the NiCd or NiFe batteries from them for sale. The EPIC had Saft NiMH batteries. Someone correct me if this is wrong, but I think Saft was one of only 2 companies (Gold Peak was the other) that grabbed licenses from Ovonic before Ovonic slammed the door on anyone making NiMH modules big enough to use in real EVs, a license term that should have been criminal. Wikipedia says that some EPICs had lead batteries, but I've never found corroboration for that. I think the EPIC was only leased, not sold. No idea where any of them are now. Probably in scrap yards. Both were factory (EPTO, Electric Power Train Option) conversions of the short wheelbase Dodge Caravan / Plymouth Voyager vans. As a point of trivia, EPIC originally stood for Electric Powered INTRAurban Commuter, NOT INTERurban Commuter, as is usually stated. I remember reading an article about the EPIC back in the mid-1990s that took pains to point out the difference. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/intra- https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/inter- Chrysler meant that it was an EV for use within the city, not between cities, hence "intraurban." But I guess the Chryser PR and advertising people didn't know the difference between the words, or didn't care. Presumably whomever coined the name didn't bother to correct them, or couldn't, so it became "interurban." But now at least YOU know, in case you're a language geek too. :-) David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20180925/71d81c7f/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
