| Owner | Tim Prior | ||||||
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| Location | Denver, Colorado United States map | ||||||
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| Vehicle | 1999 Solectria Force Very lightly used, 4000+ original miles when bought. Great shape, very little rust and everything working well so far. New batteries last thanksgiving, G27's, working like new. | ||||||
| Motor | Azure Dynamics/Solectria 3-Phase AC | ||||||
| Drivetrain | Gear Box | ||||||
| Controller | Azure Dynamics/Solectria | ||||||
| Batteries | 13 East Penn 8G27, 12.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, Gel Very heavy! | ||||||
| System Voltage | 156 Volts | ||||||
| Charger | Azure Dynamics/Solectria | ||||||
| Heater | Puny, but it works | ||||||
| DC/DC Converter | Azure Dynamics/Solectria | ||||||
| Instrumentation | Ah counter and speedo/odom. | ||||||
| Top Speed | 65 MPH (104 KPH) I like to say is drives as if it had a full diaper! | ||||||
| Acceleration | Slow, ok, and Geo plus! | ||||||
| Range | 40 Miles (64 Kilometers) Often have 60 and 80 mile days as I charge it right back up at home on 220V. | ||||||
| Watt Hours/Mile | Clocked in around .8 AH/mi on a 20 mi round trip lately. | ||||||
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| Seating Capacity | 4 adults, 1 child | ||||||
| Curb Weight | 0 Heavy. | ||||||
| Tires | 4 | ||||||
| Conversion Time | All original, converted by Solectria. | ||||||
| Conversion Cost | $8000 plus shipping, and soon new batteries. | ||||||
| Additional Features | Plug in a tape converter for my MP3 Player/phone. Removed broken passenger side mirror and passenger side wiper and put a much smaller wiper on driver side for aerodynamic improvement. | ||||||
| Had to fix aH counter (Brusa) a couple times and replace a fuse, but it seems good to go, now. Controller whines when it is trying to regen with less than say, 15 Ah out, otherwise the regen works great for stopping. | |||||||
1998 Solectria Force
“The Lead Sled”
Last Updated 04-17-2017
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