I understand that these trucks would likely have
ordinary sealed lead-acid batteries, for which
there are plenty replacements, even though some type
of replacements may need a re-layout of the pack and
making new battery wiring, that is not a large task.
The battery pack is rather small, limiting the range
somewhat, but the performance at 100kW is plenty to
keep up with traffic easily.
It seems that GM removed the SW governed 70 MPH limit
after EV America tested the trucks, although I have
heard that trucks have been recalled to be re-programmed
because the performance was so unlimited that lead-foot
drivers did not get decent range, so GM reduced the
peak performance to limit the abuse of the small pack.
Since my S10 truck has only 60kW and I usually can keep
up with traffic, just need to plan the accel/decel
moments in advance (ie requires driving experience),
I would expect that these trucks are indeed fun to drive.
Early on, nobody considered US Electricar to be repairable
so some have been stripped from the AC drive and motor
and converted to DC motor and controller.
Today we have built up enough knowledge and a few
competent people to rework damage done to the controller
and other components, such that essentially every
US Electricar can be brought back to life.
I bet that a dedicated GM S10 EV club can do the same,
it all depends on how much the members invest their time
and effort into their vehicle.
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Subject: Re: [EVDL] Chevrolet S-10EV trucks being auctioned
This also also http://www.evbones.com as a resource for these trucks.
Oddly enough GM "we crushed the EV1's because keeping the parts supply going was too much of a liability" *does* still have certain parts available for this trucks. However, some parts are indeed obsolete requiring a used one to be found. EV bones has replacement NiMH batteries, various reliability upgrade services, and may have some other
(used) parts from time to time.
Unlike typical conversions, it is not a good "mix & match" vehicle.
Because all the computer systems can not be custom programmed and are tightly tied together, you can't just stick in different size batteries or use one of Rudman's chargers. I'd suggest either restoring to stock or plan on a complete new drive train.
But they are indeed fun to drive
Mike Chancey wrote:
>
> Most of these were crushed, but as you see a few survived. If you
> have seen Who Killed the Electric Car, these are the pickups mixed in
> with the EV1s. Parts are going to be a real problem as GM has dropped
> all support.
>
> There is some data on the web at:
>
> Http://evalbum.com/722
>
> and
>
> http://www.seattleeva.org/wiki/Chevrolet_S10_EV
>
> and
>
> http://avt.inl.gov/pdf/fsev/eva/chvs10.pdf
>
> These don't look like a project for the faint of heart. I've been
> driving EVs for 17 years and I wouldn't go near one. On the other
> hand, when working they would be pretty cool.
>
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