| Owner | Jason and Phyllis Bloomberg | ||||||
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| Location | Cheyenne, Wyoming US map | ||||||
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| Vehicle | 1993 Eagle Summit Wagon Model EVX-1 Converted when car was brand new for the OUC (Orlando Utilities Commission) by SolarMax of Sarasota, FL. | ||||||
| Motor | Advanced DC FB1-10001A Series Wound DC 9" Drive Motor 27.5 HP, 1200 ft-lbs torque @ 2350 RPM | ||||||
| Drivetrain | 5 speed manual Stick-shift. Still has clutch but never really use it. Front Wheel Drive. | ||||||
| Controller | Cafe Electric Zilla EV controller Z1K-HV 1000 72-300volt zzPC2 Water cooled CPU, w/ Hairball assembly replaced the Curtis in 2007 for $2700 and got a $400 credit for the Curtis since it still was working. | ||||||
| Batteries | 20 Deka Pro Master Deep Cycle GC-15, 6.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, Flooded Installed fall 2007, replaced spring 2009 after charger failure causing batteries to over-heat. Charger has been fixed, new batteries were about $1,500.00 for Deka Pro Master of the same type previously installed. | ||||||
| System Voltage | 120 Volts | ||||||
| Charger | K and W BC-20 with LB-20 Line Booster Triac & Motherboard replaced by original manufacturer July 2008 for less than $200 and we love it! The owner is no longer making new chargers but still will repair existing ones in some cases. K&W Engineering, Inc. 3298 County Home Road Marion, Iowa 52302 Telephone: 319-378-0866 Steve Clunn also made a temporary charger for us to use while this one was being repair and it works great too! He generally doesn't make them anymore but goes out of his way to help. | ||||||
| Heater | Ceramic Resistance - added in 2008 | ||||||
| DC/DC Converter | Exide Nautalus | ||||||
| Instrumentation | Westberg 2C6-30X 0-500 AMP Ammeter Curtis 900R-120BN Battery Fuel Gauge Xantrex "EV Meter" Battery Monitor added 2008 WebPage | ||||||
| Top Speed | 70 MPH (112 KPH) This is as fast as I've tried to take it so far. | ||||||
| Acceleration | smoke's em in second! | ||||||
| Range | 50 Miles (80 Kilometers) total discharge, I try not to go less than 50% before recharging. | ||||||
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| Seating Capacity | 2 adults + cargo | ||||||
| Curb Weight | 4,060 Pounds (1,845 Kilograms) True total weight done at local truck scale with full tank of electrons (just kidding). | ||||||
| Tires | Original 225/60-SR13 on Precision "dished out" rims. | ||||||
| Conversion Cost | Conversion by SolarMax in 1993 was $9,653.05 We purchased it on eBay from the OUC. Initial restoration of EV electronics and battery systems was done for us by Steve Clunn of Grass Roots Electric Vehicles in Ft. Pierce, FL from 2007 - 2008 (see WebPage and WebPage ). He has done good work and is very fair with his pricing. Steve Clunn is a real EV enthusiast. | ||||||
| Additional Features | Originally had (10) 12v 8G30H East Penn Mfg Batteries and a Curtis 1221B-74D1 controller. Ten Unisolar MBC-131 17volt flexible photovoltaic cells linked in series producing 5 watts @ 170 VDC mounted on roof (trickle charge and still working). We've changed the controller, batteries, instrumentation (as noted above) and added a Rover & Rover AquaPro hydrodynamic battery watering system WebPage | ||||||
| Turns a lot of heads here in Cheyenne, WY. Fun to drive. No its not for sale. My wife and I have too much fun driving it almost every day. It is proof that we don't have "wait another 10 years" for the technology to be available. It's been here for more than the past 16 years this car has been around as a fully functional EV. We made the commitment to get this car and put it on the road because we believe we should do what we are able to reduce the amount of garbage being spewed into the air every day. We were not trying to save money with this project. We simply wanted to do our part to make things a little better in this world in terms of the air we all breath. | |||||||
1993 Eagle Summit Wagon EVX-1
“Sun Car - 'The PV EV'”
Last Updated 08-16-2009
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