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EVAmerica Test Results

EVAmerica is independent baseline performance testing on electric vehicles. All vehicles tested are required to meet specifications before testing, and a standardized set of test procedures is followed.

The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

  • Summary of the trends (PDF 22 KB)
  • Graphical comparisons of eight performance indicators among vehicles tested since 1996 (PDF 60 KB)
  • Individual spider charts (PDF 215 KB) for each vehicle comparing results against performance goals

EVAmerica Fact Sheets

1999

  • 1999 Chrysler Epic with Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) Batteries (PDF 24 KB)
  • 1999 Ford Ranger with NiMH Batteries (PDF 235 KB)
  • 1999 General Motors EV1 with NiMH Batteries (PDF 209 KB)

1998

  • 1998 Chevrolet S-10 with NiMH Batteries (PDF 205 KB)
  • 1998 Toyota RAV4 with NiMH Batteries (PDF 208 KB)

1997

  • 1997 Chevrolet S-10 with Lead-Acid Batteries (PDF 192 KB)
  • 1997 Ford Ranger EV with Lead-Acid Batteries (PDF 203 KB)
  • 1997 General Motors EV1 with Lead-Acid Batteries (PDF 200 KB)

1996

  • 1996 Toyota RAV4 with PbA Batteries (PDF 106 KB)

1995

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