U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Vehicle Technologies Program – Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity

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

• 1995 Solectria E-10 (PDF 195 KB)
• 1995 Solectria Force (PDF 193 KB)

1994

• 1994 Baker EV100 Pickup (PDF 201 KB)
• 1994 BAT International Metro (PDF 115 KB)
• 1994 BAT International Metro (PDF 124 KB)
• 1994 BAT International Pickup (PDF 117 KB)
• 1994 Dodge Caravan (PDF 115 KB)
• 1994 Solectria Force (PDF 117 KB)
• 1994 Solectria E-10 (PDF 111 KB)
• 1994 Unique Mobility Pickup (PDF 122 KB)
• 1994 U.S. Electricar Sedan (PDF 110 KB)
• 1994 U.S. Electricar Pickup (PDF 111 KB)