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NEVAmerica Baseline Performance Testing Summaries

A neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) is defined as a "low-speed vehicle" (LSV) by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 500. According to FMVSS No. 500, a LSV is a vehicle: (a) that is four-wheeled, (b) has a top attainable speed in 1 mile of more than 20 miles per hour (mph) and not more than 25 mph on a level paved surface, and (c) has a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of less than 2,500 pounds.

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Testing 2009

2009 Vantage Pickup EVX1000

2009 Vantage Pickup EVX1000 (PDF 608 KB)
2009 Vantage Van EVC1000 (PDF 659 KB)

 2009 Vantage Van EVC1000
2008 Roush REV

2008 Roush Pickup Truck (PDF 233 KB)
2008 Roush Pickup Truck Battery Test Report (PDF 300 KB)

Testing 2008

2008 Miles Electric Vehicles Miles ZX40ST

2008 Miles 2 Passenger (PDF 296 KB)
2008 Miles 4 Passenger (PDF 340 KB)

 2008 Miles Electric Vehicles Miles ZX40S-AD
2008 ZENN 2 passenger neighborhood electric vehicle

2008 ZENN 2-Passenger (PDF 297 KB)

  
2007 Global Electronic Motor Cars 6 passenger neighborhood electric vehicle

2007 GEM 6 Passenger (PDF 288 KB)
2007 GEM 2 Passenger (PDF 335 KB)

 2007 Global Electric Motorcars Long Bed Neighborhood Electric Vehicle

Testing 2005

KATECH 4-Passenger NEV

KATECH (Lithium Polymer) 4-Passenger NEV
Range and Battery Testing Report
(PDF 1.38 MB)

 Front view of KATECH 4-Passenger NEV

Testing 2004

2005 GEM four-passenger

2005 GEM 4-Passenger (PDF 260 KB)
2005 GEM 2-Passenger (PDF 263 KB)

 2005 GEM two-passenger
2005 GEM longbed

2005 GEM Long Bed (PDF 263 KB)
2005 GEM Short Bed (PDF 264 KB)

 2005 GEM shortbed

Testing 2002

Ford 4 Passenger NEV

Ford Th!nk Neighbor - 4-Passenger (PDF 281 KB)
Ford Th!nk Neighbor - 2-Passenger (PDF 278 KB)

 Ford 2 Passenger NEV

GEM 4 Passenger NEV

GEM 4-Passenger (PDF 277 KB)
GEM 2-Passenger (PDF 265 KB)

 GEM 2 Passenger NEV

GEM long bed NEV

GEM Long Bed (PDF 279 KB)
GEM Short Bed (PDF 276 KB)

 GEM Short Bed NEV

Frazer Nash Car NEV

Frazer Nash Car (PDF 288 KB)
Frazer Nash Truck (PDF 267 KB)

Note: These Frazer Nash vehicles qualified as NEVs when tested. On August 17, 2005, changes to FMVSS No. 500 limited LSVs to a maximum GVWR of 2,500 pounds.

Frazer Nash Truck NEV

ParCar 4 passenger NEV

Four-Passenger ParCar (PDF 275 KB)
Two-Passenger ParCar (PDF 271 KB)

 ParCar 2 passenger NEV