Testing Reports

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 2008
	2008 ZENN 2-Passenger (PDF 360 KB)
	2007 GEM 6 Passenger (PDF 351 KB) 2007 GEM 2 Passenger (PDF 336 KB)
Testing 2005
	KATECH (Lithium Polymer) 4-Passenger NEV Range and Battery Testing Report (PDF 1.38 MB)
Testing 2004
	2005 GEM 4-Passenger (PDF 260 KB) 2005 GEM 2-Passenger (PDF 263 KB)
	2005 GEM Long Bed (PDF 263 KB) 2005 GEM Short Bed (PDF 264 KB)
Testing 2002
	Ford Th!nk Neighbor - 4-Passenger (PDF 281 KB) Ford Th!nk Neighbor - 2-Passenger (PDF 278 KB)
	GEM 4-Passenger (PDF 277 KB) GEM 2-Passenger (PDF 265 KB)
	GEM Long Bed (PDF 279 KB) GEM Short Bed (PDF 276 KB)
	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.
	Four-Passenger ParCar (PDF 275 KB) Two-Passenger ParCar (PDF 271 KB)