The project, within the City of San Jose, involved eight agencies with ten electric vehicles. These vehicles were used for administrative transport, parts pickup and delivery, and for maintenance/service support tasks. The final evaluation of the project would have to be classified as mixed. The hoped for general consensus of support for electric vehicles did not evolve. The personnel who drove these vehicles complained of poor ride and lack of range. The purpose of the project, nevertheless, was fulfilled; in that, it demonstrated the requirements for any future plans for electric vehicle use. First, there must be greater vendor support for maintaining the vehicles. Second, parts must be more readily available. Third, the vendors must be more stable - all of ours went out of business before the second year of operation was completed. This was largely due to the reduction in the fourth requirement of support for the project from the federal government. (ERA citation 10:004874)


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    Title :

    Electric/Hybrid Vehicle (E/HV) Demonstration/Test Project. Final Report


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1984


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English