TABLE 4-9: 2015 Electric Vehicle CharacteristicsCompact Standard
Battery type Subcompact Intermediate van pickup
2015(m)Lead acid.
Range =80 milesNickel-metal hydrideRange = 100 miles2015(0)
Nickel-metal hydrideRange = 200 milesSodium sulfurRange = 200 milesLithium polymerRange = 300 milesBattery weight
Total weight
F/C
Price393.5 515.1 590.3 779.8
1,079.7 1,429.8 1,644.5 2,077.0
0.140 0.185 0.213 0.269
$2.260 $3.175 $5.720 $9.050
Battery weight
Total weight
F/C209.8 229.6 314.7 415.8
782.6 967.8 1,198.9 1,488.2
0.095 0.117 0.145 0.180
Price | $6,150 $6,800 | $11,540 | $16,740Battery weight
Total weight
F/C
Price
Battery weight
Total weight
F/C
Price611.1 788.4
1,377.8 1,790.9
0.167 0.216
$25,560 | $33,090
220.6 284.5
746.0 975.8
0.093 0.122
$18.080 $23.450
Battery weight
Capacitor weight
Total weight
F/C116.4 150.2
60.0 80.0
637.5 838.5
0.075 0.099
Price | $8,720 $11,370898.4
2,045.9
0.247
$39.750
324.2
1,117.1
0.140
$28,765
171.1
100.0
969.5
0.115
$13,5001,197.8
2,634.5
0.318
$54.550
432.3
1,396.2
0.175
$39,900
228.2
120.0
1,185.9
0.140
$19,200NOTE: F/C is electricity consumption at outlet, (assuming charger efficiency of 94 percent), in kWh/km Weight in kg; Range is nominal range in
city driving; Price is incremental price over the same size conventional vehicle for that year. In each case, performance was controlled to “average”
levels of 65 brake horsepower per ton, basal on electric motor output, with weight based on curb weight plus nominal payload. Payload was set at
150, 180, 200, and 360 kg for the subcompact, intermediate car, compact van, and standard pickup, respectively. Lead acid batteries are discharged
only to 80 percent depth of discharge, others to 100 percent for fill range.
SOURCE: Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc.,“Automotive Technologies To Improve Fuel Economy to2015,” prepared for the Office of
Technology Assessment, June 1995, p. 10-48.