Advanced Automotive Technology: Visions of a Super-Efficient Family Car

TABLE A-2: Specifications of Some Advanced Electric Vehicles

Fuel

Total weight Motor output consumption P E

Vehicle type (kg) peak (hp) (kWh/km) (hplkg) (Wh/kg-km)

GM Impact 1,348 137 0.115 0.091 0.086

Cocconi Honda CRX 1,225 120 0,103 0.087 0.084

BMW E-1 880 45 0.133 0.044 0.151

Chrysler Van 2,340 70 0.300 0.028 0.128

Ford Ecostar 1,405 75 0.188 0.040 0.134

Honda CUV4 1,680 66 0.155 0.036 0.093

KEY: P = performance rating of vehicle + payload; E = specific efficiency of vehicle.

SOURCE: Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc.,“Automotive Technologies To Improve Fuel
Economyto 2015,” prepared for the Office of Technology Assessment, June 1995, p. 10-39.
Compiled from manufacturer brochures; Cocconi data from California Air Resource Board tests.