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AC-150: As powerful as an EV1, but even more advanced
The AC-150 is the name of the motor-controller-charger unit which is the heart of the EV. Just add batteries and ergonomic controls, and you have an EV that rocks!
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I refer to the ACPropulsion.com vehicle as the "AC-150" because it's really the heart of the machine. This magical motor-controller-charger unit fits under the hood of any car. That is what you are riding the AC-150, dragging along the battery pack!

The AC-150 in this car gets about 4.4 miles per kwh. There are about 35 kwh in one gallon of gas, so we are talking 170 miles per gallon. The 30 amp hours at 350 v means that the vehicle is calibrated for only 10 kwh of electric power -- about 55% of the 1997 EV1 with Panasonic batteries. The EV1 got up to 5.5 miles per kwh, being more aerodynamic. But after GM crushed them, the EV1 are no longer available.

This is the battery pack. On this version, it consists of 28 lower-quality 12v batteries, nominally about 360v. They are doubled up in this spine up the center of the vehicle.

When driven at speed, the AC-150 gets less miles per kwh.

Today, a test: using full 100% regen, learning how to wind down slowly to stop signs, sucking all the energy of motion back into the batteries, then blasting off at the next stop light way in front of the pack. At the next light, once again practicing my controlled stops.

This is another view of the tunnel, plus the cooling fan. During charging, the temperature is kept below 50 degrees celsius (preferrably 40 degrees).

No matter how careful you are to get all regen possible, these speed trials knock the range down by 15-20%, to a pretty consistent 3.3 miles per kwh.

Possibly with more blazing acceleration (I am being gentle on the new batteries) it would be worse, but this seems a great victory for the AC-150, since it is still so efficient even under rapid acceleration and regenerative braking stops.

	I refer to the ACPropulsion.com vehicle as the "AC-150" because it's really the heart of the machine. This magical motor-controller-charger unit fits under the hood of any car. That is what you are riding the AC-150, dragging along the battery pack! The AC-150 in this car gets about 4.4 miles per kwh. There are about 35 kwh in one gallon of gas, so we are talking 170 miles per gallon. The 30 amp hours at 350 v means that the vehicle is calibrated for only 10 kwh of electric power -- about 55% of the 1997 EV1 with Panasonic batteries. The EV1 got up to 5.5 miles per kwh, being more aerodynamic. But after GM crushed them, the EV1 are no longer available.
	This is the battery pack. On this version, it consists of 28 lower-quality 12v batteries, nominally about 360v. They are doubled up in this spine up the center of the vehicle. When driven at speed, the AC-150 gets less miles per kwh. Today, a test: using full 100% regen, learning how to wind down slowly to stop signs, sucking all the energy of motion back into the batteries, then blasting off at the next stop light way in front of the pack. At the next light, once again practicing my controlled stops.
	This is another view of the tunnel, plus the cooling fan. During charging, the temperature is kept below 50 degrees celsius (preferrably 40 degrees). No matter how careful you are to get all regen possible, these speed trials knock the range down by 15-20%, to a pretty consistent 3.3 miles per kwh. Possibly with more blazing acceleration (I am being gentle on the new batteries) it would be worse, but this seems a great victory for the AC-150, since it is still so efficient even under rapid acceleration and regenerative braking stops.