Electric fuel propulsion

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Renault 10 Major (1966-1968)

Electric Fuel Propulsion was an American automobile manufacturer .

description

The company was founded in Detroit , Michigan in 1966 . It made vehicles with electric motors. The brand name was EFP . Production ended in 1980.

Models

The first Mars II model from 1966 was based on the Renault 10 . The petrol engine was exchanged for a direct current motor , which was fed from four 30 V battery packs with five lead-cobalt batteries each . The engine output was 56 kW. When braking, electrical energy was recovered and fed back into the batteries. The engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels via the standard, manual four-speed gearbox from Renault . The range was 110–190 km. The wheelbase of the vehicle was like the original Renault 10 at 2261 mm, the total length of the vehicle was 4255 mm.

In the early 1970s, AMC Hornets were rebuilt.

1978 followed the Transformer I on a chassis of General Motors .

A Transformer II based on a Cadillac Seville was at least announced.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter EFP
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 484-485. (English)
  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 . Krause Publications, Inc. Iola, Wisconsin 2002. ISBN 0-87349-461-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 484-485. (English)
  2. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter EFP