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A Practical Electric Vehicle - Phoenix electric truck re-charges in 10 minutes
The trouble with electric cars has always been two-fold; driving range and re-charge time. The new line of Phoenix electric vehicles claims to have addressed at least the re-charge side of the problem in a most dramatic way. And if the claimed 10-minute re-charge time is true, then that certainly lessens the concerns over driving range as it becomes possible to quickly re-charge your vehicle at your destination before returning back to where you started.
Phoenix Motorcars manufactures zero-emission, freeway-speed fleet vehicles. It is an early leader in the mass production of full-function, green electric trucks and SUVs for commercial fleet use. Based in Ontario, California, Phoenix Motorcars uses the NanoSafe™ battery, a non-toxic, all-battery solution to eliminate noise and toxic vehicle emissions that contribute to air pollution. Phoenix Motorcars will also release a consumer version of its zero-emission, freeway-speed, green vehicle in late 2008. The company estimates a sales production of 500 vehicles for 2007 and 6,000 vehicles for 2008.
Phoenix Green Fleet Advantages:
- Zero emission
- All-battery power NanoSafe™ production battery pack system
- 100+ miles per charge
- Speeds of 95 m.p.h. carrying five passengers and full payload
- High torque: 0 to 60 m.p.h. in 10 seconds
- Long battery pack life: 250,000 miles/12+ years
- Off board charger: 10 minutes to recharge to 95% capacity
- On board charger: 6 hours to recharge from 220V plug-in
- Available configurations include:
Mid-Size 4-Door Pickup (SUT)
Mid-Size SUV
Technology
Phoenix Motorcars capitalizes on technology breakthroughs which eliminate previous deficiencies in battery and drive-train performance. The result: all-electric vehicles with performance similar to gas- or diesel-powered vehicles without the polluting by-products.
Phoenix Motorcars uses the UQM® PowerPhase 100 propulsion system, which delivers 550 Newton meters of torque and 100 Kilowatts of peak power in a lightweight, compact and energy-efficient package that is ideally suited for battery electric vehicles where the system's high energy efficiency can improve vehicle range.
These earth-friendly vehicles also use the NanoSafe™ battery, a Lithium Titanate battery technology developed by Altairnano, a leading innovative battery developer. Similar to lithium-ion chemistry, it implements a compound containing titanium that prevents the fundamental cause of uncontrolled thermal runaway.
The NanoSafe™ battery delivers safety, long life and high performance, hurdles that have prevented the electric vehicle from being commercially successful in the past. It can be recharged in less than 10 minutes, operates in cold and hot weather and is expected to last more than 12 years.
Lead-Acid
This technology is over 100 years old. Lead acid batteries were the power source of General Motors’ EV1. These batteries have poor lifetime characteristics, which lead to an economically unfeasible total cost of ownership when periodic battery replacements are considered. Lead-acid batteries are available from numerous manufacturers located in almost every industrialized nation.
Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH)
The predominant NiMH manufacturers are (in order) Panasonic, Sanyo and Cobasys. NiMH batteries are the foundation of the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight hybrid electric vehicles. These batteries are intolerant of f
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