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1998
Chevy S-10 EV - Electric Pickup
The Chevrolet S-10 Electric was
introduced in 1997 by General Motors, updated in 1998, and then
discontinued. It was an OEM BEV variant of Chevrolet's S-10 pickup truck
which ran solely upon electricity, and was marketed primarily to utility
fleet customers.
General Motors started with a
regular cab, short-box (6' bed) S-10 pickup, with a base level trim package,
added a half tonneau cover. In place of a typical inline four cylinder or
V-6 engine, the Electric S-10 EV was equipped with an 85 kW (114 horsepower)
three-phase, liquid cooled AC induction motor, based on GM's EV1 electric
coupe. The EV1 had a 100 kW motor, GM reduced the S-10EV's motor because of
the additional weight and drag of the truck so as not to overstress the
batteries.
Other than the reduced motor
size, the majority of power electronics were carried over directly from the
EV1, which mandated that the Electric S-10 use a front-wheel-drive
configuration, unlike the rear-wheel-drive setup found in stock S-10's and
in the competing Ford Ranger EV.
Less than 500 S-10 Electrics
were built. We are very lucky to have a neighbor who recently purchased one
of the remaining 50 known to exist. Here's a complete Monstaliner
installation after removal of the GM plastic drop-in liner.
Read the complete Wikipedia history of the Chevy S-10 EV |
