European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is there a Rife h in your future Gas two seater experimental electric by Randy Barnett automotive writer is there an electric car in your future most experts soy but then quickly Point out that general use of inc electric car is not just around the so the question is when will electric make the scene some experts say now and others in a few an optimistic forecast comes from chairman of could on Illinois based research and development Ylvisaker says nearly seven Mil lion vehicles or s percent of All cars on could be electric by the late by the year from 25 to percent of All  be John manager of the electric vehicle division it says we think that in six electric Lehi ides evs will become competitive with internal electric cars will be on the Road by the do bios in Ute Lens of giving Bete hard tit my Ofin at anal then is in Way for on electric Carlo be com with  vehicle in six Twenty Yean from Tat certainly f woe of the electric car could be considered to 221 lots before be 2 iwu1jpop up and and Ute reaction was so what 1 find development of electric been Ucen general now into electric i research in e1uot Mestes of has to ohm Wilfe far k say cwt if we e we might Start to see significant Nuro s care have a just How i in t of an electric car powered by Lead acid Bat there it no Way for an electric Cor to be competitive with a gasoline powered vehicle in six Twenty years from but certainly not the stars and stripes teries just int pm has a Lead acid Battery car for experimental Pur the xps12e up for b for electric and it powered by 12 the car carries two people and has space behind the Seal for Small the up has a Range of about 50 runs at about 3d Miles an and accelerates from Zero to 39 Mph in 12 no Zero to 60 figures As the car wont go that fast it is strictly experimental and has no Price despite Lack of a car like this could be put into use today in Suburbia for commuting to the train and other would it sell that is the almost everyone agrees that with some Basic Progress in Battery the electric car could have a Market As a second or third family car limited in performance but limited in use to the big centers Aronold the possibility of the electric car being a High performance regarding Battery pm says Battery specialists Are going All out both at Gas research laboratories in suburban Detroit and its Delco Hemy division at significant Progress is being made toward the elimination of such current problems As limited frequency of recharges and High Cost of the maintenance free batteries Range now considered the Best at Zinc Nickel oxide batteries Luille Range Are being devel at and then comes the Illel Mulron Sulf de Bat Lorient 200mile the Lithium Iron batteries Are considerably smaller and yet More powerful than Ether of their but development of these batteries is 10 to is years so general motor feels that a marketable electric car must have a Range of 188 mites or and that the Zinc Nick peroxide Battery will eventually provide that Breaf an officials their electric vehicles at Low constant Range would to about on half of that in actual go traffic and much Tower in cold various electric car promoters have stunts that mislead the they assemble a 1 mass of put a lightweight Frame Are i under this massive Battery connect a Small motor and place a steering mechanism an t on drive it under Ideal weather conditions at a 1 constant Speed 100 Miles or More and then state i electric car runs More than 100 Miles on a and int it its silent and it does Nib such demonstrations Are certainly possible they should not be mistaken for effective personal i in an inventor by the i of Cravens Wanton has come of with an i motor that even the Southern company Baa balled As a Buna odour breakthrough for Energy called a controlled torque it reduces consumption by As much As 20 percent and Ifa being now by several firms in All the firms ing sold Energy whether the torque Notora be applied to the automobile has not been researched this car research j attended the it will and said thai he agreed that president Carters War can Detroit the Imp tide by William new York times he name is loaded Tjui Era right there in practically on the Doorstep of Jav japanese Auto Industry set Vot ing the a practice japanes ing a denote j Ierta from american