Neighborhood Electric Vehicles

A neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) is 4-wheeled vehicle and have top speeds between 20 and 25 miles per hour, defined as “Low Speed Vehicles.” Look to "What's a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle?" for more information describing NEV's.

NEVAmerica Baseline Performance Testing Summaries:

Ford Th!nk Neighbor - 4 Passenger (PDF 405 KB)
Ford Th!nk Neighbor - 2 Passenger (PDF 393 KB)

GEM 4 Passenger (PDF 386 KB)
GEM 2 Passenger (PDF 358 KB)

GEM Long Bed (PDF 400 KB)
GEM Short Bed (PDF 395 KB)

Frazer Nash Car ( PDF 421 KB)
Frazer Nash Truck (PDF 371 KB)

Four-Passenger ParCar (PDF 377 KB)
Two-Passenger ParCar (PDF 394 KB)

The Neighborhood EV Study (PDF 246 KB) reports summarizes a study of 15 automotive fleets that operate NEVs in the United States. A total of 348 NEVs in a variety of missions were a part of the study.

The NEVAmerica Technical Specifications (PDF 87 KB) were used to define the minimum requirements for a NEV tested in the baseline performance testing.

The NEVAmerica Test Procedures were followed in baseline performance testing of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles.

Short testing video clips are available below:

• GEM 2 passenger rough road test (MPEG 485 KB) - soundless
• GEM 2 passenger front wet wash test (MPEG 393 KB) - soundless
• GEM 2 passenger side wet wash test (MPEG 165 KB) - soundless
• GEM 4 passenger rough road test (MPEG 613 KB) - soundless
• GEM 2 passenger handling test (MPEG 1.794 MB) - soundless
• GEM short bed truck rough road test (MPEG 2.1 MB) - soundless
• Frazier Nash handling test (MPEG 305 KB) - soundless

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