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Southern California Edison EV Open Road Testing


Southern California Edison performed open road testing on a number of Electric Vehicles. The vehicles were driven over the same loop, the Pomona loop. (PDF - 131 KB) A comparison (PDF - 23 KB) of the results is also available.

Summary Fact Sheets

  • Chevy S-10 with Panasonic PbA Batteries (PDF 54 KB)
  • Chevy S-10 with NiMH Batteries (PDF 50 KB)
  • Chevy S-10 with PbA Batteries (Delphi) (PDF 161 KB)
  • Chrysler EPIC with NiMH Batteries (PDF 82 KB)
  • Chrysler EPIC with PbA Batteries (PDF 219 KB)
  • Ford Ranger with NiMH Batteries (PDF 72 KB)
  • Ford Ranger with PbA Batteries (PDF 197 KB)
  • General Motors EV1 with Panasonic PbA Batteries (PDF 57 KB)
  • General Motors EV1 with PbA Batteries (PDF 122 KB)
  • Honda EV Plus (PDF 105 KB)
  • Nissan Altra (PDF 66 KB)
  • Toyota RAV4 with NiMH Batteries - Conductive Charging (PDF 67 KB)
  • Toyota RAV4 with NiMH Batteries - Inductive Charging (PDF 64 KB)

Performance Reports

  • Chevy S-10 with Panasonic PbA Batteries (PDF 1.8 MB)
  • Chevy S-10 with NiMH Batteries (PDF 1.8 MB)
  • Chrysler EPIC with NiMH Batteries (PDF 3.4 MB)
  • Ford Ranger with NiMH Batteries (PDF 2.2 MB)
  • General Motors EV1 with Panasonic PbA Batteries (PDF 3.4 MB)
  • Nissan Altra with Sony Lithium Ion Batteries (PDF 2.4 MB)
  • Nissan Altra with Shin Kobe Lithium Ion Batteries (PDF 1.5 MB)
  • Toyota RAV4 with NiMH Batteries - Conductive Charging (PDF 2.5 MB)
  • Toyota RAV4 with NiMH Batteries -Inductive Charging (PDF 2.8 MB)

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