Aaron Choate, owner of 1961 Henney Kilowatt Electric car -
A lot of people think that the electric car is been something that has been worked on recently and something that would require expensive materials to build and produce, but the fact of the matter is that electric cars were something that were vying for the public’s interest even back when Ford was producing the model A Fords. At the same time there were things like the Detroit Electric.
Aaron has done some research to find out more about his 1961 electric vehicle.
The Henney Coach Company decided they were going to import vehicles from Renault. This is a Renault Dauphine body from 1959, and they imported it as a glider and they produced an electric car from that and sold it as a Henney Kilowatt.
Electric cars are possible, electric cars are here and for a lot of people electric cars may actually be a solution for your transportation needs.
Unlike hybrid vehicles, electric cars run solely on batteries that can be charged overnight.
Aaron Choate -
This car plugs in to a 110 outlet. Just like any outlet in your house. If you wanted to charge faster, there are chargers that will work on dryer outlets that will charge much faster than this one will.
This is an example of an older car, but a lot of members in our group have worked on cars that are more recent. For example Mark Farver, our chapter president, has converted a Toyota MR2 to an electric car. We have a member, Christopher Robison, who is working on an Isuzu Hombre. He’s calling it the OHMbre.
We’re excited by the fact that any charging infrastructure that is put into place to support the plug-in hybrids could also be if it’s designed to support us, be made so that we can plug into it as well as battery electric vehicles....>
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