Electric Truck with Muscle

Phoenix Motorcars’ zero-emission, four-door all-electric Phoenix SUT (Sport Utility Truck) is capable of reaching 95mph and can travel at freeway speeds even with five passengers and a full payload. It has a range of up to 130 miles. Plans are under way for an expansion pack which will extend this to 250 miles.

A UQM Technologies’ motor that generates 480 foot-pounds of torque and accelerates from 0 to 60mph in 10 seconds powers the Phoenix, which also exceeds all specifications for a Type III Zero Emission Vehicle – and even has air-conditioning.

The 35kWh NanoSafe battery pack developed by Altairnano has a life of approximately 12 years or 250,000 miles and can be recharged on-board (though it takes 6 hours) from a 220V plug-in. Tests conducted by AeroVironment engineers also showed that the battery packs can sustain several cycles per day of ten minute charging and two-hour discharging. The company estimates 2008 production levels to be about 6,000 vehicles