On 22 Aug 2020 at 17:54, paul dove via EV wrote:
> We have one of the factory S10 EV with a dolphin controller up for sale on
> our website www.greenshedconversions.com
Not sure what you mean by "factory S10 EV." if you mean "converted in a GM
factory," then not really. That conversion wasn't done by GM.
What you have there is one of the US Electricar conversions from the mid-
1990s. USE also converted Geo Prizms. I am not aware that a significant
number of them made their ways to Europe.
The name US Electricar can throw you off a bit as there were two unrelated
companies by that name.
An earlier one founded by Chandler Waterman in Athol, MA from 1979 converted
Renault R5s ("Le Car" -> "Lectric Leopard"), and I think a few other cars.
https://cartype.com/pages/7110/us_electricar_corporation
The later US Electricar was headquartered in Santa Rosa CA and for a brief
time from mid-1994 converted Chevrolet S10s and Geo Prizms using Hughes
Dolphin drive systems.
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Sputtering-U-S-Electricar-Hits-a-
Cash-Wall-3040263.php
You can see a few USE S10s at evalbum.com.
I have to agree with Paul. Expecting $9,000 for that truck is probably more
than a little optimistic.
I may be going a bit too far to the pessimistic side, but IMO given the
current conversion market and its non-running condition, yours might be
worth something closer to $900.
Here's a '94 USE S10 offered back in 2003 for $5k - in running condition.
http://mattvideo.com/electric/_disc1/0000002e.htm
The USE S10s and Prizms can't compare to modern factory EVs, but they were
actually pretty nice conversions for their time. Fifteen to 20 years ago,
lots of folks who had USE vehicles really liked them. The battery costs
were daunting, though. They used a big tray full of expensive AGMs.
By the late 1990s, spare parts for them were already a problem. Back then
we had an EVDL poster who was asking how he could re-convert his dead USE
S10 using a more conventional DC motor.
There used to be a Yahoo Group for USE support. I don't know what's
happened to it since Yahoo tore down their groups' infrastructure, but IIRC
they had quite a lot of troubleshooting information. If you could get your
drive system going and upgrade the battery to lithium you'd probably have
something.
I don't know whether it'd be $9k worth, though. At this point probably most
folks who are interested in EV pickups will be sitting tight for the Tesla,
Rivian, or possibly one of the possibly-vaporware Ford or GM E-pickups
promised for later.
In any case, good luck with it.
David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey
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