In 1992/3, Ford built some 80+ Ecostar vans using a molten Sodium Sulphur battery. These were based on the European version of the MK3 Escort, which was commonly available in a van version.
Someone in the American EV community gpt hold of one of these and I was helping them out with sourcing parts (like bumpers and a windscreen) that weren't the same as the US version. I can remember them telling me that they always had people coming up to ask about the van. Very few cared that it was electric, they mostly wanted to know how they could get hold of such a useful vehicle as a small van based on a car. On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 at 17:08, EV List Lackey via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > On 6 Dec 2024 at 15:51, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > > > There's a whole market out there for something smaller > > Especially for the more rational tradespeople. > > The ones I talk to here can't understand why pickups are so popular with US > tradespeople. Almost all of them use vans. Their tools are protected from > theft (admittedly a pickup lockbox protects smaller tools) and their > materials are safe from the weather. In fact it's somewhat unusual to see > pickups at all here. > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > A true democracy represents the collective, not just individuals. > You don't pay school taxes so that your kid can get an education; > you pay them so you can live in an educated community. > > -- Anonymous > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > -- Paul Compton www.paulcompton.co.uk (YouTube channel) _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
