Scotia's Interest Maya 200 !!!! "The market launch was in Norway in October 2005. It is just now going on sale in Norway in conjunction with Miljobil Grenland and the Norsk Hydro Group."
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Report #25: Team Profile: Electrovaya maya-200
The promise of Lithium Ion batteries in electric vehicles has been a long time coming to fruition, but Electrovaya has brought a battery-electric Smart car to the press event. It uses their Lithium Ion SuperPolymer technology, mounted in in a 30 kiloWatt hour pack under the floor, to drive the vehicle.
Sankar Das Gupta is the President and CEO of Electrovaya in Ontario Canada. He brought me up to date with their news. "We have developed this car for the Norwegian market. Norway has the most progressive zero-emission vehicle regulations on the planet."
The base vehicle is a Smart fortwo. "It is a zippy little car that should deliver 300 kilometers. It accelerates like mad. Highway driving is not a problem. It's a great car.
"The market launch was in Norway in October 2005. It is just now going on sale in Norway in conjunction with Miljobil Grenland and the Norsk Hydro Group. This particular model is _not_ for sale in the US, but it is in Canada. Our focus, however is on Norway.
If I remember correctly, when the Smart car was introduced in Europe there was talk of an EV version and a claim that it would be easy to adapt to pure- electric drive. "They had left quite a bit of room below the floor for the battery. But we needed to add a motor, motor controller and on-board charger," which required some fitting.
"Our initial production will be in Toronto, but our plans are to move it to Posgrunn in southern Norway."
Emissions None
Transmission Direct Drive
Battery 30 kWh SuperPolymer
Curb Weight 800 kg
Range up to 250 - 300 km
Operating Costs 85% less than an internal combustion engine
Top Speed up to 120 km/h
Motor DC with 400 Nm
No modifications to the chassis or passenger compartment.