Ion-1was S O L D 4/17/99

I O N - 1 SPORTS ELECTRIC click on the Picture BELW for a Larger Version

This SPORTS BEAUTY is both ECO - GREEN
and FERRARI - RED all at the same TIME !!
All 48 THOUSAND WATTS of her....

New "Thumb Nail" pictures from arround the CAR.

This is the view of the REAR of the ION-1, ......which is the view most poeple have of it on the Free Way......

This is the DIRECT FRONTAL ATTACK on Air Pollution and a DULL drive to the grocery store

Pull the Release Cable, Tilt er back, and you see the REAR Battery Department, where 14 of the 20 batteries reside.

This is the HEART of the system. Upper Right - The controller with its heat sink finns. Lower Center - The Charger. Dead Center - The main contacter ( the Onn/Off Relay). Left Center, the 4001 Prestolie DC motor.

This is the Cockpit, The Controle Room, The Drivers Seat. This is where we would like to put YOU !! There's room for TWO !

If SHE doesn't get your ECO Blood boiling..
We suggest you go back to Burning GAS !!If you would like to see a full color picture of A CAR FOR TODAY !!
See a LARGER picture of ION-1 by Clicking HERE !

MIXING BEAUTY, SPEED, AND ECOLOGICAL HARMONY!

BODY
BY MANTA CARS of CALIFORNIA. A McCLAREN M-6 REPLICATION

BUILT and CONVERTED .....in 1981 by ME and sutdents under our tutilage at our shop at the former Lough Motors

These KITS now cost over $10,000 alone, and DO NOT include tires, wheels, a frame, any kind of motor GAS or ELECTRIC, and represent hundreds and HUNDREDS of person hours to assemble. And as if that were not frightening enough, the REAL McClaren, if and when you can find one would cost over a quarter of a MILLION $$$.

CHASSIS
BY VOLKSWAGEN, 1970 VINTAGE

MOTOR
PRESTOLITE 4001, SERIES WOUND DC, 20 HP / 50 HP PEAK

CONTROLLER
CURTIS PMC 120 VOLT, 400 AMP. 48 KW. TRANSISTORIZED 2KHz

BATTERIES
20 - 6 VOLT DEEP CYCLE LEAD ACID, TROJAN MODEL #125

CHARGER
PHAZOR DV, FULLY AUTOMATIC 240 V. AC INPUT by New Concepts

CHARGING COST
APPROXIMATELY $225 PER YEAR in Seattle

SUSPENSION
H.D. 30 mm REAR TORSION BARS AND AIR SHOCKS

AUTO ELECTRICAL
DC TO DC CONVERTER BY SEVCON ENGINEERING
CONVERTS ALL NEEDED 12 V. DC FROM THE 120 V PACK

WEIGHT . . . 2720 LBS
PERFORMANCE . . . . SPEED . . . 70 M.P.H.+

RANGE AT FREEWAY SPEED . . . 45 MILES +
RANGE AT BOULEVARD SPEED . . . 80 MILES +

OPTIONS
DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION
INTRUSION ALARM SYSTEMS
CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

WARRANTEE
LIMITED 5 YEAR 50,000 MILE ON MOTOR AND CONTROLLER. CHASSIS AND ALL OTHER AUTOMOTIVES, ARE AS IS WITH NO WARRANTEE WRITTEN OR IMPLIED.

Ion-1 was S O L D April 17th '99
*The selling of ION-1 is NOT THE END, but only the BEGINNING of yet another Electric Car Saga. Keep an EYE on the Eco Motion Web site for a Cronological Story of

I O N - II The RETURN

* IN SEATTLE Annual kilowatt usage and approximated cost based on the average Seattle commuter traveling 25 miles/day and a KWH rate of 2.5 cents

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