DAY 18
5/29/98
Indianapolis, Indiana
GMATV PLANT TOURS
PLANT 77
 Simon McCullough/Test Engineer, Electric Vehicle Propulsion, with EV1 drive motor |
 Lab testing EV1 propulsion components for durabilty. |
 Testing an EV1 drive motor for noise and vibration using an inverter from an earlier "Impact" |
 Testing a drive motor with a generation-2 invertor |
 EV1 battery tray with GM Ovonic Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, undergoing accelerated longevity testing. NiMH batteries will be offered on gen-2 EV1's as an option. |
 John Adams is President of GM Ovonic Battery Corp. He is working closely with GMATV to ensure proper peformance of NiMH batteries in generation-2 EV1's. NiMH batteries double the range of the current batteries. |
 High speed computer networks allow GMATV engineers in other locations to work together to develop components such as the drive motor (shown) |
PLANT 39
GMATV's electric drive motors are developed
in this facility. Photo access was obviously
limited here.
Skip Maxwell and Greg Grant
stressed the importance of teamwork in the design of advanced propulsion systems under developement here.