100000-Mile Evaluation of the Toyota RAV4 EV Abstract 1. Introduction

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100,000-Mile Evaluation of the Toyota RAV4 EV
Author: Thomas J. Knipe
Co- Authors: Lo? Gaillac and Juan Argueta
Southern California Edison, Electric Vehicle Technical Center
Pomona, CA, 91767, USA
Tel. (909) 469-0390
Fax (909) 469-0276
E-mail: Thomas.Knipe@sce.com
Abstract
In early 2000 Southern California Edison (SCE), in partnership with the Toyota Technical Center,
initiated a test of five RAV4 Electric Vehicles (EVs) to evaluate the durability and reliability of their
traction battery, and drive train, over a driving distance of 100,000 miles and beyond. The five
vehicles in the project include three 1998 conductively charged RAV4 EVs and two 1999 inductively
charged RAV4 EVs.
The 320 RAV4 EVs of the SCE fleet are used primarily by meter readers, service managers, field
representatives, service planners and mail handlers, and for security patrols and carpools. As of June,
2003, and in 5 years of operation, the RAV4 EV fleet had logged more than 6.9 million miles,
preventing the emission of about 830 tons of air pollutants, and of more than 3,700 tons of tailpipe
carbon dioxide emissions.
SCE and Toyota began the test project in February 2000 to obtain data on…