EV Bones
Professional Sales and Support of the Chevrolet S-10EV, Battery Electric Vehicle.
EV Bones LLC is owned and operated by an environmentally sensitive engineer. I drive what I sell.

Call for technical support: 480-898-1195  Mon-Fri 9a-5p Mtn Std time.   


You might already be aware that auto makers had spent considerable time and effort in engineering zero emission vehicles to address the requirements enforced by CARB in the last half of the 1990's.

Each of the big three US auto makers offered a Battery Electric Vehicle version of their standard ICE lineup. It was only GM who used their considerable resources to design an Electric Vehicle from the ground up.

General Motors offerings were the EV1, and the S-10EV.  Both vehicles used identical drive train components. The EV1 was offered as a lease-only vehicle, unavailable for sale to the general public. These were an amazing car, and delivered a practical mileage between charging.  And charging was safe and simply accomplished using the Magnecharger Inductive charging system.

No EV1's are operational and being driven on our highways today.

The Chevrolet S-10EV was offered as a fleet-lease vehicle to various Governments and utilities in volume. A  total of 492 S-10EV's were assembled.  Of those, approximately 60 were sold and titled. The title permitted these trucks to be privately owned. Unfortunately all others have since been destroyed.

This truck may look identical to it's gasoline powered sibling, even though it is radically different underneath the skin. The S-10EV is FWD and powered by a 85kw, three phase AC motor, delivering up to 112 horsepower. Two battery chemistries were offered for the S-10EV; (1) an obsolete VRLA (Valve Regulated Lead Acid) battery by Panasonic, and (2) the GM/Ovonic Nickel Metal Hydride battery. With NiMH delivering nearly twice the energy density, and 3X life, over conventional PbA (Lead-Acid) batteries.

High Performance replacement NiMH battery packs are available for your S-10EV.   Click here for more information.

Lithium-Ion battery technology is continuously improving, and may be a financially viable traction drive battery alternative to the NiMH chemistry in another 2-3 years.

1997 Chevrolet S-10EV  shown with Gen1 220v Magnecharger

Charging is performed by an inductive paddle charger. You may have seen these at malls or public locations offering EV charging stations. 
The charger is a 220vac single phase wall-mount Gen2 LPI (Large Paddle Inductive). Two are included with each S-10EV sold. Charge time
averages 3 hours with NiMH battery configuration. Your actual charging time depends on the miles you drive daily between charging cycles. 

An Electric Vehicle can satisfy 90% of the average driver's needs, and knowing your EV is powered entirely by locally generated energy.
If your commute does not exceed 35 miles RT, level grade (no hill or steep climb), the S-10EV may be an excellent choice for your needs.
The S-10 cargo carrying ability fits a second vehicle need perfectly, and you will not contribute to our growing dependence on foreign oil.

EV Bones LLC was established in 2003 to deliver comprehensive long term support and sales of refurbished S-10EV's to individual owners.
Each S-10EV undergoes extensive restoration work and on-road testing, including an upgrade to High Capacity / Long Life NiMH batteries.
The NiMH batteries are the same as used in the production EV1 cars before the GM electric vehicle lease-only program was discontinued. 
No other full size highway EV delivers a similar level of acceleration and top speed, along with quiet operation and zero tailpipe emissions.

2007, EV Bones had reached it's goal of returning -Fifty- S-10EV electric trucks into advocacy and operation through private ownership.
The supply of S-10EV fleet vehicles for refurbishment has been exhausted, no more are available. In all, it appears only 63 had survived.
In name only, EV Bones has closed it's operations forever.  I will continue on to service and support the vehicles in a sustaining operation.
As always, there's no charge for telephone support to EV Bones vehicle owners. I also provide telephone support on a fee basis to owners
of vehicles acquired outside of EV Bones.  Paid telephone support is offered at $100hr using your Visa or MasterCard  

Southern California Edison has published comprehensive reports detailing the VRLA, and NiMH S-10EV. These are PDF files at 1.8MB each.
Click here to download the 1998 VRLA S-10EV performance report.         Click here to download the 1998 NiMH S-10EV performance report.


An EV1 comes back to life.

No EV1's were sold into private ownership. Forty of the 1100 EV1's assembled in Lansing were donated to museums and universities.
All had been completely disabled before donation through removal of various critical GM engineered propulsion system components.
A few of the donated EV1's were made to move using DC motors and controllers installed by students. These DC motor systems
 always paled in comparison to the extraordinary performance and efficiency of the original EV1 AC motor control system.

One day, a university recipient decided to restore their EV1 "gift" to original components and specifications as a starting point
before continuing their work into adding serial hybrid component features to their EV1. This restoration work consumed a week of
effort, parts and programming by the students, volunteers, and faculty to bring it back to life as an original Generation1  EV1.

A few youtube videos have been linked below, documenting the efforts and the final results.  Enjoy.

The EV1 spins it's wheels in the shop

The EV1 arrives to the Renewable LA event

The EV1 makes headlines while visiting Renewable LA

The EV1 returns home to WA, visits an EAA meeting along the way


EV Bones LLC is  located at 100 W. Hoover Avenue  Mesa, Arizona  85210  Visitors by appointment.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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