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EV - Business Times (Singapore) (BTMS) Motoring GP Batteries' electric
car goes to Orchard Rd Christopher Tan 02/25/99 Copyright 1999, STP
(1975) Limited

[SINGAPORE] Listed battery maker G P Batteries has built a new
electric car based on a Daewoo sedan.

Built in collaboration with US electric vehicle specialist Solectria
Corp, G P Batteries' creation uses nickel metal hydride batteries to
power a 45-kilowatt electric motor. Packing a maximum torque of 100
newton-metres, the so-called GP-Bat can attain a top speed of 110kmh
and climb inclines of 12 degrees -a rare feat for electric vehicles.
It has a range of 120km (80 per cent if aircon is used) and requires
six hours for a full recharge (four hours for a quick charge).

G P Batteries has been conducting trials on a fleet of retrofitted
Suzuki electric cars for over four years now.  The GP-Bat is among 12
Daewoo Racers it converted to run on batteries.  It has sold six to a
Hongkong utility board, with the rest targeted for Australia and
Singapore.

The GP-Bat will be among six cars in a charity parade to be held
tomorrow by the Singapore Polytechnic. In its efforts to raise funds
for the National Kidney Foundation, the polytechnic's electrical
engineering department will drive two solar-powered cars, an electric
van, an electric bus and two electric cars (including the GP-Bat) down
Orchard Road at around noon.

The parade also aims to raise public awareness of alternative power
sources.  "There are many doubting Thomases out there," said Philip
Chin, director of the polytechnic's electrical engineering department
who is in charge of the institute's electric vehicle R&D projects.
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'Web it Out':  http://www.gpbatteries.com.sg/gp-3.html
GP Nickel Metal Hydride EV Batteries

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GP Batteries International Limited
50 Gul Crescent. Singapore 629543
Tel: (65)862-2088, Fax: (65)862-3313

GP Battery Marketing (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
97 Pioneer Road, Singapore 639579
Tel: (65) 863 1534, Fax: (65) 863 8669