The Solectria Sunrise was an innovative electric passenger car, designed to be as efficient as possible to produce long range from available battery technology.
Created by Solectria Corporation of Woburn, Massachusetts (since acquired by Azure Dynamics Corporation), it was never produced beyond several prototypes, although significant effort was made to make the design worthy of mass-production—including crash testing.
The Sunrise is known for having achieved 375 miles (604 km) on a single charge, during the 1996 American Tour de Sol[1] competition. A Sunrise was driven 217 miles (349 km) from Boston to New York city "on a single battery charge, negotiating everyday traffic and highway speeds up to 65 miles per hour" (104 km/h).[2]
- ^ 1996 Tour De Sol report
- ^ Revkin, Andrew (1997-10-24). "From Boston to 63d Street, On Single Battery Charge". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-23.