Wayne Bickley’s 1996 Electric Corvette “Mo Amps”

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Wayne Bickley's 1996 Electric Corvette with three Netgain HYPER9DHV Synchronous Reluctance Internal Permanent Magnet (SRIPM) motors, a 1.90:1 ratio Torque Box with 12 Tesla S85 Modules. This car will average 180 miles range at 65 mph per charge, will do 0 to 60 in about 4.8 seconds. Using Netgain triple Hyper-Drive-X144 Controllers feeding 180 volts to the controllers at 1500 amps

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Original 396 Lt1 Supercharged engine

Formerly a Supercharged 396 with a T-trim Vortech Supercharger the motor was producing 10 pounds of boost at 5500 RPM’s
With the extreme California emissions standards, it was difficult to keep this car in a position to meet the changing emission laws.
This page covers the journey in converting this car to a certified BEV Battery Electric Vehicle.