Mark writes:

I received my Force on 10 Aug.  I've driven it about 180 miles already, so I may reach my goal of 15K+ in the next year.  My company is also installing an outlet for me to use this winter.

Update 5/29/01 -- Mark writes:  I won't get 15,000 miles on it before the state takes it back.  I had a problem with the special power cable provided for opportunity charging, which caused me to drive very little for 2.5 months.

Update 10/20/03 -- Mark writes:  The states program ended 30 June 2001, so I purchased Olaf's 1993 Solectria on the 1 July 2001.  I put 9796 miles on the state car before turning it over to UMASS Lowell on 20 Aug 2001.  I've driven the 1993 Solectria 20868 miles by 20 Oct 2003. I installed batteries heaters for winter driving.  I put 15230 miles on my first set of Trojan SCS200 at $984, the first 3 batteries died at 12577 miles so I put in some old batteries.  I only got 3700 miles on a set of Interstate Group 27 batteries at $702.  I've now installed my second set of Trojan SCS200 at $1080.  I've used 5384 KWH from the wall for 20868 miles driven, for 3.88 miles per KWH.  This includes the electricity used for the battery heaters.

Mark can be contacted via email at: m.villemaire@worldnet.att.net

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