Apollo Energy Systems

Apollo Energy Systems, Inc is a US multinational alternative energy corporation headquartered in Pompano Beach, Florida that develops, produces and markets fuel cell power plants, electric propulsion systems, and alternative energy generation equipment. The company was founded in 1966 as the Electric Fuel Propulsion Corporation (EFP) in New Orleans, Louisiana, and later became known as the Electric Auto Corporation (EAC).[1]

In 1966 the company built and tested the MARS1 electric car using a tri-polar lead-cobalt battery.[1] Within five years, EFP had introduced of the Electrosport station wagon as the first mass produced electric car.[2] To demonstrate the viability of their electric car business, EFP also created the “World’s First Electric Car Expressway” between Detroit and Chicago.[3]

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Apollo Alkaline Fuel Cell
Alkaline fuel cells played a key part in the success of the 1960s US Space Program that put a man on the Moon for the first time. The AES R&D Group, led by Karl Kordesch of the Technical University of Graz, Austria, has improved this fuel cell and adapted it for terrestrial, undersea and extra-terrestrial usage.
Apollo Tri-Polar Lead Cobalt battery
This product is in its fifth generation, which has a higher power density, quicker recharging capability and comparatively lighter weight than its predecessors, due to the use of lead foam. These could be a viable alternative to the nickel metal hydride or the lithium ion types of battery.

Apollo electric vehicle programs

Since the 1960s, the company's propulsion systems have powered over two thousand vehicles. A large number of these have been American and European automotive platforms, while the others have been of the company's own brand of vehicles, including MARS I and II, MARS VAN, TRANSFORMER I, SILVER VOLT I. The company's newest vehicles include MARS III, SILVER VOLT II and GT, and the air supported vehicle ASV I.

References

  1. ^ a b Weaver, Graham; Roisin Reidy (2002). "6.3 Apollo Energy Systems, Inc.". World Fuel Cells: An Industry Profile with Market Prospects to 2010. Elsevier Science. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-1856173971. 
  2. ^ Anderson, Curtis D; Anderson, Judy (2004). Electric and Hybrid Cars: A History. McFarland & Company. pp. 47. ISBN 978-0786418725. 
  3. ^ Packard, Chris (August 1971). "The Next Sound You Hear Will Your Electric Car B-Z-Z-Z-Z". Motor Trend 

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