World Record Events and
Congressional Testimony

Electric Fuel Propulsion Inc. (EFP) undertook a number of demonstrations with various of its electric vehicles, some of which turned out to be World Record Events or First of a Kind Performances.

The items shown on the following page are further discussed in other parts of this Web Site except for the first item, the trip from Detroit, Michigan to Washington, D.C. in March, 1967.

This trip was made in a MARS II Electric Car with a 50 kW Fast Charger in station wagon which followed the electric car. The trip started in Detroit and proceeded to Toledo, Ohio and from there, on the Ohio Turnpike to the Pennsylvania Turnpike and to Washington, D.C. where the car was shown to Members of the Senate Commerce Sub-Committee on New Technology in the Senate Garage.

The trip took 5 days due to a heavy snow storm that slowed down traffic and sometimes closed the Turnpikes. The electric utility companies along the way provided 50 kW service at sub-stations on the route.

A considerable amount of publicity was generated on the trip with reporters from newspapers and TV stations always present at the scheduled recharging stops. This resulted in a number of orders for the MARS II Electric Car by various electric utility companies.

This trip was a "first" - the longest trip ever made by an electric car.

Congressional Testimony. Robert Raymond Aronsson, on request of various Congressional Committees, has testified on EFP's Lead Cobalt Battery and electric vehicle technology at the following hearings:

U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on New Technology, Electric Vehicles and Other Alternatives to the Internal Combustion Engine, March 1967.

U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly, September, 1967.

Senate Public Health and Safety Committee, State of California, Sacramento, California, December 9, 1969.

U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources & the Environment on the Proposed Federal Low Emission Vehicle Procurement Act, S-3072, January 29, 1970.

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development and Demonstration, H.R. 5470, June 5, 1975. (EFP's Vice President, Richard McLean, attended this hearing [now a Vice President of Electric Auto Corporation] ).

Transcripts of the above Hearings are available on request.