Wayne Bickley’s 1996 Electric Corvette “Mo Amps”
Wayne Bickley's 1996 Electric Corvette with two Netgain HYPER9DHV Synchronous Reluctance Internal Permanent Magnet (SRIPM) motors, a 1.90:1 Torque Box with 2 Tesla S85 Modules. This car will average 90 miles range at 65 mph per charge, will do 0-60 in about 4.8 seconds. Using Netgain dual Hyper-Drive-X144 Controllers feeding 180 volts to the controllers at 1000 amps
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.