Chevrolet S-10 EV

The Chevrolet S-10 Electric, usually called the S-10 EV, was an American electric compact pickup truck that Chevrolet introduced in 1997 as the first electric pickup from an original manufacturer, updated in 1998 and then discontinued. General Motors started from a regular-cab, short-box S-10 and replaced the engine with an 85 kilowatt three-phase liquid-cooled AC induction motor taken from the EV1, reduced slightly in output because of the truck weight. Because it shared its powertrain with the EV1 it drove the front wheels, unlike the rear-drive gasoline S-10. The 1997 truck used a lead acid battery pack from Delco Electronics, and in 1998 a lighter nickel-metal hydride pack gave longer range. It charged through the inductive Magne Charger, and was sold mainly to utility fleet customers.