35-YEAR OLD MARS II ELECTRIC CARS STILL IN OPERATION!

Forty-five Mars II Electric Cars built in 1967 and 1968 in Detroit, Michigan. Six are still in operation and have been offered for sale to Apollo.

The Mars II pictured above was manufactured by Electric Fuel Propulsion Corporation (EFP) in 1968 and sold to Central Illinois Electric Company for $4,800. It has been offered for sale to Apollo for $20,000 (EFP is Apollo's Licensor and was founded by Robert Aronsson in 1966).

See: [Mars II Customers] [General Motor Test Reports] ( .PDF Docs)

These cars had a driving range of 146 miles and were sold to 45 Electric Utility Companies who drove them for five years on the average. They were equipped with Lead Cobalt Batteries ( see: [Lead Cobalt Batteries] ).
 

EFP did a great job of engineering these cars for long life!
 

TRANSFORMER-I Electric Car
runs 10-years

Mr. Roland E. Wiench of Great Falls, Montana purchased a Transformer-I Electric Car from Electric Fuel Propulsion Corporation in April, 1976 and drove it for ten years. He has since garaged the car and on June 10, 2003 sent us an email asking if he could purchase a new Apollo Electric Propulsion System for the car including a new Lead Cobalt Battery, Apollo Fuel Cell, Electric Motor and Motor Controller. Apollo plant to make this new system available to Mr. Wiench and may assist him with the packaging and installation in Fort Lauderdale.

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