Chrysler ETV-1

{{short description|Passenger car produced by Chrysler as a test bed for motor and drive controls}}

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| image = File:Chrysler ETV-1 - NARA - 17497332 (cropped).jpg

| body_style = 2-door electric coupe

| layout = Front-engine, front-wheel-drive

| manufacturer = Chrysler

| production = 1979

| assembly = United States

| class = Concept car

| wheelbase = {{cvt|2489|mm|in|1}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allcarindex.com/concept/united-states/chrysler/ge-etv-1 |title=Chrysler - GE ETV-1 |website=All Car Index |date=2011-02-20 |access-date=2024-05-29}}

| length = {{cvt|4303|mm|in|1}}

| width = {{cvt|1669|mm|in|1}}

| height = {{cvt|1311|mm|in|1}}

| weight = {{cvt|1778|kg|lb|0}}

| motor = {{cvt|41|hp|kW|disp=flip}}

| transmission = ???-speed automatic

| range = {{cvt|112-193|km|mi|0}}

| successor =

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The Chrysler ETV-1 was a passenger car glider produced by Chrysler as a test bed for motor and drive controls. With a motor produced by General Electric, it was claimed to be the "first ground up modern day electric vehicle design."{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=James W. A. |date=1980 |title=The Drive System of the DOE Near-Term Electric Vehicle (ETV-1) |journal=SAE Transactions |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=409–423 |jstor=44632430 |access-date=2023-10-06 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44632430}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089922_1979-ge-chrysler-electric-test-vehicle-1-up-for-sale-on-ebay |title=1979 GE-Chrysler Electric Test Vehicle-1 Up For Sale On eBay |first=Antony |last=Ingram |work=Green Car Congress |location=US |date=2014-01-27 |access-date=2016-05-04}}

Two vehicles were produced: ETV-1 and ETV-1-2. While the original is in private hands, the second is in the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles in Boyertown, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |url=https://trombinoscar.com/concept/etv8101.html |title= 1981 ETV-1 Electric Sedan |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=trombinoscar.com |language=fr}}