The history of Appolo Energy Systems, Inc.
Apollo Energy Systems, Inc. (AES) has taken over the technology, developments and customers of its Licensor, Electric Fuel Propulsion Corporation (EFP) and has fallen heir to everything that was accomplished by EFP (EFP is now a technology holding company with 120 shareholders but no operations.) Therefore, AES’s history starts with the formation of EFP in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1966 and the landmark test of the MARS I Electric Car by Shilstone Testing Laboratories in that year which showed that the MARS I had a useful cruising range of 120 miles on a charge, something unheard of for electric cars of that time.

Some significant events of the period from 1966 to 1994 when AES was formed can be found on this Website, a few of which are highlighted here:

Date Event
1966 Invention of the Tri-Polar Lead-Cobalt Battery by Robert Raymond Aronsson.

1966 Test of the MARS I Electric Car by Shilstone Testing Laboratories.

1967 Trip in the MARS II Electric Car form Detroit, Michigan to Washington, D.C.

1967 Sale of the first MARS II to Wisconsin Electric Power Corporation

1967 Sale of 8 MARS II Electric Cars to Pennsylvania Power Corporation

1967 Trip in MARS II Electric Car from Detroit, Michigan to Phoenix, Arizona by Arizona Public Service. * *

1967 Establishment of Electric Car Expressway on Interstate Highway 1-94 between Detroit, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois with Fast Charge Stations installed at five Holiday Inns.

1968 6-month Test of MARS II Electric Car by General Motors and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory showing a range of 146 miles on a charge

1968 Great Transcontinental Electric Race between California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) won by Caltech in a Volkswagon Van equipped with Lead Cobalt Batteries and an EFP electric motor

1970 Clean Air Car Race between MIT and Caltech won by two EFP electric vehicles driven by students of Cornell University (first place), and Stevens Institute of Technology (second place), both electric cars equipped with Lead Cobalt Batteries.

1974 Lease of two EFP Transformer I Electric Cars to London Towne Livery Service of Beverly Hills, California for use in transporting movie stars between their homes and Los Angeles International Airport. * *

1978 Design and construction of two Silver Volt Electric Cars by EFP in Detroit equipped with Lead Cobalt Batteries. * *

1980 Assembly of twelve Silver Volt Electric Cars in Freeport, Bahamas by a licensee of EFP, Electric Auto Corporation (Bahamas) Limited.

1980 307 mile Road test of Silver Volt Electric car by Detroit Testing Laboratory demonstrating the fast chargeability of the Lead Cobalt Batteries.

1980 Lease of six Silver Volt Electric Cars to London Towne Livery Service in Beverly Hills, California for transportation of movie stars and celebrities in Southern California. * *

1982 Establishment of 4-Car Fast Charge Station at the Marriott Hotel at the Los Angeles International Airport. Subsequent establishment of five additional Fast Charge Stations in California. * *

1982 Verification road test by New York attorney driving Silver Volt 150 miles from Beverly Hills, California to Tijuana, Mexico in 3 hours.

1988 Construction of battery plant in China for production of Lead Cobalt Batteries

1992 Completion of construction of second battery plant in China for production of Lead Cobalt Batteries. * *

1994 Formation of Electric Auto Corporation, exclusive world-wide licensee of EFP

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