Items in Bold below are for sale! Please contact us if interested.
We are looking to obtain/upgrade items in italics in the table below. Please contact us if
you can assist us with any of these items.
| Name: | Garnet One | SwiftR |
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| Donation from General Motors, directly off the assembly line at the Beretta plant in Delaware. It is the third to last Beretta ever made. | Contribution of the American Suzuki Motor Corporation. | |
| Base Vehicle: | 1996 Chevrolet Beretta | 2001 Suzuki Swift |
| Powertrain: | CNG Series Hybrid System, front wheel drive | Gasoline FF + Electric RR Hybrid |
| Custom 3-speed automatic transmission | 5-speed manual transmission Mazda Miata rear drivetrain Gates PowerGrip GT2 belt drive |
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| Motor: | Advanced DC brushless motor (FB1-4001A)
60kW peak (80 hp) |
2x Briggs & Stratton (LEMCO) E-Tek
Motor
10kW peak, 7kW cont (15 hp / 9.6 hp) |
| Controller: | Curtis Instruments (1231C-8601) limited to 300A, max 500A | 2x Roanoke Controls 24-48V 4-Quadrant Controller, max 330A and custom PIC hybrid throttle/regen controller |
| Batteries: | Trojan PbA (T-105), series 6V x 20 = 120V, 225Ah (1200 lbs) | Energizer PbA, Size Group 34, 12V x 4 = 48V, 50Ah |
| Charger: | K&W BC-20 with line booster | No charger (regen & PV) |
| Photovoltaics: | Solarex, 10W | BP Solar (Solarex) MSX-30 Lite, 30W |
| Internal Combustion Engine: | Kawasaki 317cc 2-cylinder 4-cycle (originally 20 hp), converted for
CNG use
Jet-Hot ceramic coating on exhaust piping |
Suzuki 1.3L 4-cylinder 16-valve SOHC (Gasoline/Petrol) |
| Generator: | Fisher Technology, 144V, 13kW, peak 90A at 3600 rpm | None |
| Brakes: | Front disk, rear drum with high-performance pads (no regenerative braking) | 4-wheel disk + regen |
| Tires: | 195/70R14, stock steel rims | 155/70R13, stock steel rims |
| Suspension: | Stock, rear Camaro springs, adjustable shocks, strut tower brace | Stock, fully independent, rear Miata/Swift chimera hubs |
| Passengers: | 2 | 2 |
| Curb Weight: | 4219 lbs (1913 kg) [Stock Beretta: 2767 lbs (1255 kg)] | 1895 lbs (860 kg) + batteries, etc. |
| Overall Length | 187.2" (475 cm) | 149.4" (380 cm) |
| Overall Width | 67.9" (172 cm) | 62.6" (160 cm) |
| Overall Height | 53.2" (135 cm) | 54.7" (140 cm) |
| Maximum Power Output | 80 hp (Motor) | 79 (ICE) + 30 (Motors) = 109 hp @ 6000rpm (ICE) |
| Maximum Torque | ? | 75 (ICE) + 100 (Motors) = 175 ft-lb @ 3000rpm (ICE) |
| Range | 130 miles (210 km) | 450+ miles (725+ km) |
| Top Speed | 65+ mph (105+ km/h) | 75 mph (120 km/h) |