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Miles Electric Vehicles was a manufacturer and distributor of all-electric vehicles manufactured by FAW Tianjin in China that met international car safety standards. Miles was given the "Electric Car Company of 2007" award by Good Clean Tech.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2007 Electric Car Company of the Year )〕 The company filed for bankruptcy on June 11, 2013. Miles Electric Vehicles was based in Los Angeles, California, with several facilities throughout the United States. It was privately held by "Green" magnate Miles Rubin. The company gained prominence in 2005 when it began sales of the ZX40, the first street-legal Chinese-made automobile sold in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Under $15,000: Street-Legal Chinese Hatchback Now on Sale in U.S. )〕 The company's vehicles, built on steel unibody chassis, are the world's first crash tested NEVs that achieved United States Department of Transportation (DOT), California Air Resources Board and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) compliance. The company offered four electric vehicles that were designed primarily for low-speed fleet use, the ZX40, ZX40S, ZX40S Advanced Design, and ZX40ST electric truck. These were available in the United States and are used by organizations such as NASA, the U.S. Navy, Yale University, Rice University, Stanford University, UCLA, California Polytechnic State University, the San Francisco Airport Authority, Bennington College and Provo, Utah.〔(Miles Electric Vehicles, Zero Emissions All Electric Cars and Trucks )〕 All Miles Electric Vehicles were DOT/NHTSA Federal Standard 500 compliant, offering steel chassis, steel impact-resistant frame, steel doors and DOT-approved glass throughout. NHTSA/FMVSS Standard 500 law requires all low-speed vehicles (LSV) be electronically limited to , and are street legal for use on roads with posted speed limits up to . ==AC motors== For the 2008 Miles introduced AC (alternating current) motors for its low-speed vehicles. The three phase, brushless AC induction motor offers four times the available power of typical DC motors, and has a 100,000+ mile estimated lifetime (yet to be warranted by the company). The AC motors are paired to Curtis-Albright AC Motor Controllers and optimized for hill climbing performance — a problem for many electric vehicles. Miles had produced an "Advanced Design" version of its flagship LSV, the ''ZX40S Advanced Design'' to use the motor, as well as using the motor in all versions of its ''ZX40ST work truck''. Along with the AC motor upgrade, these two models come with regenerative braking and vacuum assisted braking pumps. Due to the increase in available power from the AC motor, the two vehicles also offer air conditioning as an option. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miles Electric Vehicles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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