Electrocar, Electrocart is an electric vehicle

Electric vehicle

An electric vehicle , also referred to as an electric drive vehicle, uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion...

, typically a small cart

Cart

A cart is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people...

 with an electrical driving gear and a storage battery.

In the United Kingdom, similar small electric vehicles were known as electric drays.

A typical Soviet/Russia

Russia

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n electrocar EC-1.00 (and also it's modifications, including EC-1.00-1) designed and manufactured at Mogilev

Mogilev

Mogilev is a city in eastern Belarus, about 76 km from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and 105 km from the border with Russia's Bryansk Oblast. It has more than 367,788 inhabitants...

 Automobile Plant (MoAZ) is frequently used in factories for the transportation of not so heavy loads, because it does not emit harmful

Harmful

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 exhaust

Exhaust gas

Exhaust gas or flue gas is emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, gasoline/petrol, diesel fuel, fuel oil or coal. According to the type of engine, it is discharged into the atmosphere through an exhaust pipe, flue gas stack or propelling nozzle.It often disperses...

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MoAZ EC-1.00 specifications

• Maximum load - 2000 kg (4,409 lb)
• Full mass - 1750 kg (3,858 lb)
• Dimensions - 3315 mm (length) x 1300 mm (width) x 2200 mm (height)
• Cargo platform dimensions - 2050 mm (l) x 1300 mm (w)
• Max loading height - 800 mm (31.5 in)
• Min outer turning radius - 2900 mm (114.2 in)
• Max velocity - 20 km/h (12 mph)
• Nominal engine power - 4,0 kW
• Nominal voltage - 80V
• Control system - thyristor
  Thyristor
  A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating N and P-type material. They act as bistable switches, conducting when their gate receives a current trigger, and continue to conduct while they are forward biased .Some sources define silicon controlled rectifiers and...
  
  -impulse- (GTO
  Gate turn-off thyristor
  A gate turn-off thyristor is a special type of thyristor, a high-power semiconductor device. GTOs, as opposed to normal thyristors, are fully controllable switches which can be turned on and off by their third lead, the GATE lead.-Device description:...
  
  ) or contactor
  Contactor
  A contactor is an electrically controlled switch used for switching a power circuit, similar to a relay except with higher current ratings. A contactor is controlled by a circuit which has a much lower power level than the switched circuit....
  
  -based

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Electrocar EC-1.00 MoAZ EC-1.00-1 MoAZ EC-2.00, open platform car, modernized version of 1.00 Electrocars ET-2054 produced at the Kalinin Machine-Building Plant

Kalinin Machine-Building Plant

JSC Kalinin Machine-Building Plant, ZiK or MZiK for short is a large Soviet/Russian industrial factory, now part of Almaz-Antey holding.Founded in 1866 in St...

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