alternative energy predecessor electric fuel propulsion corporation electric auto corporation founded 1966 headquarters pompano beach florida u.s. products alkaline fuel cells batteries divisions electric propulsion apollo power website apolloenergysystems.com apollo energy systems is a u.s. multinational alternative energy corporation headquartered in pompano beach florida that develops produces and markets fuel cell power plants electric propulsion systems and alternative energy generation equipment . the company was founded in 1966 as the electric fuel propulsion corporation efp in new orleans louisiana . it later became known as the electric auto corporation eac and in 2001 changed to apollo energy systems . 1 contents 1 vehicles 2 product line 3 references 4 external links vehicles edit since the 1960s the company s propulsion systems have powered over two thousand vehicles . these have been american and european automotive platforms while the others have been of the company s own brand of vehicles including mars i and ii mars van transformer i silver volt i. the company s newer vehicles included mars iii silver volt ii and gt and the air supported vehicle asv i. in 1966 the company built and tested the mars i electric car using a tri polar lead cobalt battery . 1 within five years efp had introduced of the electrosport station wagon as the first mass produced electric car . 2 to demonstrate the viability of their electric car business at that time efp also created the world s first electric car expressway between detroit and chicago . 3 product line edit apollo alkaline fuel cell alkaline fuel cells played a key part in the success of the 1960s u.s. space program that put a man on the moon for the first time . the aes r & d group led by karl kordesch of the graz university of technology in austria improved this fuel cell and adapted it for terrestrial undersea and extra terrestrial usage . 4 apollo tri polar lead cobalt battery a battery that is in its fifth generation . it has a higher power density quicker recharging capability as well as comparatively lighter weight than its predecessors due to the use of lead foam . they are an alternative to the nickel metal hydride or the lithium ion types of battery . references edit a b weaver graham ; reidy roisin 2002 . 6.3 apollo energy systems inc. . world fuel cells an industry profile with market prospects to 2010 . elsevier advanced technology . oxford . pp. 99 100 . isbn 978 1 85617 397 1 . retrieved 1 august 2013 . anderson curtis d. ; anderson judy 2004 . electric and hybrid cars a history . mcfarland . p. 47 . isbn 978 0 7864 1872 5 . packard chris august 1971 . the next sound you hear will your electric car b z z z z . motor trend . kordesch k. ; hacker v. ; reichmann k. ; cifrain m. ; hejze t. ; aronsson r.r. 2008 . the safe and economic revival of alkaline hydrogen air fuel calls with circulating electrolytes . battery energy technology 32 . isbn 9781566776615 . retrieved 1 august 2013 . external links edit apollo energy systems retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title apollo energy systems & oldid 641693522 categories companies based in broward county floridafuel cell manufacturerspompano beach floridahidden categories use dmy dates from august 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 january 2015 at 06 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view