Over twenty years ago, I parked an electric car. The car was finished and ran great, but I had not completed the final body work and paint. I became preoccupied with building my hydro-electric system and earth sheltered home, and I never got back to that particular EV project. I removed the batteries and then just let the car sit down by the creek that flows through my property. Believe me, I took no special precautions. (The batteries did not go to waste, I used them with the alternate energy system I designed.)
Xander and I shot video of me testing the motor. This video not only shows the motor working, but I also explain some of the key concepts of an electric car and some of the basic design philosophy behind the EV 3.
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I have to tell you that it took more than 3 hours to extract the GT-6 from the forest that had grown up around the car. In fact, one tree had grown into the side of the car where the hood clamped to the body. The tree had to be cut out of the body before we could move the car.
As if that was not amazing enough, when I put air into the tires, they all held air!
Easy to spot in this picture is the motor and speed control unit and the mass of 00 gauge cables necessary to deliver the power from the batteries to the motor.
If you look close, in the upper right hand corner you can see the main relay.
The flat plate at the front of the car held 4 golf cart batteries. The rest of the batteries were behind the bucket seats.
Here is a close picture of the motor. Electric motors are truly amazing. As you can see, this car had sat down by the creek for over 20 years, and yet, when I hooked a 12 Volt battery to the motor terminals with a simple pair of jumper cables, it ran! Now that's a real tribute to the durability of electric motors. 
