- 30 Electric car companies ready to take over. Or rather, I suspect based on the levels of email I get these days, at least generate a lot more interest, sell a few, and lead others to their own conversions.
- It looks like the Think City electric car is getting more funding and moving closer to coming to the states, priced under $25k. Any of our European readers seen or tried these?
- It’s not fully an electric, but mighty close and it’s also a product out of A123 systems: the Hymotion L5 plug-in kit for Toyota Prius. They claim 100 mpg for 30-40 miles of range, details on their website. If you want more information on PHEV’s check out the EAA wiki.
- Where might you get electricity to power all of these? How about a 33MW Solar Power plant?
- Speaking of which, check out Brent’s Solar 8 seat Bike.
Hi Jerry, Some years back, 2004 I think I went to a ‘green Car’ event at Ford’s UK proving ground near London. They had several Think City’s running around. From what I remember they had lead acid battery packs and appeared to be pretty quick. Not sure about range but it seemed to me they were an ideal city car. Shame Ford didn’t get more involved with the concept.
I had one of the earlier versions of the Think City while Ford was leasing them. It had a NiCad pack, 52mph top speed and 50 mi range. The Car was great, we loved it. Unfortunately when the auto companies beat down the California Air Resources Board and lifted the zero emission mandate, ford took all the cars back and shut down the factory.
Im glad they are back in production, and with improved batteries and range, speed. I’ll buy one.