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The THINKCity is the lead EV in the Move About car sharing scheme; the program was launched in 2009 in Oslo, Norway and has just signed up its 1,000 th member. Of the 80 vehicles in the scheme, 79 are THINKCity models, representing one of the larger EV fleets in Europe. Some of the Move About fleet of THINKCity EVs.
The California Air Resources Board has approved the THINKCity as a zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV). The approval paves the way for THINK to sell the all-electric THINKCity in California, 12 other states and the District of Columbia that have adopted California’s ZEV requirements. manufacturing facility.
The latest generation THINKCity is now available with four seats, and goes on sale across Europe this month. THINKCity with 2+2 seating. The THINKCity is powered by lithium-ion battery technology from Ener1 and the G4 EV drive controller. Click to enlarge. It also comes with air-conditioning as standard.
THINK will begin selling the THINKCity, one of the world’s first highway-capable urban EVs, in the US later this year. The THINKCity will appear in Detroit next week at the North American International Auto Show 2010. The THINKCity is a purpose-built, all-electric car designed for urban environments.
THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle maker, has begun production of THINKCity EVs equipped with 22 kWh Li-ion battery packs from Ener1 subsidiary EnerDel. The EnerDel THINKCity pack. Ener1 is an investor in THINK, and Ener1 Chairman and CEO Charles Gassenheimer is now THINK’s Chairman of the Board.
Electric car maker THINK released results of a customer survey that found that 50% of potential EV buyers responding would be willing to accept 70-80 miles range if it reduced the cost of the vehicle by $5,000. Only 9% of potential customers said they were interested in reducing their range below 50 miles for a greater discount.
THINK has delivered 17 THINKCIty electric cars to utility fleet customers and employees in Indiana. received 10 electric THINKCity cars, and the remainder were delivered to Indianapolis Power & Light for company fleet use. Duke Energy in Plainfield, Ind.
(AV), a leading developer and supplier of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, to pursue demonstration and commercial projects using AV’s level III fast-charge system and the THINKCity electric vehicle to jump-start the development of fast-charge infrastructure in the United States.
The US EV-ready index mirrors one THINK developed for targeting markets in Europe, which recognized Oslo, Copenhagen and Amsterdam as the top-three markets. The company recently announced plans to manufacture the THINKCity electric car in Elkhart, Ind. —Richard Canny. with US production slated to begin early next year.
The electric ThinkCity car has much to celebrate this morning after the BBC’s pioneering 4,500 mile, 12 country European trek in the electric model was successfully completed with the arrival back in London yesterday. Tags: Electric cars BBC Electric Ride city car electric car journey Think.
Think personel will be meeting with representatives of Michigan and seven states on March 12th to discuss options for manufacturing. NK city will commence in mid-2010. The ThinkCity will have a range of 112 miles and a top speed of 62mph. Tags: think global thinkcity battery electric car.
was installed under the cargo floor and provides an estimated 129 miles of range (likely based on the European WLTP testing cycle). Audi claims there is room for a second pack, which would boost range to an estimated 248 miles. kwh battery pack from an Audi Q7 plug-in hybrid (a model not sold in the U.S.)
billion) investment in cycling infrastructure for the city. Among other features, the plans would create a “Crossrail for the bike”—a route that will run for more than 15 miles (24 km), very substantially segregated, from the western suburbs, through the heart of London, to Canary Wharf and Barking. —Mayor Johnson.
nk City electric cars in 2007, with production beginning in summer. The article states, "The new "Think" model will have improved batteries with a range of 180 km (111 miles) between charges and a top speed of around 100 km 60 mph)." Tags: norway electric cars thinkcity. No specifics about the battery type.
I got to drive the Mitsubishi iMiev a couple of weeks ago for a mile or so at Green Drive Expo in Richmond. nk City, only grown up. 88 miles straight up to Sacramento, recharging while attending the PEV Collaborative meeting at the CEC, and then straight back. I was much impressed with the car. Like my beloved Th!nk I'm envious.
Coda popped onto the electric-vehicle stage in June 2009 as an offshoot of Miles Electric Vehicles, a maker of electric light trucks in China. A: Think Global’s ThinkCity. The Whip is a two-seater that can travel at a top speed of 35 mph for 40 miles per charge; it sells for around $19,000. Tesla Motors.
At full capacity the plant could produce approximately 10 million cells capable of generating 900 megawatt-hours of energy per year—the equivalent of the battery power required for 45,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with an 80-mile range or enough energy to support 1,000 GE Evolution Series hybrid locomotives. Aerovironment, Inc.
EnerDel is scheduled to ship its first cells and packs for the ThinkCity EV on 1 March 2010. The lithium-ion version of the THINK vehicle will have 384 cells in its 25 kWh battery pack and a range of more than 100 miles. The pack is wired into two parallel systems each supplying 350 volts. NK vehicle.
A convoy of 60 vehicles hit the streets as part of the BBC documentary Electric Ride which is now a quarter of the way through its month long, 4,000 miles odyssey around Europe in a ThinkCity electric car.
nk City could do the 20 – 50 mile round-trips without petroleum, using only the power from Google’s solar array. My RAV4 EV with NiMH batteries is going strong after more than 5 years and over 50,000 miles. I hope Google is realizing that their plug-in hybrid fleet could probably mostly be all-electric cars.
“I started the company as a side business to restore EVs that had been abandoned,” Steiner said, explaining that he and his business partner Rod Spurgin have turned around a number of cars from Workhorse, Lordstown Motors, ThinkCity, and other brands. Nick ended up driving it for 20 years and 250,000 miles.”
Among the exhibitors will be Think, the Norwegian electric vehicle will be making its Finnish motor show debut with its ThinkCity electric car. The Thinkcity car has a range of 112 miles and a top speed of 65mph.
Among them is Norwegian electric car company Think, which was formerly owned by Ford. Its ThinkCity car, which has a 112 mile range, has been rolling off the production line since December 2007 although production was halted late last year in the wake of the credit crunch.
“I started the company as a side business to restore EVs that had been abandoned,” Steiner said, explaining that he and his business partner Rod Spurgin have turned around a number of cars from Workhorse, Lordstown Motors, ThinkCity, and other brands. Nick ended up driving it for 20 years and 250,000 miles.”
However, because of the duty cycle used by the Postal Service, which generally amounts to only about 18-20 miles per day on a fixed route, these vehicles are being built without the range extender seen on the concept. My local post office is about 5 miles from my house, so could possible fit the range requirements.
Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. Think is also working closely with the Brussel based Eurelectric , the European union of electricity industry. Think has established a U.S. market b y the end of 2009. before 2010.
BYD , for examples, says their 60 mile range-extended vehicle can add 30 miles of range in ten minutes. i think this is the best idea simply because of the ease of such a plan. I dont like the idea of leasing a battery pack, or project Better Places pay for however-so-many miles on a plan and whatnot. not an issue.
We always seem to hear that one coming from a mile away. Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." Alternatively, may we suggest the sound of the neighborhood ice cream truck?
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