Elettrica already on sale in the UK, in lead-acid or li-ion
Smartplanet has published some information about the Elettrica: Future Vehicles has already put it on sale. The Elettrica is an all-electric car which can be purchased with either a set of lead-acid batteries (at £9,950) or a lithium pack (at £12,750). This is "just a little more" expensive than the G-Wiz, which had a recent offer with prices starting at £2,999. I made a small test drive of the latter during the Barcelona Auto Show and I was unimpressed when I compared it to a regular car, but admit it's far superior than any 49cc quadracycle.
Nevertheless, the Elettrica has a very decent performance: a 70-mile range and a maximum speed of 45 mph. The company also sells converted classics so you can run on electrons in a more classy way. You can get an converted Mini Classic with prices starting on £17,500. If I win the lottery, I'll get one.
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[Source: Smartplanet (thanks to Matthew and Adam for the tip)]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kert 6:57PM (1/15/2008)
Theres plenty of small electrics being offered in Britain
http://greencarsite.co.uk/electric-vehicles-cars.htm
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Throwback 6:56PM (1/15/2008)
Converting a classic Mini to an electric is blasphemy! The original Mini was ahead of it's time, it was also the first manual transmission car I ever drove. So I am a little sensitive about hacking one up.
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ug 12:47PM (1/15/2008)
I'd rather drive a Tata Nano than this POS.
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John 5:26PM (1/15/2008)
This is exactly why EVs has such a bad rep. Because you pay a gas car price for not even half the performance. And you wonder why people have this go-cart image of EVs. If you advertise like Flourscent lights, the initial cost maybe higher but in the long run it'll be cheaper. So might as well make good quality and good performance EVs as Tesla has shown. We don't need another electric vehicle with this kind of performance and it seems like the the doors a bit thin for crash safety.
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