Triac tryouts to begin this October, deliveries in November
A little while back we told you about a $20,000 highway-speed electric car promised for the American market by Green Vehicles called the Triac. It seems, as with every other electric car program (except, so far, Aptera), that the launch has been delayed and now a new estimated delivery schedule has been posted on their website. While the company informs us that test drives from the San Jose showroom can be scheduled as of August 15th, the actual driving won't occur until after October 15th. According to the update the first deliveries to customers already in their queue will begin in October as well. The company hopes to produce at least 50 vehicles a month to start and raise their output to between 100 to 200 in the second quarter of 2009.
You may not have to travel all the way to Northern California for your Triac tryout for too long either. Company president, Ehab Youssef informs us that they've received interest from over 100 dealers. Of course, if you are not fortunate to be located near one of the soon-to-be-chosen retailers, the company says they can deliver throughout the lower forty-eight states though that will cost extra. We will try to keep you apprised of any further developments as we wait for our own bit of quality wheel time. Thanks to Matthew for the tip!
Gallery: TRIAC
[Source: Green Vehicles]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
axiom 4:24PM (8/07/2008)
Despite the horrible angle shots included in this story, the car actually looks nice and I'd take one. Check out the source website for better pics than the ones here.
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matthew 4:35PM (8/07/2008)
If the reviews are good, that will be my next car.
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woodenbee 5:14PM (8/07/2008)
if they could lose the born to fail, third eye, goofy headlight it would help a lot!
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Mark 5:21PM (8/07/2008)
If it had 4 wheels, it would be a good car, but 3 wheels is not practical where I live..
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Kardax 7:02PM (8/07/2008)
The "third eye" is to make it legally a motorcycle so they can ignore most safety laws. That's also why it has 3 wheels instead of 4.
This is really just a faster ZAP Xebra, nothing too exciting, if you ask me.
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matthew 9:10AM (8/08/2008)
It can go a heck of a lot further than a Xebra...
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MikeInNC 8:28AM (8/08/2008)
Is it a two or three seater? I can't see if it's got a center rear seat.
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Nicholas 10:47AM (8/08/2008)
I might have one of these.
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woodenbee 11:31AM (8/08/2008)
well they might want to read the regs because headlights are headlights and it isn't required that it be in the middle, it only has to have less than four wheels
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gromm 6:43PM (8/08/2008)
This is a good commuting vehicle. It even looks nice. If I actually commuted by car instead of by foot, (all of 10 minutes) I would buy one in a heartbeat. But I'm going to have to wait until the iMIEV comes out it looks like, because my family's only real reason for owning a car is for trips to Grandpa's place some 35 km away, and we need some extra seating for the kid.
By the way, they're not so much dodging safety regulations, as they are dodging safety regulation *testing*. Crash testing is prohibitively expensive for companies their size.
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TIMMAH! 11:50PM (8/10/2008)
"It can go a heck of a lot further than a Xebra..."
Are you talking about the company or the car...
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matthew 11:47AM (8/11/2008)
RE: TIMMAH!
Car vs. car.
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