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NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle)


Quick Spin: GGT Cozmo NEV - rickety things come in pricey packages

GreenGo Tek is a boastful little electric vehicle company. A press release issued by GGT over the summer to announce the new Cozmo neighborhood electric vehicle stated that, because the company also does EV conversions: "GGT is the only company in the world with the technology and manufacturing ability to retrofit any standard truck or car into an electric vehicle, avoiding any speed regulations." Wrong. GGT isn't modest, that's for sure. What GGT is, though, is a Milford, Michigan-based company that puts an ell-electric drivetrain ... Read more →

Paris business district will test self-driving NEVs in busy square Xavier Navarro

If you think that crossing la Défense square on foot is tiring, you'll be glad to know that you might soon be able to do it while sleeping. How, you ask? Because Paris' largest business ...

eBay Find of the Day: three low-speed electric cars for $13,500 Sebastian Blanco

How much is too much for a neighborhood electric vehicle? If you're talking about a somewhat unknown NEV that looks like a smart fortwo, can go about 60 miles per charge at a speed of 28 mph and are ...

AltCar 2009: Wheego Whip Quick Drive - is this the Cadillac of NEVs? Sebastian Blanco

Is the Wheego Whip "The Cadillac of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles"? That's one description that we heard during our very short test drive of the NEV during the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo last ...

REPORT: IIHS concerned with growing popularity of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles Jeremy Korzeniewski

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is concerned with the growing popularity of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles. Specifically, the IIHS ...

Meet the Luis: a Chinese-German EV for under €12,000 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

German company Luis has announced that its Luis Free EV is now on sale for less than €12,000. The car, which is built in China by a non-disclosed partner, can be ordered with two different power outputs: 5.5 kW and 8 kW under the fiberglass bodywork. The low-power model, which reaches a ...

IIHS maps America's Medium Speed Vehicle rules 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

There's a lot of grey in the map above, and each grey state indicates that there is no local law there defining the rules for medium-speed vehicles (MSVs). We've written plenty about low-speed vehicles, but what's an MSV? It's a car that " has some safety equipment such as lights, reflectors, ...

Polaris Industries launches Breeze NEV, a golf cart that's proud to be a golf cart 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

As expected, Polaris Industries has just announced its first neighborhood electric vehicle. The new machine comes courtesy of the motorsports manufacturer's recently-created On-Road Division and will be available at select Polaris dealerships starting this September. As far as the vehicle goes, ...

Chrysler pushing to dramatically cut GEM dealer network 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Chrysler has made a big deal in the past about its long history selling GEM electric cars, and there are tens of thousands of them on the roads today. Of course, the EVs that Chrysler has been selling since 2000 (when DaimlerChrysler purchased GEM) are all NEVs - expensive, slow electric ...

Korean e-Zone electric car to be manufactured in Southeast U.S.? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

If any car screams "Alabama!" it's the e-Zone electric car pictured above, right? The quirky low speed vehicle is a project of CT&T Co. Ltd, a South Korean company, and might be built in the Heart of Dixie in the next few years. CT&T wants to build a variety of vehicles for the U.S. ...

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