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TH!NK could be put on sale in Australia

Th!nk UK managing director Richard Blundell said that their all-electric car could be put on sale in Australia without too much hassle. The reason? The Th!nk City, which Blundell pointed out is a real car and not a quadricycle (NEV), is designed to satisfy both EU and U. S. highway safety features and can be sold virtually anywhere. Then there are the business reasons: "Think will evaluate each market based on perceived and sustainable market demand, attractive urban center demographics and conducive legislative policy for the use of EVs," he ... Read more →

EnerDel testing lithium-ion battery in a Th!nk City Sebastian Blanco

Want one of the all-electric Th!nk City cars powered by a lithium-ion battery? You're one step closer today than yesterday thanks to an announcement by EnerDel, the battery division of Ener1, that it ...

That Th!nk partnership announcement? Nothing to report Sebastian Blanco

click the Th!nk Ox for a high res gallery ABG reader Phil recently contacted us regarding a post we wrote a month ago about a possible announcement from Th!nk on working with a "major automaker" to ...

Top Gear presenter, Richard Hammond plugs the Th!nk City Domenick Yoney

Many of you know Richard Hammond from the very popular and amusing show about all things automotive from Britain called Top Gear. Did you know that he is also a columnist for the UK tabloid The ...

Paris Mayor promises electric car sharing. Gets re-elected. Domenick Yoney

The Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, has been touting the idea of an electric or hybrid car sharing program for the "city of lights" for some time now. Trouble was, he had an election to win ...

Officially official: Th!nk City electric car on sale in the UK this fall 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge March has been a big month for Th!nk, with the news about $4m investments and the new Ox model out of Geneva. We knew EV fans in Norway would be able to buy a Th!nk City soon, and the good news for Britons is that the City will be available to order in the UK sometime "during the ...

AutoblogGreen Podcast #20 - Geneva Motor Show wrap-up 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Episode 20 of the AutoblogGreen Podcast has us recapping Geneva mere days before we head to New York. There were lots of exciting things over in Switzerland, and we touch on a few of them. Th!nk's new Ox will be a Tesla-magnitude achievement if it hits the market doing what the company says it will. ...

GE sees the electric car light, invests in Th!nk and A123 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Just as I thought I was recovering from the shock of the new Th!nk Ox concept announcement, today's press release from GE made me feel like I was caught up in a Ronco commercial, "But wait, there's more!" No, GE is not getting into Super Bass o' Matics. It sights are set on no less than the "global ...

Londoner gets to try out the new Th!nk city EV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Danny Fleet is a Londoner with an interest in electric cars. His attituce should come as no surprise given that EVs can avoid the city's congestion charge. Currently, Danny happens to drive one of the ever-popular G-Wiz quadricycles. Danny was lucky enough to be in the area when one of the new ...

Th!nk to announce deal with large auto maker next week 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/linux_unix/GM_s_to_make_cars_with_Linux_like_open_source_model'; Greentech Media reports that Think Global will announce a deal with a large automaker next week concerning the development of a car. At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco Tuesday, Think chairman ...

Powerful politician buys her own electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Åslaug Haga is not only the Petroleum and Energy Minister in Norway, but she is also the chief of the ruling Center Party. As such, she is a powerful politician in a country known both for its progressiveness and a large oil industry. Perhaps it is only a little surprising then that her ...

First Th!nk rolls off the line in Norway 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Not sure if this qualifies as one of those "small step, giant leap" type of stories, but I do feel that yesterday marked an important milestone in the revived electric car market. That was the day when Norwegian electric car maker Th!nk's first EV minicar rolled off the production line in Norway. ...

Tesla puts it's Energy Group on hold for now 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last spring, Tesla Motors founder Martin Eberhard and Th!ink CEO Jan-Olaf Willums announced a deal for Tesla to supply battery packs for the Norwegian electric cars. The silicon valley startup had created a new division dubbed the Tesla Energy Group to design and build lithium ion battery packs to ...

Could Norway ban all gasoline powered cars? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/Could_Norway_ban_all_gasoline_powered_cars'; With all the talk about CAFE standards and gas taxes these days, many people wonder what a government could do to help bring the sale of gasoline powered cars down. How about a complete ban? Would that work? ...

BREAKING: Ener1 and Th!nk sign the largest contract for lithium-ion batteries in automotive history 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ener1Del has signed a deal with Think Global, the makers of the Th!nk city car, to become the supplier of choice for lithium-ion batteries. Under a development agreement between Ener1 and Think, Ener1 will deliver production prototypes to Think in March 2008 and pre-production parts (valued at $1.4 ...

Th!nk expanding their battery options 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer Th!nk got some attention last spring when they announced a deal to buy lithium ion battery packs from Tesla Motors. It's now being reported that Th!nk is investigating other options for energy storage. They have apparently struck a deal with EnerDel for a ...

Th!nk, then Think Again 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Well, back in the day (1999), when GM was still creating the EV-1, Ford wanted to come up with something electrical of its own and it did - it was called for Ford Th!nk and it was designed and made in Norway. Scandinavians, of course, are known as resourceful people. With their long winters ...

Th!nk could be back in the US as soon as 2008 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Electric carmaker Th!nk Global could be on the road to returning to the US market as soon as 2008. The second-generation Th!nk will begin production this fall at a plant in Norway and sales will begin at home. Once they ramp up, they will spread to the rest of Scandinavia followed by England, ...

Think on the road to recovery, gets $60 million in new funding 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Since Ford decided to discard Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer Think a few years ago the crew at the company has been working on a revival. They have developed a new second-generation model and recently inked a deal with Tesla Motors to purchase lithium ion battery packs from the Silicon ...

Tesla offers up more details on TH!NK battery deal 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday we told you that Tesla Motors was establishing a group within the company to share their proprietary battery technology with other manufacturers. Tesla uses off-the-shelf lithium ion cells in their battery packs but everything else is unique including the packaging, thermal management and ...

Tesla introduces Energy Storage Systems division 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Tesla_Motors_to_offer_their_lithium_ion_battery_tech_to_other_carmakers'; Now that Tesla is approaching Job 1 for their battery-powered Roadster, they are starting to look beyond just selling cars so that they can recover some of their investment in developing ...

Norway to start producing electric cars again, as Think! restarts in 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Electric cars are popular in Norway due to the fact that they are non-taxed and are not charged for parking. However, Think! has not been producing cars in Norway as of late, as the Swiss firm that bought the company from Ford in 2003 went bankrupt last year. A Norwegian group has bought the car's ...

Getting to know an electric-car activist 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

This profile on San Francisco activist Marc Geller serves an excellent expression of the feelings, emotions and obsessions associated with electric-car advocates. Geller wanted a "cool" car to replace his quirky Citroen and leased the Ford Th!nk. He lost the vehicle when Ford dropped its electric ...


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