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Still Indiana? Think says decision on U.S. plant forthcoming

Turns out that yesterday's report saying Think will build its all-electric City car in Indiana was premature. The company just tweeted that, "We're moving toward completing our US site selection -- but it will take another week or two to finalize the location. Stay tuned..." Of course, that tweet doesn't say that Indiana won't be the where the highway-speed EV will be built, but we're just slightly less certain than we were before reading it. Earth2Tech says that three states – Indiana, Michigan and Oregon – are still on ... Read more →

REPORT: Think will build U.S. plant in Indiana, appoints two new execs Sebastian Blanco

Think Global is deepening its roots in Indiana. The City electric car already uses batteries made by local company Ener1, which also owns 31 percent of Think Global. When the Think starts up ...

Out of bankruptcy, Think announces new Board of Directors Sebastian Blanco

Electric vehicle maker Think announced a new Board of Directors today, bringing together some of the people who guided the once-troubled automaker through its recent bankruptcy. The new board will ...

Think exits bankruptcy, gets $47m for production move to Finland Sebastian Blanco

Recent reports that Think would move the manufacturing location of its City electric cars from Norway to Finland were true. The Norwegian EV company has some even better news, though: it has ...

REPORT: Think electric cars to be made in Finland alongside Fisker Karma Sebastian Blanco

Our friends over at Electric A!D recently took a baby blue Think City EV from its home in Norway to show it off in Denmark (recharging it onboard the ferry). Turns out another Nordic nation might ...

New places to "refuel" your car: onboard a ferry 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Electric A!D, the northern European electric car advocates, have taken a baby blue Think City EV from Norway to Denmark "without any more hassle than if you where to travel with an ICE car." One of the reasons things went smoothly is that the Stena Line ferry service from Oslo, Norway to ...

Think working on "capital increase negotiations," production of City EV could resume soon 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

News has broken that Norwegian electric car company Th!nk is getting a big chunk of change, between $40-50 million, from new and anonymous investors. The company says that "capital increase negotiations have reached a first conditional approval from investors, and the company is now moving into ...

Electric car sharing coming to Oslo, Norway 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's about to get a lot easier to drive a Th!nk City electric car. Residents of Oslo, Norway - and tourists - will soon (i.e., tomorrow) be able to participate in a new car sharing plan called Move About. As of May 27, Move About will start public car sharing with 13 electric vehicles at three ...

Th!nk gets homologation in the Netherlands, ready to be sold in European Union 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Once a vehicle has been certified for roadworthiness by any member of the European Union, that vehicle can legally be sold in any fellow member country. Such is the case with the Th!nk City, which has just officially passed vehicle inspection in the Netherlands. Issued by the De Rijksdienst voor ...

550 Think City electric cars coming to Spain 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Think's European expansion continues with the announcement that 550 of the company's City electric vehicles will be delivered to Spain later this year and in the first part of 2010. Think announced today the MOU it signed with its Spanish partner, Going Green, to bring the small EVs to Spain, ...

Think moving to Oregon? All signs point to yes 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

We haven't heard any official proclamation, but reports are streaming into the AutoblogGreen mailbag that say that Think will be making a move to the West Coast. We know that Th!nk wants to begin building the small all-electric vehicle in the U.S. soon, and wants to sell the car here sometime ...

Electric Aid tries to gauge American interest in Think City 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

A few weeks ago, Th!nk discussed plans to enter the U.S. market with the City electric car sometime next year. If you're one of the people who thinks this is a good idea, then the Electric Air social network would like to get to know you. Electric Aid, which is not officially connected to Think in ...

ABG First Drive: Think City electric car 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Pulling out of the parking lot in the Th!nk City electric car yesterday, the first thing I noticed was the sound. No, not the wonderful silence that is usually first on my mind when I'm on an EV, but something loud coming from the front of the car. Turns out, this is the sound of the vacuum ...

Think City coming to the U.S. - info overload 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

"A small and humble beginning." That was how Th!nk CEO Richard Canny described his company's proposed expansion to America. It certainly wasn't a big, flashy roll-out in Ann Arbor this morning, but Canny and Th!nk North America CTO Jim Lyons made the most of a drab conference room to sell the ...

Th!nk details U.S. manufacturing, sales plans: hopes to sell City EV for under $20,000 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

This morning at the Michigan Information Technology Center in Ann Arbor, Th!nk finally gave the media the details of it's planned expansion into the U.S. market. The short version: by 2010, Th!nk North America hopes to be building electric vehicles in the U.S. These City models (seen above) ...

Think hints that Norwegian government aid might be coming after all 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Th!nk story is moving fast. To read what's been happening with a possible Th!nk bankruptcy and/or bailout, click here, work your way up from the bottom of the page, then come back. OK. All set? Here's the latest: According to the New York Times, the rumors that the Norwegian government will ...

Think may be saved by Stein Erik Hagen's double-or-nothing plan 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Following up on yesterday's news that the Norwegian government does not seem inclined to help electric vehicle manufacturer Th!nk, AutoblogGreen tipster Leif E. sent us a link to E24 that says that one of Norway's richest people, Stein Erik Hagen, has said he's willing to double his investments ...

First TH!NK City's will go to the most 'EV Friendly' cities in Europe 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Electric vehicle maker Th!nk Global is just about ready to begin selling cars over in Europe. Instead of launching one single full-scale offensive, the Norwegian automaker is now trying to figure out where its cars would be most welcomed, and to help make the decision, its created an EV ...


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