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Detroit Electric update: can the all-electric car with no connection to Detroit succeed?

A mix of good and bad news about the Detroit Electric revival story. The good news is that the brand remains alive and sending messages of solid partnership between Malaysian company Proton and European investors. Automotive News believes that the brand would have a large following among European and Asian customers for its all-electric vehicles. However, problems might arise in the U.S. when the company's EVs - a $25,000 model with a 110-mile range and a 200-mile version for $33,000 - go on sale here. The problem is that the Detroit Electrics ... Read more →

Detroit Electric looking for 150 U.S. dealers Sebastian Blanco

The revived Detroit Electric brand is getting its ducks in a row to perform that rare act of building and selling highway speed electric vehicles in the U.S. According to AllCarsElectric (which ...

Detroit Electric signs deal with Proton, plans 2 new electric cars Jeremy Korzeniewski

Last September, the revived Detroit Electric brand announced in Malaysia that it planned to produce a new line of electric vehicles by the end of 2009. At the time, nothing was official, but the ...

ECE delivers first electric VW Golf, 199 more to go Domenick Yoney

The guys over at Electric Cars Europe (ECE) have finished the gas-to-electric conversion of the first of 200 Volkswagen Golfs they've been tasked to prepare for the Dutch energy supplier, ENEXIS ...

Detroit Electric to launch Tesla-beater in June? Domenick Yoney

Ever since that Malaysian press melée in September there haven't been any perceptible noises emanating from the resurrected Detroit Electric. Perhaps former Lotus CEO Albert Lam and friends ...

Detroit Electric goes Dutch with Europe Electric cars and Proton 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After showing practically no signs of life since being revived in a joint venture between Zap! and Youngman Automotive Group last February and officially striking out on its own less than a week ago, Detroit Electric has emerged, in Malaysia, as a Dutch company with $300 million in backing and a ...

Kentucky governor allows LSVs in hopes of luring ZAP! Alias factory 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We recently told you about the Kentucky Senate side-show in which Democrats and Republicans both tried to get legislation started that would make it legal for low-speed vehicles (LSVs) to drive on some roads in the bluegrass state. Now, Governor Steve Beshear has stepped in and signed an executive ...

Detroit Electric to aid Proton get powered by electrons 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Malaysian government has given the green light to national car maker Proton to begin "in-depth validation and testing" of electric cars. The announcement came after the Cabinet Committee on Inflation received a briefing on the role e-cars can have in reducing the consumption of petrol and ...

VIDEO: Dutch firms begin flood of electric cars with converted Lotus Elises 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A consortium of Dutch companies under the banner of Electric Cars Europe have decided a little collaboration is in order to help speed up the implementation of electric cars in the Netherlands. With a vision of seeing 26 per cent of Dutch cars powered by electrons by 2025, the consortium's plan has ...

Number 20: Top 20 most exciting green cars we wish we could buy today: Anything from ZAP 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

ZAP has proven to be an excellent company when it comes to issuing press releases. They have also offered some nice products in the past, like the Zappy line of scooters. For some, the Xebra (see gallery below) fits their needs quite nicely, and for those people, ZAP is a fine company. For the rest ...

eBay find of the day: non-electric Detroit Electric 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more shots Here we have an electric car which is not an electric car. When the current owner got the car, is was stripped of its motor, batteries and other assorted bits. For that reason, in went a Ford 2.8 liter V6, meaning that the vehicle you see here is a Detroit Electric ...

Winding Road shows us James Cousens' electric car collection 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I truly enjoyed reading this article on Winding Road about the largest existing collection of early electric cars in existence. The owner of the vehicles is James Cousens, and he is a true aficionado of the genre. The early market for electric cars was primarily for women married to well-to-do ...


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