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Refinanced Think Says City Car EV Production Will Resume in November

The Th!nk City electric car could be back in production as soon as next month if all goes according to plan. However, for the first time since the company debuted a decade ago, the little EVs won't be built in Norway. Instead, new minority shareholder Valmet Automotive will shift the tooling to its factory in Uusikaupunki, Finland where it will be built alongside Porsche Boxsters and Caymans that Valmet assembles under contract. Soon, the same factory will also start production of the Fisker Karma plug-in series hybrid. The City ... Read more →

Tiny island of Tershcelling gets fully electric ambulance from Th!nk Jeremy Korzeniewski

With the current limitations (no pun intended) of battery-electric vehicles like the Th!nk City, one of the last places we'd expect to see one operating is as an ambulance. After all, when life is ...

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 Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

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 ...

REPORT: New auto assembly plant to be announced this week... perhaps for Th!nk? 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Financially struggling Norwegian EV maker Th!nk has been saying for some time that it wants to build some of its cars in in the United States. That announcement could come as soon as this week in Louisana. In a report published in Louisiana newspaper The News Star, factory owner Jim Davison will ...

Electric car sharing coming to Oslo, Norway 5 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, ...

Bill O'Reilly challenged by Electric Aid to sign up for an electric car 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

As someone who avoids listening to Bill O'Reilly, I didn't hear him make a claim last year (when gas prices were high) that he would buy a Prius if he could fit into one. O'Reilly also apparently said that, "No matter where you stand in the climate change debate, everyone should be able to agree ...

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 ...

Think City might cost $49,500 (U.S.) in Holland, without leasing the battery 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

A few more details about the 500 Th!nk City electric vehicles that are headed for Holland. AutoblogGreen reader Matthijs wrote in with the following: This morning (11:00 CET) I contacted ElmoNet with some questions about the Think City. While they are concentrating on selling to companies and ...

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 advances U.S. plans, will sell full-speed City car in mid-2010 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Th!nk's Norwegian exodus continues. Th!nk will announce details of its "aggressive expansion plans" next Thursday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Th!nk CEO Richard Canny and Th!nk product development director Christopher Neal will be on hand to talk to representatives from Michigan and seven other ...

Th!nk City nominated for Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

A nomination does not a win make, but the team over at Th!nk must be happy about anything positive these days. The town crier came in with news that the Th!nk City has been nominated for a Brit Insurance Designs of the Year award, hosted by the Design Museum in London. Like the iQ before it, ...

ElectricAid pushes Th!nk City to the limit in video review 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

What should one do during the cold Norwegian winters? How about take an all-electric car out for a test drive, cruise on up the mountains and then spin out on a frozen drag strip? That's what our friends at Electricaid did with a Th!nk City recently. Over three days, the crew got some beautiful ...

Th!nk saved by outside investors Ener1 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Th!nk's not dead yet, though it might still officially be on life support. As expected, an outside group of investors has stepped up to the plate and bailed out the Norwegian electric car company with a bridge loan of 40 million crowns ($5.69 million). The largest bit of funding comes courtesy ...

Th!nk thinks outside investors will step up to save Th!nk 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Things continue to look up at Th!nk. Electric Aid is watching the Norwegian press for us, and found an article in Indre.no that says that Th!nk management is "very optimistic" about the chances that outside new investors - along with current ones and the Norwegian government - will step in and ...

Think gets grassroots, some new electric cars should be ready in January 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Just a quick update to Saturday's post about Th!nk's ever-increasing rescue potential. We wrote that Google translated the Norwegian of the original article as, "There will be no cars on the market in January." Our friend Leif wrote in to note that "the real translation should be 'There will be ...

Th!nk to begin building cars again, sort of 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Having gone through the automotive equivalent of a near-death experience, we are happy to report that Th!nk is registering vital signs again and that the halted production of its sub-compact City is set to resume, sort of. The company is still on life support and the factory in Aurskog will be ...

Th!nk update #413705: at least some Norwegian politicians want to help electric car company 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The story continues. AutoblogGreen's new all-things Th!nk source Leif has found another sign that the government of Norway might indeed be readying aid for the ailing electric car maker. Leif writes: I woke up to the news today that Åslaug Haga, until recently leader of the Center Party ...

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 ...

Th!nk bankruptcy/bailout drama continues in Norway 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Been following the story of Norwegian electric carmaker Th!nk? In the past week, the company has gone from EV poster child to potentially bankrupt. The Norwegian government did not step in to help, and then the one of Th!nk's largest investors, Stein Erik Hagen, tried a sort of double or ...

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 ...

Think's request for help going unanswered, not all orders guaranteed to ship 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

We learned earlier today that Norwegian electric automaker Th!nk had requested a handout from the Norwegian government. We've now heard that the government is not likely to give the EV maker any money. According to a translation of a piece in the Norwegian news source Dagbladet by AutoblogGreen ...

Breaking: Th!nk looking for helping hand, temporarily halts production 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

It was virtually impossible for emerging automakers to forecast how difficult times would get just a few short months ago. Considering that even the best laid business plans must rely in some part on a series of educated guesses and assumptions, it's not surprising that Th!nk Global now finds ...

EDTA 2008: EnerDel's Th!nk City 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

In the back corner of the EDTA Conference last week was the EnerDel booth featuring the prototype Th!nk City with EnerDel's lithium battery pack. We chatted with Ener1 Chairman and CEO Charles Gassenheimer about the car, the battery packs and the future (Ener1 owns EnerDel). Gassenheimer told ...

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 ...

EnerDel ramping up battery production to supply Th!nk 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more shots of the Th!nk Ox and City Th!nk Global recently hired a new President and COO named Richard Canny who had previously been Ford's Worldwide Director of Strategic Planning (details in the Th!nk release after the break). It didn't take too long for Canny to announce that ...

Th!nk will launch operations in America 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge Shortly after announcements that Th!nk would be selling its wares in the U.K. and possibly Australia comes news that the Norwegian maker of small electric cars is launching operations in America. Th!nk's City electric car was designed with the American market in mind, so this news ...

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 ...


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