Selected production vehicles
See also : List of production battery electric vehicles
Selected list of battery electric vehicles include (in chronological order):
Name | Comments | Production years | Number produced (less than or estimate) | Top Speed (mph or km/h) | Cost | Range (m or km) |
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Baker Electric | The first electric car. Reputedly easy to drive. | 1899-1915 | 5000 | 14 miles per hour (23 km/h) | US $2 300 | 50 miles (80 km) |
Detroit Electric | Sold mainly to women and physicians. | 1907-1939 | 5000 | 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) | >US $3 000 depending on options | 80 miles (129 km) |
Henney Kilowatt | The first transistor-based electric car; outfitted with modern hydraulic brakes. | 1958–1960 | 50 | 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) | US $3,600 (1960 model) | over 60 miles |
Peugeot 106 électrique | Built by Heuliez and also sold under the name Citroën Saxo. Mainly sold to French administration. Nickel-cadmium battery powered.[1] · [2] | 1995-2003 | 6400 | 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph) | 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |
General Motors EV1 | For lease only, all recovered from customers by GM, most destroyed. | 1996-2003 | 2000 | 80 miles per hour (129 km/h) | ~ US $40 000 without subsidies | 150 miles (240 km), (Gen II 1999, NiMH) |
Honda EV Plus | First BEV from a major automaker without lead acid batteries. Twenty-four 12-volt NiMH batteries | 1997–1999 | 350 | 80 miles per hour (129 km/h) | US $455/month for 36 month lease; or US $53 000 without subsidies | 80–110 miles (130–180 km) |
Toyota RAV4 EV | Some leased and sold on US east and west coasts, supported. Toyota agreed to stop crushing. | 1997–2002 | 1249 | 125 kilometres per hour (78 mph) | US $40 000 without subsidies | 80-120 miles (130-190 km) |
Ford Ranger EV | Some sold, most leased; almost all recovered and most destroyed. Ford allowed reconditioning and sale of a limited quantity to former leaseholders by lottery. Estimated only 200 surviving. | 1998-2002 | 1500 | ~ US $50 000; subsidized to $20 000 | ||
Nissan Altra EV | Mid-sized station wagon designed from the ground up as the first BEV to use Li-ion batteries,[3] 100,000 miles (161,000 km) battery lifetime. | 1998–2000 | 140 | 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) | US $470/month lease only | 120 miles (193 km) |
Global Electric Motorcars | NEV | 1998- | > 35000 | 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) | ||
TH!NK City | Two seat, Nickel-cadmium batteries. Next generation vehicle production planned for fall 2007. | 1999-2002 | 1005 | 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph) | NOK 199 000 | 85 kilometres (53 mi) |
REVA | Indian-built city car (sold in England as the "G-Wiz").[4] | 2001- | 2000 | 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) | ~£8 000[5] | |
ZAP Xebra | Chinese built sedan and truck | 2006- | 200 | 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) | US $10 500 | |
Modec | UK built trucks and Vans | 2007- | 100 | |||
Cleanova | French built delivery vans [6] | 7000[7] | ||||
Smart fortwo ED | micro car, only used for pilot project | 2008 | 100 | 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph) | - | 110 kilometres (68 mi) |
Tesla Roadster | Sold to customers in the United States and Europe.[8] and 1,000 produced as of January 2010.[9] | 2008- | 1,000 (up to January 2010) | 130 miles per hour (209 km/h) [10] | US $92 000 base price | 220 miles (354 km) (based on EPA combined city/highway cycle) |
Mitsubishi i MiEV | Fleet leasing began in July 2009,[11] and sales to the public in Japan in April 2010[12] and in Hong Kong in May 2010.[13] | 2009- | 5,000 up to Nov 2010 | 80 miles per hour (129 km/h) | 4 million yen (~USD43,000) |
100 miles (161 km)
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Nissan Leaf | Introduced in Japan and the U.S. in December 2010.[14][15] | 2010- | 150 km/h (93 mph) | ¥3.76 million (~US$44,600) in Japan US$32,780 in the U.S. |
73 miles (117 km) (EPA) 100 miles (161 km) (Nissan) |
See also
References
- ^ "(French) Peugeot 106 Electrique technical sheet(1995-1996)". autotitre.com. http://www.autotitre.com/fiche-technique/Peugeot/106/Electrique/1995-1996. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ "(French) Peugeot 106 Electrique S2 technical sheet (1996-2003)". autotitre.com. http://www.autotitre.com/fiche-technique/Peugeot/106/Electrique/1996-2003. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ Nissan Altra Electric Car from EV Rental
- ^ About Us
- ^ GoinGreen - Showroom_G-Wiz
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Green Car Congress: Venturi Automobiles and PSA Peugeot Citroën Partner on EVs for La Poste; PSA Re-Launching EV Business
- ^ "Tesla Kicks Off L.A. to Detroit Road Trip, Opens Florida Sales and Service Center". Edmunds.com. 2009-12-17. http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2009/12/tesla-kicks-off-la-to-detroit-road-trip-opens-florida-sales-and-service-center.html. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ "Tesla Celebrates 1,000th Roadster". Tesla Motors Press Release. http://www.teslamotors.com/media/press_room.php?id=2220. Retrieved 2010-05-21.[dead link]
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "Mitsubishi Motors Begins Production of i-MiEV; Targeting 1,400 Units in Fiscal 2009". Green Car Congress. 2009-06-05. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/06/imiev-20090605.html. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ "Japanese Start Buying Affordable Electric Cars". New York Times. 2010-04-01. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/01/world/AP-AS-Japan-Electric-Car.html?_r=1&scp=7&sq=Mitsubishi%20i%20MiEV&st=cse. Retrieved 2010-04-04.[dead link]>\
- ^ "Mitsubishi Begins Sales of i-MiEV to Individuals in Hong Kong; First Individual Sales Outside of Japan". Green Car Congress. 2010-05-20. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/05/hksar-20100520.html#more. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- ^ "Nissan Rolls Out Leaf Electric Car In Japan". Associated Press. 2010-12-03. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131771329. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
- ^ John O'Dell (2010-12-03). "Nissan Leaf Officially On Sale in U.S. Dec. 11; Japan Launch Set for Dec. 20". Edmunds.com. http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2010/12/nissan-leaf-officially-on-sale-in-us-dec-11-japan-launch-set-for-dec-20.html. Retrieved 2010-12-03.