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List of production battery electric vehicles

This is a list of production battery electric vehicles (all-electric cars). You may want to view this information in table format.

Cars

Current in-production cars

Full-sized cars

Cars and trucks of normal size and speed.

AC Propulsion eBox, a li-ion powered conversion of a Toyota Scion xB
Current, a 4 Door/4 Passenger Hatchback with 65-200 miles distance per charge and 65-70 mph highway speed
Cleanova, Société de Véhicules Électriques (Dassault Group), based on a Kangoo; the French postal service recently bought 40000 items.
Arton Birdie
Blade Runner Mk11
Hybrid Technologies :

Peugeot Partner
Piaggio Porter Electric an Italian suburban electric vehicle
Tesla Roadster, a li-ion powered sports car.

Microcars

Cars that are very small but are as fast and capable as larger cars.

Electrorides EV-Mini
REVA Indian-built city car. Also sold the UK as the G-Wiz as well as in several European countries. In the USA, limited for use as a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle.
Kewet
Lumeneo Smera, .
Maranello 4cycle — an Italian car.
MM NmG, previously named Corbin Sparrow
Zytek Smart fortwo EV - an electric version of the Smart Fortwo

Low-speed vehicles

These vehicles have a low top speed (like most scooters) and may not be street-legal without restrictions.

OKA NEV ZEV () Low Speed Electric Vehicle made in Russia, sold in USA.
CityEl (cityel.de) three-wheeled EV, produced in Germany.
Dynasty EV a neighborhood electric vehicle with a design reminiscent of the Volkswagen Beetle
Global Electric Motorcars, LLC (GEM) quite common in California.
Miles Electric Vehicles (Miles Electric Vehicles) LSVs for fleet and neighborhood use sold internationally by a Los Angeles based manufacturer.
NICE (http://www.nicecarcompany.co.uk) UK based. Makers of the MEGA City.
Open (startlab.it) Since the beginning of this year also sold in Japan as Girasole, with higher speed and wider range as the Open.
REVA Indian-built city car. May be exported to the USA with a speed limiter for use as a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle. Unrestricted use in most other countries.
Twike three-wheeled ev with pedal assist option. produced in Germany.
Vantage TruckAll/VanGo (vantage.metrogolfcars.com) low speed trucks and vans, based in the USA.
Xebra (zapworld.com) an economy priced, enclosed three-wheel electric vehicle. Imports to the USA in 2006 from China.
ZENN (zenncars.com) a fully-enclosed 3-Door hatchback Low-speed vehicle (LSV).

Cars planned for production

Aptera Typ-1 is a high-efficiency vehicle currently in development by Aptera Motors, Inc, now accepting pre-orders.
BG Automotive Group

, will offer an NEV, the web site says. Pa. Legislature not yet cooperating on allowing NEVs, a/o 9/18/08.

Bolloré Blue Car
Chevrolet Volt
Commuter Cars Tango narrow, fast two seater (fore and aft.) now accepting pre-orders in the United States.
Elektrikcar

, Elektrikcar LLC plans to build 2+2 passenger, sports electric coupes with tear drop styling to reduce drag
The limited production cars will be made of carbon fiber bodies, with lithium Iron Phosphate for 200 miles or more range per charge.

Hybrid Technologies

Mini Cooper conversion, estimated to cost $60,000
Mullen LIX-75 by Hybrid Technologies announced in 2006, lithium-powered eco-sports car, estimated to be sold at $124,900
Smart Car li-ion powered conversion of a Smart Fortwo.

Lightning Car Company is currently developing its eponymous Lightning based on a pre-existing internal combustion-powered sports car, and plans to use NanoSafe cells.
Marlip Motors(Marmut Listrik LIPI), developed in Indonesia by the Science Institute of Indonesia (LIPI)
Miles Electric Vehicles Miles Electric Vehicles XS500 planned for production in 2009. It's a four door sedan and it will have an 80+ MPH top speed, 120 mile range, battery life of approx. 100000 miles and a price tag of $30,000
Obvio! 828E and 012E
Phoenix Motorcars phoenixmotorcars.com based in Ontario, California, plans to build both a mid-sized SUV and an SUT (Sports Utility Truck) with 130 mile range for $45,000 using NanoSafe batteries from Altairnano. 500 cars are planned for delivery in early 2008 to fleet customers. A consumer version is planned for release in late 2008. 250+ mile range version also in development.
Smart fortwo EV also see Smart (automobile)
SSC Ultimate Aero EV - Planned for Q4 of 2009
Ronaele 300E Mustang planned to begin production in May 2008. Worlds first all-electric American muscle car, with a range of 125 miles and top speed of 150 mph, or a possible top speed of over 200 mph.
Tesla Model S planned for 2010 delivery. Estimated to cost $60,000 with a $30,000 model planned later on.
Th!nk thinkev.com With new investors a new start this year.
Universal Electric Vehicle Corporation Electrum series Spyder, COM V-3
VentureOne Trike with hybrid and EV options. Currently in the design stage.
Venturi Fétish marketed as the worlds first electric sports two-seater. Monaco
Wrightspeed X1 wrightspeed.com an Ariel Atom sports car modified to use an all-electric powertrain. Probably the world's fastest electric car
ZAP-X zapworld.com a four door crossover engineered by lotus with a price tag of around $60,000. No production date given.
ZENN (zenncars.com) is planning to launch the cityZENN in fall 2009. It will be the first electric car to use the revolutionary EEStor ultra-capacitor.

Discontinued cars

AC Propulsion TZero very fast two-seat sportster prototype. four produced.
Anthony Electric
Baker Electric
Bertone Blitz
Chevrolet S10 EV (some sold to fleets, available on secondary market as refurbished vehicles) S-10 with EV1 powertrain, over 100 produced only about 60 sold to private owners and survived. Currently EVBones in Mesa, AZ restores and converts them to use NiMH battery packs. 2007.
Chrysler TEVan (1993-1995) and second generation EPIC (1998-1999)
citicar/commutacar/comuta-van This car had a plastic body, aluminum frame, lead acid batteries, top speed of 50 MPH and a range of about 50 miles. This car was manufactured in Sebring, FL and was ahead of its time. No other car today uses an aluminum frame to keep weight down.
Citroën Berlingo Electrique (1999-2005)
Citroën Saxo Electrique
Corbin Sparrow
Detroit Electric (1907-1939)
Elcat (1985-2002, almost all vehicles in second-hand use)
Enfield 8000 (1971)
Ford Ranger EV (1998-2003) some sold, most leased. Several hundred were produced for lease only, almost all were recovered and most destroyed. Ford has announced reconditioning and sale of a limited quantity to former leaseholders by lottery.
Ford Think Neighbor (2002)
General Motors EV1 Gen I (1996-1997) used VRLA batteries, Gen II (1999-2003) used NiMH batteries.
Henney Kilowatt (1958-1960) the first modern (transistor-based) electric car, capable of highway speeds of up to 60 mph and outfitted with modern hydraulic brakes. Fewer than 100 of them were produced before production was discontinued in 1960.
Honda EV Plus (199?-1999) (several hundred produced for lease only, all recovered and most destroyed)
Nissan:

Nissan Altra lithium-powered hatchback; never offered (even by lease) to consumers.
Nissan Hypermini

Peugeot 106 ev
Pivco City Bee
Sebring-Vanguard Citicar A 1970's car. See review in Consumer Reports magazine.
Sinclair C5
Solectria Force - conversion of Geo Metro, not currently in production
Škoda Eltra (1992-1993, based on Škoda Favorit, 200 produced and sold, production cancelled after Volkswagen Group take control of factory)
Tatra Beta EL (1994-1997, based on Škoda Eltra, 368 produced)
Think City - Norwegian import by Ford, lease only, all recovered and returned to Norway.
Toyota

Toyota RAV4 EV (leased and sold on U.S. east and west coast, out of production, supported. Toyota agreed to stop crushing

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Golf CITYStromer (1995-1998) volkswagen has built 200 electric versions of the golf 3.
Volkswagen Jetta CITYStromer

Zebra Model Z Roadster (formerly Renaissance Tropica)
Zytek Lotus Elise

Medium and Light Duty Trucks and Vans

Electrorides ZeroTruck, , based on an Isuzu N-series platform, retrofitted with a UQM Technologies electric motor.
Electrorides ZeroSUV
Miles Electric Vehicles http://www.milesev.com/index.asp#zx40st.swf - MILES ZX40ST Electric Truck
Modec http://www.modec.co.uk/ - UK built electric delivery vans

Heavy Duty Trucks

Smith Electric Vehicles

Smith Faraday - 4.5 tonne truck
Smith ST - 5.0 - 7.5 tonne truck
Smith Newton - 7.5 tonne truck

Might-E Truck Heavy duty electric work truck. Road legal as an LSV in the US.

Motorcycles and scooters

Electric Moto

Blade XT

Electric Motorsport

Hybrid Technologies

Mantra Sports

i-step runner and city

Zero Motorcycles

Zero X

Buses

Electric vehicle production

Major vehicle manufacturers

DaimlerChrysler

On July 12, 2006, the DaimlerChrysler division SMART cars, announced that it would premiere a new Smart Fortwo EV at the British International Motor Show held at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre on 18 July.

The car will be made available on a lease arrangement to selected UK corporate customers with deliveries starting in November 2006. Up to 200 of the electric microcars will be built and delivered to the UK, which will serve as the trial market for the vehicle.

According to the DaimlerChrysler press release, the Smart EV sets a new benchmark in the electric vehicle sector; it has 30 kW output and a top speed of 70 mph. It offers even better in-town performance than its petrol powered stablemate, with 0-30 mph in 6.5 seconds. With a range of up to 72 miles, the Smart EV is exempt from vehicle excise duty and the London congestion charge.

The drive train for the Smart EV is produced in the UK by technology partner Zytek Group who undertake final assembly of the car in Fradley, near Lichfield.

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Motors announced on May 11, 2005 that it will mass-produce its Mitsubishi In-wheel Electric Vehicle (MIEV). Test fleets are to arrive in 2006 and production models could be available in 2010. The first test car, revealed to be Colt EV, is expected to have a range of 93 miles using lithium-ion batteries and in-wheel electric motors. The target price of an MIEV is US$19,000, although no export decision has yet been made.

Low volume/prototypes/startups

Buddy Norwegian-produced electric vehicle
tzero - Sports car - PHEV
Tesla Motors - Sports car
Wrightspeed - Sports car
Venturi Fétish - Sports car
Corbin Sparrow
Dynasty EV Canadian-produced electric vehicle
The Kurrent Neighborhood electric vehicle based in Michigan, USA
Eliica - Sports car - limo
Fisker Automotive
Mindset (vehicle)
Electrovaya Maya-100 2005.10.25
Hybrid Technologies LiX-75 Lithium based $125,000 supercar, 200 mph top end.
XS500 Electric Vehicle Production Electric Vehicle from Miles Electric Vehicles. 200,000 units a year beginning in 2009.
Phoenix Motorcars, an SUV that uses a lithium-ion battery enhanced by nanotechnology that can recharge in under ten minutes, drive for a hundred miles on a charge and has a top speed of 95 mph
TRON eARQ Spanish produced electric vehicle

Miles Electric Vehicles

Miles Electric Vehicles, a Los Angeles based all electric vehicles manufacturer currently produces several low speed vehicles for military, university, municipal and private use. The company is also currently developing the XS500 electric vehicle, powered by lithium-ion phosphate batteries. It has a top speed of 80 mph and a range of 120 miles. The company says it plans to crash test the car and release it as a 2009 model with a minimum four star crash test safety rating. The projected price is $30,000

Tesla Motors

Tesla Motors, Silicon Valley automobile startup company, unveiled the 185 kW (248 hp) Tesla Roadster on July 20, 2006. As of March 2008, Tesla has begun regular production of the roadster.

ZAP

ZAP produces several electric vehicles, most notably, the Xebra three-wheel electric vehicle, which is classified as a motorcycle. Top speed is 40 mph, cost about $10,000. According to reports have sold about 200 through USA dealers.

Modec

Modec http://www.modec.co.uk/ - UK built electric delivery vans

By country

China

Shenzhen GreenWheel Electric Vehicle Co :

GreenWheel electric vehicles

United Kingdom

Green Car Site contains details and specs for electric cars including the Reva GoinGreen G-Wiz, NICE MEGA City and Sakura electric cars with reviews of the sport Venturi Fétish and Tesla Motors.