Atlanta Business Chronicle: Driving Lessons
by Kate Carter Former MindSpring president brings knowledge and know-how to electric-car company opportunity for the company: the skyrocketing price of oil, the groundswell of concern about climate change and “the ongoing political outrage” about the country’s oil-centric foreign policy. RTEV was originally founded in 2000 as Ruff & Tuff Products, a manufacturer of electric golf carts and accessories. When Ruff & Tuff executive... [Read More...]
MindSpring founder focuses on electric cars
by Charlie Vick for The Northside Neighbor Mike McQuary wants to resurrect the all-electric automobile. The Buckhead resident and former founder of Internet service provider MindSpring is now the CEO of RTEV, a Midtown-based company dedicated to designing and producing electric vehicles. For now, the company has a range of vehicles which largely resemble golf carts, but McQuary said the company’s focus is presenting a number of vehicles, culminating... [Read More...]
GA Public Broadcast (NPR) interview
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Autotech Daily
“The newly named RTEV Inc., which has sold all-electric recreational vehicles for several years, is launching a new unit called Wheego that will focus on street-legal vehicles in the U.S. Ruff & Tuff Products, the former name of the company, will now operate as a separate unit and continue to market utility vehicles. The first Wheego products, which are due this fall, will be electric scooters and mopeds. They will be followed in 2009 by... [Read More...]
Electric Vehicle Company, RTEV, to launch
ATLANTA (May 6, 2008) – RTEV, one of the first electric vehicle (EV) companies to deliver affordable electric LSVs (Low Speed Vehicles), will celebrate its official launch at Georgia Tech on May 6, 2008. The event, to be held at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Convention Center from 10am-12pm, will feature a short presentation and Q&A followed by EV test drives. Electric Vehicle Adoption Fueled By Rising Gas Prices, Increased Environmental Awareness... [Read More...]