By Sebastian Blanco

“The last time we spoke with Jeff Boyd, he was still COO of Miles Electric Vehicles. This week, though, Ruff and Tuff Electric Vehicles (RTEV) announced that Boyd will take over as president of RTEV’s Wheego Street Division. Regular readers will remember Ruff and Tuff as the makers of the Hunter 4×4 EV. Back at Miles EV, Boyd was able to drive the upcoming XS500 highway speed sedan on his way to work but his electric rides will be going a bit slower in the coming months. Over at RTEV, Boyd will lead the Wheego Street Division, which might sound fun (wheeee! go!) but whatever highway-speed vehicle RTEV is working on, it’s likely far behind the XS500 development.

Boyd will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s launch into electric cars and scooters that are street legal under the current US DOT Low Speed and Medium Speed Vehicle class and also the development of RTEV’s full speed highway car.

Not a lot of details there, but Boyd does say that a new Wheego car is coming in spring 2009. Stay tuned.”