Electric Cars on Display at the Oklahoma Aquarium

by Paul Crockett for Oklahoma’s KRMG Local News, December 18, 2009 

(Tulsa, OK) – If you’re tired of the volatile price of gasoline, Wheego Electric Cars Inc. would like you to consider one of their vehicles.  They were on display at the Oklahoma Aquarium on Friday.  The little electric cars are small but actually about a foot longer than the Smart Fortwo, a gasoline powered vehicle.  Les Seagraves, the company’s marketing vice president says the Wheego can travel 40 miles on a full charge.  Don’t think about hitting the highway in one, their top speed is 35 mph so they are strictly for in town use.  Seagraves says if you buy one before the end of the year you can get a 50% tax credit from Oklahoma and a $7,500 tax credit from the feds.  He says they sticker for $19,000.  They’re assembled in Ontario, CA and if you want to buy one in Oklahoma you’ll have to go to Amp Control Inc. in Piedmont which is just northwest of Oklahoma City.  You can find out more at www.wheego.net.