ATLANTA (September 10, 2009) – WHEEGO ELECTRIC CARS, manufacturer of all-electric street legal LSVs (Low Speed Vehicles), today announced it has signed AMPCONTROL, Inc as its dealer with exclusive rights to sell the Wheego Electric Car product line throughout the state of Oklahoma. AMPCONTROL plans to open a Wheego assembly plant in Oklahoma to meet [...]
Full article →In 1998 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) established a limited set of safety standards for low-speed vehicles (LSVs) intended to apply to vehicles used “to make short trips for shopping, social, and recreational purposes primarily within retirement or other planned communities with golf courses.” To qualify as an LSV, a vehicle must have [...]
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By Michael Kanellos
September 02, 2009
It’s an all-electric, two-seater car that looks like a smart car. It’s not bad, which is a good sign for the industry. I did not hold up traffic or fear for my life.
Those were two of the more noteworthy – if seemingly unremarkable – [...]
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By Chris H. Sieroty
August 9, 2009
As local auto dealerships continue to close their doors because of declining sales brought about by the recession, Wheego Electric Cars is looking to acquire select dealerships for The Whip, its new plug-in,
electric low-speed vehicle manufactured in [...]
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By Susan Wilson
July 29, 2009
Wheego Electric Cars manufactures Low Speed Vehicles (LSVs), also known as Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs). LSVs and NEVs have a top speed of 20-25 mph and are limited to streets with 35 mph or lower speed limits. While the rest of the country may see [...]
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By Chris Dannen
July 21, 2009
Bill Reinert hates the plug-in electric car. He hates ethanol too. And what Bill Reinert hates matters to every car-buying American: he’s Toyota’s national sales manager and in-house energy sage, and he knows his stuff. But is he too smart for Toyota’s good?
At [...]
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By Jim Motavalli
July 6, 2009
These are the companies with the right mix of the right stuff — business acumen, a great plug-in product and a marketing plan. Don’t be surprised if at least one of these companies becomes as big as (or bigger than) General Motors.
We’re [...]
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By Chris Dannen
July 6, 2009
In the race to build the first affordable electric car, one company is taking an unusual approach: they’re not treating it as a race at all. “We don’t want to be the first, or the biggest. We just want to be the best,” says [...]
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By Camille Ricketts
July 2, 2009
Here Wheego! — Electric vehicle startup Wheego announced it will launch its two-seat, low-speed car on August 1 in hopes that its release will help raise an additional round of capital. The car is called the Whip, and its development has been supported by [...]
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By REX ROY
July 01, 2009
In photos, you can’t tell the size of the 2009 WheeGo Whip. They look tiny — perhaps the size of a Smart ForTwo. In person, all that changes. Regardless of which powertrain is fitted under the Whip’s hood, this car is bigger than you expect.
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