by Colin Bird for USA Today, November 30, 2010
A new car dealership opening in Florida could be the first electric-only car lot for the Sunshine State.
Suncoast Electric Vehicles will open in St. Petersburg in three weeks and will sell the Wheego Whip LiFe.
The Wheego is a Chinese-sourced but [...]
Full article →by Stephen Calogera for egmCarTech, Nov. 22, 2010
At the 2010 LA Auto Show last week, Wheego Electric Cars Inc. said that it will launch sales of its electric LiFe across the U.S. in mid-December. The company is still waiting on Environmental Protection Agency certification that is needed to begin selling the Full article →
by Rik Paul for Consumer Reports, November 19, 2010
The ongoing electrification of the car is stimulating America’s entrepreneurial spirit. Startups Fisker and Tesla Motors have gotten a lot of attention with their pricey electric models. Now, two new companies have surfaced at the 2010 LA Auto Show—Coda [...]
Full article →by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield for All Cars Electric, October 13, 2010
The end of 2010 is fast approaching and that means in a few short months we’ll see the launch of several different plug-in vehicles. But as the 2011 Nissan Leaf, 2011 Coda Sedan, 2011 Chevrolet Volt, 2011 Wheego Whip LiFE and others hit [...]
Full article →From the Auto Channel, October 14, 2010
ATLANTA October 13, 2010; WHEEGO ELECTRIC CARS, a U.S. manufacturer of all-electric cars, today announced it will unveil the Wheego LiFe, the nation’s first affordable electric car, to the public at the Los Angeles International Auto Show in November.
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by Jim Motavalli for NY Times.com, October 7, 2010
Last October, President Obama issued an executive order calling on government agencies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Low-hanging fruit for carbon reduction is in the transportation fleet, particularly zero-emission, battery-electric cars, but there aren’t many on the market, and very few federal agencies have [...]
Full article →by Lindsay Chappell for Automotive News, Sept. 27, 2010
Does it really matter which automaker will be the first to get plug-in electric vehicles to showrooms? Sure, being first with anything carries a certain amount of prestige, but beyond that?
It matters to Wheego Electric Cars Inc., an Atlanta automaker that few in [...]
Full article →ATLANTA (September 22, 2010) – WHEEGO ELECTRIC CARS, manufacturer of all-electric cars, today announced it will host a Dealer Ride & Drive Event in Ontario, California October 22-23, 2010.
“Our full-speed electric car, the Wheego LiFe, will begin shipping in October,” said Wheego President Jeff Boyd. “We are accepting dealer applications now [...]
Full article →by Alex Jud for Georgia Public Radio, Sept. 21, 2010
Atlanta – Electric Cars are expected to become popular next year when major automakers like Nissan and Chevrolet will roll out their models of the non polluting vehicles. But, as GPB’s Alex Jud reports, this fall a Georgia-based company hopes to beat all the [...]
Full article →by Nora Dunne for the Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 16, 2010
Fuel-efficient cars carry verdant pros, and pricey cons.
How much do fuel-efficient cars cost these days? Try $18,995 – add a bit for air conditioning, subtract some after tax credits.
That’s the price tag for a 2010 Wheego Whip, currently the cheapest highway-capable, [...]
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