by Gwynedd Stuart for Creative Loafing Atlanta, Jun 16, 2010
The Wheego electric car is officially on the market, and not a minute too soon. As the BP disaster continues to wreak havok in the Gulf, the Atlanta-based company is taking orders for the 2011 Whip, a lithium battery-charged micro-machine of a [...]
Full article →by Pure Green Cars, June 16, 2010
The Wheego Whip LiFe qualifies for a $7,500 Federal tax credit, dropping the net price to under $26,000. States such as California and Georgia offer State tax credits or rebates up to $5,000 to further reduce the net price of the car. In [...]
Full article →Story by Dan Chapman available on Atlanta Journal-Constitution website. June 16, 2010
Full article →By Melissa Hincha-Ownby for Mother Nature Network, June 14, 2010
While the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt are receiving the bulk of the electric vehicle-related media coverage, they aren’t the only highway-ready electric vehicles scheduled to hit the streets in the coming months. Today, Wheego announced that it has begun to [...]
Full article →by Ken Edelstein, My Green ATL, June 15, 2010
Wheego opened reservations for its new all-electric Whip LiFe today, with the Atlanta-based car maker’s CEO offering a hint at how competitive the market for mini-electric cars is about to become.
“We are on schedule to be the first company to offer an affordable all-electric [...]
Full article →by Sebastian Blanco for Autoblog Green, June 15, 2010
Well, it isn’t going to be available in August as hoped, but the $32,995 (before incentives) Wheego Whip LiFe has been re-scheduled for delivery in September and Wheego Electric Cars is now accepting $100 refundable reservations here. Wheego CEO Mike McQuary [...]
Full article →by David Herron for Green Transportation Examiner, June 15, 2010
Tesla Motors has released a pile of documents to the SEC in preparation for their upcoming IPO. Several sources are reporting today that the IPO date has been set for June 29, 2010 and that Tesla is hoping for a $1.4 billion valuation of [...]
Full article →ATLANTA (June 14, 2010) – WHEEGO ELECTRIC CARS today announced they are taking reservations for the all-electric Wheego Whip LiFe car on their website at www.wheego.net.
“We are on schedule to be the first company to offer an affordable all-electric car in the U.S.,” announced Wheego CEO Mike McQuary. “Other auto companies [...]
Full article →by David Brooks for the Nashua Telegraph, June 14, 2010
The imminent arrival of the state’s first electric-car dealership in Hudson has produced a lot of excitement, but for firefighters, EMTs and police, it also produces questions about dealing with accident scenes.
“We have to have a heightened sense of safety, [...]
Full article →by Loralee Stevens for the North Bay Business Journal, June 14, 2010
All-electric vehicle that can handle highways debuts in Santa Rosa Local dealers Wheego’s incentives will spur adaptation.
SANTA ROSA – Can incentives and rebates do for electric vehicles what they did for solar?
Jim [...]
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