from Novogreen
Stealthy electric vehicle startup Wheego Electric Cars and Chinese carmaker Shuanghuan Automobile said today they plan to partner to release an electric car to the U.S. market in May 2009 and global markets about two months later. Mike McQuary, CEO of Winnsboro, S.C.-based Wheego Electric Cars, told the Cleantech Group that the companies expect sales of about 1,000 cars the first year in the U.S. and significantly more abroad. Initially the cars will be marketed as low-speed electric vehicles, but the companies are seeking crash-test certification to take advantage of the $19,000 car’s ability to reach 70 miles per hour, McQuary said.
It’s awesome that there is going to be a car out there like the wheego and hopefully it gets crash test certified to operate faster and put some lithium batteries in it for the distance.