Jeroen, a really great list! How many times havn’t I wondered about all the plug-ins out there on the market or soon to be out there.

If you’ve got facebook and want to know more about Th!nk there’s a page called “The Think-Tank”. If you got questions you can always try to ask them there and I’m sure you’ll find someone to answer you.

Best regards and thanks for this great piece of work. I will bookmark this one.

Markus

I see you have a number of three wheel vehicles in your NEV section. I believe these vehicles are actually classified as motorcycles. I know the ZAP is. This allows them to operate at higher speeds then NEVs/LSVs without having to meet the same safety standards since they are not technically NEVs/LSVs but are designed to operate as “neighborhood” vehicles.

I do not agree with the inclusion of the Twike in the NEV section. It may not be a motorway car (one can wonder if, in a truly sustainable world, a concept like ‘motorway’ can exist) but is is certainly NOT a neighbourhood vehicle. I have driven it and with its maximum speed of 85 km/h (55 mph) it’s very well suited for the secondary roads. Some enterprising Twike-pilots even do drive on the motorway.

In most European countries it is classified as a motor car, not a motorcycle, despite its three wheels.

Some people make very long journeys with their Twike, such as this Norwegian: http://www.sykkel.de/twike, made possible by the new li-ion batteries. Unlike a large number of vehicles in the list, the Twike can actually be bought today.

So in my opinion this is perfectly usable vehicle, certainly not limited to neighbourhood use. I am seriously considering buying one.

Please move the Twike out of the NEV section, its placement there doesn’t do it justice.

I added a link to your website in my forums at TheEEStory.com. Thanks & nice list.

What about the Fisker, where would you put it? http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/01/fiskers-80k-plu.html

This is a good list that I have ever seen. As for 3 wheeler, should not it be categoried in either “light electric vehicle” or “NEV” ? ( Anyone head of the light electric vehicle ? Some “experts” said the EV category is defined by SAE, and no one uses LEV except LSEV ). And how do we categorize the EV at below 20mph (32Km/h) like commutors at NASA or at zoo or golf course ?

Do you plan to include e-bike (e-bicycle, e-scooter, e-motorcycle, e-moped, segway, and commericial bus, van, mid/heavy duty truck, forlift, ATV ?

You have a listing for the MDI MiniCat, aka the “aircar”. There are _plenty_ of doubts about whether this company is actually intending to produce any such product. They’ve been announcing it for years, but have never shown anything that actually works. And the physics behind using compressed air as a storage method are very, very, questionable. As in not a snowball’s chance in hell would this work

Thanks for the very comprehensive list.
I’d like to suggest a link to Plug In America, the US electric car advocacy organization. Also, my blog, Plugs and Cars at http://www.plugsandcars.blogspot.com is obviously all about plug-in vehicles.

Amazing how foolish US public is? We want a EV which can seta 4 & can drive 100’s of mile on a charge. It should have ample leg room & space for the fatties in US… What we need is a 2 seater car with ample room for batteris in the back so one could travel 100+ miles on a charge. An ideal car for commuting to office or run around in town. For long distance travel, rent a gas/hybrid car or own one.
Ofcourse for this to happen, cost of the ion-lithium battery & car need to be resonable. One cant expect people to buy a EV for $35K + as most of the idiots in US are in economic trouble…they dont have the $ and no credit…lol

As a reply to entry nr. 20 by ‘Pat’ I would like to point to a company in the Netherlands which builds solar road trains which operate in two cities in The Netherlands (Maastricht and Nijmegen) and on an island in the North Sea (Schiermonnikoog). They also build some smaller recreational solar power assisted vehicles and golf carts. Pat, this shows that even in a climate withh a lot of cloudy, rainy days your idea is a reality!
If you like to know more visit their multi-language website: http://www.soios.nl

…Very interesting…

Take a look at the new Nissan Leaf electric car:
http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index.jsp

It is great to see an org.can steer the world public in the
right direction, otherwise there will be more Natural disasters due to human causes one after another. Finger pointings just simply too much in the same World, we are sharing together.

You forgot abotu the optimal Joule http://www.optimalenergy.co.za/

this is very very nice cars and pollution free cars.

The twike is the ugliest piece of shit I have ever seen. They look like they would topple over with a gust of wind!

Go the Tesla, these things rip your nuts off

Thank for the list. Zap X project has been dropped.

I appreciated your comprehensive work. As a memeber of the industry, I’m trying to organize the technology and manufacturing alliance to enter the supply chain of EV. Any suggestions about potential partners of motor drive and control, BMS, regenerative brake, battery cell? Any engineering consultant?

Hi All,
Can someone send a catalog of 100% electric cars that are out in production and that can be purchased now. I know the Tesla is one but i need other options. Please send email to kayadex@gmail.com.
Thanks.

I am truly impressed by your list – i’m actually a grade 7 Technology teacher looking for an interesting article to include in my 4th term test-i’m definitely using your info as a complete section (bias in tech)-only hope none of my learners read this before the test.

im searching for that electric car wich discovery channel had featuerd recently i think its a toyota plug-in plug-out it has its own self generating property that we dont have to recharge it once set on motion the plug out feature allows it to power a whole household during brownout,

Hi Jeroen,

An excellent article and information repository. I can add a few cars that you could be including, such as Bluecar, Nissan Leaf, Riversimple, etc.

See http://ev.ulysses.co.nz/zero-emission-vehicles/ for more information and links.

Great work.

Feel free to link to my information web site: http://ev.ulysses.co.nz/

All the best.

Mauricio

I am in India and ready to partner with anyone to import any electric car in India and do business. Indianas are badly need of electric car. Sam