List of production battery electric vehicles

This is a list of production battery electric vehicles (all-electric cars). You may want to view this information in table format.

Contents 1 Cars 1.1 Current in-production cars 1.1.1 Full-sized cars 1.1.2 Microcars 1.1.3 Low-speed vehicles 1.1.4 Demonstration fleets 1.2 Cars planned for production 1.3 Discontinued cars 1.4 Prototype without production intent 1.5 Unknown production status 2 Medium and light duty trucks and vans 3 Heavy duty trucks 4 Motorcycles and scooters 5 Buses 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Cars

Current in-production cars

Full-sized cars

Cars and trucks of normal size and capable of 100 km/h (62 mph) highway speed that are currently available. These cars are often dogged by significant waiting lists, low production volumes and limited regional availability.

• Tesla Roadster, USA, EU and Asia, li-ion powered sports car by Tesla Motors with 245 mi (394 km) range, 125 mph (201 km/h) top speed and 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 3.7 seconds acceleration.

• Th!nk City, Europe, with a 180 kilometres (110 mi) range, and a top speed of 110 kilometres per hour (70 mph).

• Malone TAZR, UK, lithium battery, with a 160 kilometres (100 mi) range, a top speed in excess of 176 kilometres per hour (110 mph) and 0 to 60 mph (0–97 km/h) in 4 seconds acceleration.

• Mitsubishi i MiEV, Japan and Hong Kong, lithium-ion battery pack with 130 kilometres (80 mi) range, and a top speed of 130 kilometres per hour (80 mph).^[1]
  • Peugeot iOn/Citroën C-ZERO France and the EU, developed in collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC). Its sister will be marketed by Peugeot as the Peugeot iOn.^[2] The differences between the cars will be different exterior and interior styling and a price difference.^[3]

• Nissan Leaf introduced in the United States and Japan in December 2010,^[4][5] and it will be followed by Portugal in January 2011, Ireland in February, the U.K. in March, and Netherlands in June, with global market availability planned for 2012.^[6]

• Smart ED, available for leasing in the United States since early 2011.

• Wheego Whip LiFe, sales began in the U.S. in April 2011.

Microcars

• Bolloré Blue Car
• Buddy
• Kewet
• Lumeneo Smera, 110 km/h (68 mph) .^[7]
• Mia electric
• MM NmG, previously named Corbin Sparrow
• Sakura (Available in Italy from EFFEDI.)^[8]
• Tango, 150 mph (240 km/h) ultra-narrow electric sports cars by Commuter Cars
• Tazzari Zero
• Zytek Electric version of the Smart Fortwo

Low-speed vehicles

These vehicles have a low top speed (like most scooters) and may not be street-legal without restrictions. They are known as quadricycles in Europe and as Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) in the US.

• CityEl three-wheeled EV, produced in Germany.
• Dynasty EV a neighborhood electric vehicle
• EuAuto Mycar manufactured in Southern China, sold in Hong Kong, limited to roads with speed limit at or below 50 km/h
• Global Electric Motorcars, LLC (GEM) quite common in California.
• Kenguru a 4-wheeled 1-person electric car for the disabled, with no seat, drivers drive from their wheelchairs, and enter from the rear door, the only door. The maximum speed of the Kenguru is 45 km/h. Steering is via motorcycle-style handlebar or joystick. It is manufactured by Hungary-based company Kenguru Car Ltd.
• Miles Electric Vehicles LSVs for fleet and neighborhood use
• Oka NEV ZEV Low Speed Electric Vehicle made in Russia, sold in USA.
• Open Since the beginning of this year also sold in Japan as Girasole, with higher speed and wider range as the Open.
• REVA Indian-built city car. Sold in the UK as the G-Wiz.
• Star EV a specialist in golf carts who also offers a wide selection of electric vehicles ranging from 2 to 14 passengers.Made by Suzhou Eagle Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Co.,Ltd. in China (wwww.eagleelectricvehicle.com)
• Twike three-wheeled ev with pedal assist option. produced in Germany.
• ZENN a fully enclosed three-door hatchback Low-speed vehicle. (No longer produced)
• Miles XS500 Electric Vehicle Production Electric Vehicle from Miles Electric Vehicles.

Demonstration fleets

• Mini E from BMW, with more than 500 cars leased for field testing in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, and France.

• BMW ActiveE, field testing of the Active E in the U.S. is scheduled to begin by mid 2011 and participants in the Mini E trial will have priority as test pilots for the newelectric car.^[9]

Cars planned for production

It should be noted that at least some of these cars will be subjected to significant production delays and that many more will never be put into production. For those that do make it into production, very limited volumes (500 units or less) are common.

• Alpha LUJO Electric Vehicle Pty Ltd
  • my EV 118, Australian company with production in China early 2011. One of the earlier version have passed EEC crash test in early May 2010

• Arcimoto SRK - tandem three wheeled two seater

• BMW i3 with production scheduled for 2013.

• BYD e6 - market launch in China and the U.S. has been re-scheduled several times. Now slated for the U.S. market in 2011

• CODA Sedan - market launch has been postponed several times. Now re-scheduled for late 2011

• Commuter Cars Tango narrow, fast two seater.

• DaimlerChrysler Smart Fortwo EV. Field testing began in London in 2007, followed by Berlin in late 2009, and testing in the U.S. will begin in October 2010. Sales are scheduled to begin in 2012 and it will be available in almost 40 Smart markets.^[10]

• EDay. An Australian designed electric car to be built in China and released in 2012, for less than $10,000 ^[11]

• EVTraxer EC homogulated chassis

• Electrovaya plans to sell the Maya 300 a full electric car in Canada and USA by Summer 2009^[12]

• Ford Focus Electric - scheduled for the U.S. market by late 2011 and Europe by 2012

• Honda Fit EV - scheduled for sales in 2012 (U.S. and Japan only)

• Hybrid Technologies^[13]
  • LiV DASH
  • AFS Trinity hybrid prototype is a modified Saturn Vue, estimated cost $33,000-40,000.

• Hyundai BlueOn will be launched in South Korea late in 2012, with just 2,500 units.^[14]

• Liberty Electric Cars is re-engineering Range Rovers to produce electric 4x4's that will have a range of 200 miles (320 km) and retail for £95,000.

• Lightning Car Company is currently developing its eponymous Lightning based on a pre-existing internal combustion-powered sports car, and plans to use NanoSafe cells and Hi-Pa Drive in-wheel motors.

• Mass-EV ^[15] is developing in Reading, UK by Turbo Electric Ltd. This car is targeted to be on sale 2011 at a price of £7,000 to the public and charges directly from the UK socket. Roughly the size of a Ford Focus C-Max, will do in excess of 100 miles and motorway speeds. With trailer generator will do in excess of 500 miles on one tank of petrol.

• Obvio! 828E and 012E

• Optimal Energy Joule, a multipurpose five-seater electric car with a top speed of 135 km/h (84 mph) and a range of 300 km (190 mi).

• Phoenix Motorcars based in Ontario, California, plans to build both a mid-sized SUV and an SUT (Sports Utility Truck) with 130-mile (210 km) range for $45,000 using NanoSafe batteries from Altairnano. 500 cars are planned for delivery in early 2008 to fleet customers. A consumer version is planned for release in late 2008. Over 250-mile (400 km) range version also in development.

• RAV 4 second gen - scheduled for sales in 2012^[16]

• Renault Fluence Z.E. - scheduled for release in 2011, it will be sold with a contract with Better Place at a price of less than US$20,000 before any federal and state tax rebates are applied.^[17] It will have battery switch technology allowing drivers to exchange their car's depleted battery pack for a 100 mile fully recharged one in 59.1 seconds on average.^[18] With a contract with Better Place it will have an unlimited driving range where Better Place battery switch stations are deployed.^[19] It will also be sold by Renault in Europe excluding the batteries and without a contract with Better Place at a price of €21,300 (US$28,127).^[20]

• Renault Twizy Z.E.; a two-seater electric car with a 20 HP electric motor. Top speed is 80 km/h and range is up to 100 km. Price of 6990 euro.

• REVA NXR production scheduled for second quarter 2010 (delayed)

• Saab 9-3 ePower - demonstration trial scheduled in Sweden for late 2010.^[21]

• SIM-Drive - Sim-LEI prototype, 4-seater planned for 2013 ^[22]

• Chevrolet Spark EV with production scheduled for 2013.

• SSC Ultimate Aero EV - Planned for Q4 of 2009

• Subaru Stella Electric Vehicle - Deliveries beginning in Japan in July 2009.^[23]

• Switch Vehicles planned for 2012 delivery as a kit car. Three-wheeled four-seater. Estimated cost $15,000 before tax credits.^[24]

• Tesla Model S planned for 2012 delivery. Estimated to cost $50,000 (after tax credit) with a $30,000 model planned later on.

• Toyota FT-EV At the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, Toyota debuted the FT-EV electric car based on the Toyota iQ microcar platform. They said a production version could be available by 2012.^[25]

• Universal Electric Vehicle Corporation Electrum series Spyder, COM V-3

• VentureOne Trike with hybrid and EV options. Three-wheeled vehicle registered as a motorcycle in the USA. Not required to be FMVSS tested.

• Venturi Fétish marketed as the worlds first electric sports two-seater. Monaco

• Volvo C30 Electric

Discontinued cars

• AC Propulsion TZero very fast two-seat sportster prototype. four produced.
• Baker Electric
• Bertone Blitz
• Chevrolet S10 EV (some sold to fleets, available on secondary market as refurbished vehicles) S-10 with [[geles in second-hand use)
• Enfield 8000 (1971)
• Fiat Panda Eproduced for lease only, all recovered and most destroyed)
• Nissan:
  • Nissan Altra lithium-powered hatchback; never offered (even by lease) to consumers.
  • Nissan Hypermini
• Peugeot 106 ev
• Pivco City Bee
• Sinclair C5
• Solectria Force - conversion of Geo Metro, not currently in production
• Škoda Eltra, also sold as (1992–1993) derived from Škoda Favorit, top speed of 80 km/h and a range of about 80 km, using lead–acid batteries^[26]
• Škoda/Tatra Beta (1994–1997) about 100 produced, using nickel-cadmium batteries^[27][28]
• Think City - Norwegian import by Ford, lease only, all recovered and returned to Norway. Think Global produced 200 Th!nk City cars in 2008.
• Toyota RAV4 EV leased and sold on US east and west coast, out of production, supported.
• US Electricar factory conversion of 1994 Geo Prizm or Chevrolet S10, see discussion group^[29]
• Volkswagen
  • Volkswagen Golf CITYStromer (1995–1998) volkswagen has built 200 electric versions of the golf 3.
  • Volkswagen Jetta CITYStromer
• Wrightspeed X1 an Ariel Atom sports car modified to use an all-electric powertrain. Production has been cancelled.
• Xebra an enclosed three-wheel electric vehicle (2006–2009).
• ZENN The cityZENN was cancelled in fall 2009.
• Zytek Lotus Elise

Prototype without production intent

• Audi Urban Concept ^[30]
• Rolls-Royce: Rolls-Royce 102EX - Electric Phantom - 2011
• Dodge: Dodge Zeo announced in early 2008 as a concept car.^[31]
• Eliica - Sports car - limo
• CQS Group T Racing Team Odyssee^[32]
• KIA POP ^[33]
• Opel One Euro Car ^[34]

Unknown production status

• Arton Birdie^[35][36]
• Dynasty IT Canadian-produced electric vehicle
• Electric Car Corporation based in London, UK - Citroën C1 ev'ie
• In November 2008, Ford and PML Flightlink joined together to produce the Hi-Pa DriveFord F150 pickup truck.^[37]
• The Kurrent Neighborhood electric vehicle based in Michigan, USA
• Lightning Car Company Sports car which, like Phoenix Motorcars, uses Altairnanobattery technology^[38]
• Marussia - sports car^[39]
• Mindset (vehicle)
• Hammerhead-i Eagle Thrust - designed by James May, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond of magazine car show, Top Gear, it was a challenge for them to make a car better than the unpopular G-Whiz and the Hammerhead-i Eagle Thrust actually went faster. The car actually turned out to be a hybrid in the end due to James attatching a diesel generator to the batteries.
• AC Propulsion eBox, a li-ion powered conversion of a Toyota Scion xB with 150 mi (240 km) range, 95 mph (153 km/h) top speed and 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 7 seconds.
• REV 300 ACX, a full-speed (136 km/h) battery electric SUV from Rapid Electric Vehicles Inc., lithium ion with battery management system (BMS) and V2G, 125 kW, 200 km range.^[40]

Medium and light duty trucks and vans

• AUSA Multiservice M 50 18KW EV Utility truck (600Kg Payload) ^[41]
• Cleanova, Société de Véhicules Électriques (Dassault Group), based on a Kangoo
• Electrorides,^[42] based on an Isuzu N-series platform, retrofitted with a UQM Technologies electric motor ^[43]
• Maxity, a Renault Trucks electric medium duty truck produced in cooperation with Power Vehicle Innovation ^[44]
• Miles Electric Vehicles- MILES ZX40ST Electric Truck
• Modec UK built electric delivery vans
• Ford Transit Connect all-electric van upfitted with Azure Dynamics ForceDrive™ electric powertrain
• Peugeot Partner
• Star EV has a full line of industrial electric vehicles. Check out http://www.starev.com/industrialcommercial for more information. Manufactured in Greenville, SC since 2003.
• VOLTEIS - Electric Utility 4x4 8Kw (500Kg Payload) ^[45]

Heavy duty trucks

• Smith Electric Vehicles
• Azure Dynamics
• 26 tons chassis garbage truck (PVI) ^[46]
• Electric Midlum (PVI) ^[47]

Motorcycles and scooters

• Brammo (Enertia, Empulse, Engage, Encite)
• Li-ion Motors Corp. (Motorcycles, Mopeds)
• Zero Motorcycles (Zero X, Zero S, Zero XU^[48], Zero DS^[49], etc.)
• Mission Motors
• Vectrix
• Modenas (CTric)

Buses

• Oreos 2X (PVI)
• Oreos 4X (PVI)

See also

• Aftermarket (automotive)
• Battery electric vehicle
• Electric motorcycles and scooters
• Electric vehicle conversion
• Electric aircraft
• List of hybrid vehicles
• List of modern production plug-in electric vehicles
• Plug-in electric vehicle
• Plug-in hybrid

References

External links

• EV.com Contains list of current electric vehicles
• List of early electric cars from 1834 to 2000
• Green Car Site contains details and specs for Battery electric vehicles
• The EV Biz Contains lists and news about electric cars
• Plug in America Plug-In Vehicle Tracker for Battery electric vehicles and Plug-in hybrid vehicles with details and specs
• List of current Chinese high-speed electric cars with volume-production plans
• Kenguru Car's official website