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Think City gives small cars an electric shock

Think City
On sale Autumn 2008
From £14,000

  • Emission free
  • Congestion charge exempt
  • Recharges fully in ten hours

The Think City is the first fully electric-powered car on sale in the UK.

The green runabout is emission free, London congestion charge exempt and nearly totally recyclable.

With a 65mph top speed and 0-50mph time of 16 seconds, owners can re-charge City fully in ten hours, using a domestic plug socket. It has a range of 124 miles between charges – plenty for city drivers.

Prices start at around £14,000.

 


Think City has high green credentials. Many parts - including the dashboard are completely recyclable

 

 

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Added: 04 August 2008 12:46

> The Dutch firm EPYON offers
> technology that can charge
> up an electric car in
> Ten MINUTES !!!!
> Howard, MANCHESTER

Yes, but you need to buy their costly charger to do the job - I suspect it'll only be able to do this by greatly increasing the amount of power available at the socket (which means your house will need a rewire to cope with it).
John, Bolton
 

Added: 03 August 2008 18:44

The Dutch firm EPYON offers technology
that can charge up an electric car in
ten MINUTES !!!!
Howard, MANCHESTER
 

Added: 27 May 2008 14:32

IM ALL FOR ELECTRIC CARS IM RETIRING SOON AND THE CHEAPER CARS WOULD BE IDEAL FOR ME
david murphy, newcastle
 
Have Your Say!
Added: 20 May 2008 18:23
about time someone pushed elecric cars
because they are cheap to run and beats the gov highwayman from its 60+tax on fuel just to go to work without congestion charges the worker cannot aford to work
talk aboutthe tax man shooting themselfes in the foot. what next????
jim hanvey, manchester