GEM has been producing low-speed electric vehicles for more than 25 years and has sold more than 65,000 of them. LSVs are more than a golf cart—they are street legal on most roads posted 35 mph or less. Yet knowing where those roads are and where a GEM can take... Read more →
Fiat has introduced two new EVs: the Fiat 600e, marking a return to the B-segment; and the low-speed electric Topolino. New Fiat 600e. Available as a 5-door, the New Fiat 600e offers 5 seats and 15 liters of interior storage. Customers can store their personal items in the smart central... Read more →
Annual worldwide NEV sales by region, 2011–2017. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge. The total number of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs)—low-speed street-legal electric vehicles—on the world’s roadways will grow from 479,000 in 2011 to 695,000 by 2017, a 45% increase, according to a new forecast by Pike Research. During that... Read more →
The GEM e2 two-passenger vehicle features six 12-volt flooded electrolyte batteries and a range of up to 35 miles on a charge. Click to enlarge. Polaris Industries Inc. will acquire low-speed electric vehicle manufacturer Global Electric Motorcars LLC (GEM), a wholly-owned Fargo, N.D.-based subsidiary of Chrysler Group LLC. Chrysler Group... Read more →
BC Finalizes Hydrogen Supply Agreement for Buses; OKs Low-Speed Electric Vehicles
11 December 2007
BC Transit has finalized a six-year, C$20-million (US$19.9 million) contract with Air Liquide Canada Inc. of Montreal to supply hydrogen for the Province’s 20 new fuel cell buses to arrive beginning next summer. When the buses are operational, BC Transit will have the largest hydrogen fuel cell bus fleet worldwide,... Read more →
Two Dutch Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles: NEV and Scooter
26 July 2006
HydroGEM, with loading platform removed. Two hydrogen fuel-cell-powered vehicles have emerged from Dutch labs recently: the HydroGEM, a fuel-cell powered version of a GEM Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV), built using a Dutch fuel-cell stack; and the Fhybrid scooter. The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) in Petten developed the... Read more →
Feel Good Cars Introduces the ZENN
07 May 2006
States with LSV legislation. Source: Feel Good Cars Feel Good Cars is unveiling the all-new ZENN (Zero Emission No Noise) luxury electric Low Speed Vehicle (LSV) at the Clean Cities Congress and Expo 2006 in Phoenix. (Earlier post.) A fully-enclosed LSV or NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle), the ZENN has a... Read more →