The General Electric vehicle Thread

[Populuxe]

I'm reviving this 7+ year old thread because we really need a catch-all thread for electric cars. There are a lot of start ups. I'm sure 99% will fail, but the ones that survive should be very good indeed.

Nobe

Nobe Cars

Nobe Cars was an EV startup based in Estonia. Problems plagued the company since its inception and a sordid history of business failures followed its CEO here.

mynobe.com

My personal favorite, a retro-futuristic 3-wheeler and now a small pickup as well.

Maple Majestic

Maple Majestic

www.maplemajestic.com

After trying and failing to revive Polish automobile brand Syrena, Poliish-Canadian industrial designer Arkadiusz Kaminski is back with the Maple Majestic. As represented by this toy car.

XBus

ElectricBrands | XBUS | Home

XBUS. A modular concept. Two chassis variants. An infinite number of possible uses thanks to different modules.

electricbrands.de

This little tribute to the T2 VW Bus looks to be a success with actual vehicles being produced and shipped to dealers.

Canoo

Electric Cars, Fleet, Pickup Trucks for Clean Energy

Canoo is engineering electric vehicles and leading the automotive world's transition to clean and sustainable energy.

www.canoo.com

Nice looking vans and pickups with a delivery van in the works.

Morris Commercial

Home - Morris Commercial

morris-commercial.com

Definitely among the most retro, this is an electric version of the classic Morris J2 van of the 1940s and '50s.

Microlino

Microlino Car —

microlino-car.com

More retro nostalgia. Still, I would definitely be up for one of these. I love the original Isetta.

Feel free to add your own.

 

[Populuxe]

Some good news for EV startups.

Canoo is going into production with a deal for 4500 electric vans for Walmart.

Canoo Is Already Testing Its EV Vans with Walmart

Walmart has purchased 4500 LDVs from Canoo. But now the startup faces more competition than ever.

www.autoweek.com

Microlino has entered production as well.

Microlino 2.0 enters production with Pioneer Series - Autoblog

The battery-electric Microlino microcar — technically a quadricycle for legal classification purposes — is finally a thing. Six years after a debut at the G

www.autoblog.com

 

[05XR8]

@Eunos_Cosmo I guess small cars will still be a thing Afterall.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

@Eunos_Cosmo I guess small cars will still be a thing Afterall.

I've been a big fan of the design of the Canoo for a while. I hope they make it. The Microlino is awesome. If I lived in SF I'd get one for sure.

 

[Populuxe]

After an interminable hour long livestream, Volvo’s EV-only Polestar brand just revealed the Polestar 3. It’s an SUV, but then again, isn’t everything?

2024 Polestar 3 electric SUV is the young brand's mission statement - Autoblog

The 2024 Polestar 3 is the Volvo-owned company's first entry into the SUV segment. It's electric, all-wheel-drive, and it ushers in a new design language.

www.autoblog.com

 

[Populuxe]

It looks like Microlino isn't the only company building an electric Isetta. Electricbrands of Germany, the same company that builds the XBus, is making the Evetta. They're actually related. Micro-Mobility builds the Microlino. A company called Artega bought the Italian branch of Micro-Mobility and decided to release it under their own name. Lawsuits ensued. Deals were struck. Micro-Mobility moved on with Microlino 2.0. Artega couldn't deliver on their own version. So ElectricBrands bought the rights to Artega's version and has renamed it Evetta. (EV + Isetta, get it?) It will come in three versions: Prima (the basic coupe model), OpenAir (convertible), and Cargo (mini cargo truck.) They're even showing a pizza delivery version of it.

Homepage - Evetta

The Evetta is a light electric vehicle. This makes it not a car, but much more: lighter, more sustainable, faster to recharge.

evetta.com

 

[05XR8]

I dig that Camper. However, I’d like to see one with seating position behind the front wheels.