We Want Electric Cars

In the time of high gas prices and the need for change big companies are still trying to stay away from Electric Cars.  In this example Ford Motor Company pulled out of their stake in TH!NK a Norwegian Electric Car Company.

During their time with the company they actually brought over to the states 400 cars for testing.  Of course they would only lease these environmentally friendly cars to the public for three years.  The more astonishing thing or maybe not so astonishing is the fact that the three years was set by U.S. federal authorities.  Once the lease was up the cars could no longer be used in the US.

So what was Ford going to do with the cars after the lease was over?  They were going to crush them.  I find it sad with the gas issue at hand that the federal government would let this occur.  If they were truly interested in helping change for the American people they should have allowed these people to extend their lease or buy the vehicles.  Instead Norway stepped up and fought for the cars back to sell to Norwegians.  That is just sad and possibly another example of how big oil is keeping us from moving forward.  I am sure lobbyist are paid big bucks to manipulate what happens.

The good news is even with Ford out of the picture TH!NK is coming back after a Norwegian Investment Group helped pull it back on its feet.  What does this mean for the US?  They are hoping to be selling the cars in the US by 2009.

About the car:

First of all it is an updated version of the car developed by Ford.  Way to go Ford…

It is a small two passenger car called the TH!NK City with a range of about 110 miles per charge (MPC).  With a top speed of 65 miles per hour it should be fine for most highways in the US.  With my daily mileage at 80 miles per day 110 MPC would work but although the car is cute it is just to small to drive a family of four around.  The size would make it pretty hard to drop the kids off anywhere before work.  With that said I hope they have great success in the US.

With success they could hopefully bring the TH!INK Ox to us that is a five passenger electric car.  Now that is a car I would more then likely purchase.  I have no idea on the specs like MPC or top speed but it fits the looks and size that I would be looking for.  Here is a picture: