EV generation 1 and 2

8 responses to “EV generation 1 and 2”

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   jurvetson

   Sep 6, 2016 at 4:50 am

   Plastic shell outside… And primitive controls within:

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   jurvetson

   Sep 6, 2016 at 4:51 am

   And festooned with silver "Electric Citicar" stickers

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   gsikich1

   Sep 6, 2016 at 11:51 am

   I remember a colleague having one – yellow – in El Paso, TX. He could not drive it on the expressway due to not being able to hit the minimum speed of 45mph. Times have changed….

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   volvodadfast

   Sep 6, 2016 at 5:38 pm

   I personally think there are 2-3 technological generations between these 2 cars. Thanks for posting the pic and the history lesson.

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   sbove

   Sep 6, 2016 at 5:54 pm

   Sweet inverse delta duct on the foredeck…in case it breaks 50 going downhill? 😉

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   mariordo59

   Sep 6, 2016 at 8:04 pm

   Steve, over 4,000 Citicars were produced, so I think it was the Model S not the Roadster that took the record for the most EVs manufactured by an American carmaker. Check here:
   http://www.wheels.ca/news/electric-car-for-the-average-joe-not-f...

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   jurvetson

   Sep 7, 2016 at 12:16 am

   [https://www.flickr.com/photos/30998987@N03] interesting… the Wikipedia entry has statements like that and "The CitiCar and variants were the most produced American electric car until surpassed by the Tesla Roadster in 2011." I am guessing that they are referring to the 2011 build of Roadsters (the Lotus contract for 2,500 gliders expired at the end of 2011) exceeding the peak year of Citicars, which may have been 2,300 in 1977 (the 4,444 produced in total was over a 4 year period).

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   jurvetson

   Sep 9, 2016 at 10:03 pm

   P.S. Mate the two vehicles, and you get the Johnny Cab from Total Recall … with autopilot and falcon-wing doors, sort of…

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