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A four-seater electric car, the Ev’ie, launched in the UK yesterday. The vehicle, based on the Citroen C1, has a top speed of 60 mph and a range of 60-75 miles in normal driving conditions.

The Electric Car Company (ECC), who has created the Ev'ie, takes a standard Citroen C1 hatchback and replaces the petrol engine and fuel tank with a lithium-ion battery pack at its plant in Bedforshire.

According to ECC, the Ev’ie charges up in six hours from a regular 240 V plug socket at a cost of less than £1. Although it will cost around £17,000 it is exempt from road tax and London’s congestion charge, as well as benefiting from free parking in some areas.

Meanwhile, US US biofuel producer Green Star Products, who announced plans to start building electric cars last month, says it will conduct a public test drive of its first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) in the next four weeks.

The company says that its PHEV will have a range of 150 miles per charge and an overall fuel efficiency of 75 mpg. The vehicle will be aimed at replacing in-city delivery trucks, which typically do not cover large distances or require high speeds but are currently very polluting.

“This demonstration is the next in a series of public demonstrations of advanced electric powered and hybrid powered vehicles that the company intends to offer to the public in the near future in the $25,000 price range,” said Green Star Products president Joseph LaStella.

For further information:
www.eccplc.com/
www.GreenStarUSA.com

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