The niche for the electric vehicle is that last mile between home and the short stop market. It it proves popular it is a short term boost to the strip mall.
RV Maker Updates Electric Vehicle Venture
January 18, 2010 by RV Business · Leave a Comment
A Moreno Valley, Calif.-based RV company that partnered last year with a foreign car maker, expects to begin building the more diminutive vehicles by the second quarter.
Brad Williams, CEO of MVP RV, said Jan. 14 that he expects to finalize a funding agreement in the next 30 to 60 days that would allow him to retrofit his current RV factory into a plant to build electric vehicles, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
Williams was in Detroit last week to meet with an investment group and also watch as CT&T, the company’s foreign partner, unveiled new electric vehicle models at the North American International Auto Show.
MVP RV and South Korean-based car maker CT&T partnered last year to form MVP-EV to build the foreign company’s brand of small electric vehicles in the United States. At the time, officials had said they hoped to have the first vehicles rolling off an assembly line by January, and employing 120 people initially.RV Business
Riverside County is perfect for the electric kit car. Neighborhood Electgric Vehicles, NEV.
Those signals are coming from the efforts of a small band of private sector entrepreneurs, but what could happen with a little foresight and planning? First, it helps to examine the current regulatory framework. NEVs are allowed on public roadways with speed limits up to 35 miles per hour, with a top speed of 20 mph and a weight limit of 3000 pounds, including passengers. Planetization
The lightweight lane! For scooters, three wheelers, experimentals. No need to limit it to electrics, low power combustion engines work.
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