Pictured is the latest generation
THINK City, as exhibited at the 2011 Geneva International Motor Show
this week.Two THINK City
electric vehicles (EVs) are on display at the motor show, the first
with ‘m-way’, THINK’s Swiss distributor, and the second with THINK’s
manufacturing partner, Valmet Automotive. The new THINK City 2+2
(complete with two occasional rear seats) exhibited by Valmet
Automotive, demonstrates optional winter sports specification,
typical of the vehicle’s holiday usage in its native Scandinavia.
The THINK City 2+2 is the first
four-seat offering from the company, and boasts generous headroom
for all four passengers and a flexible seating formation, with 50/50
split folding rear seats to make the most of the sector-leading
luggage space capacity of 700-liters. Useful baggage hooks also
feature on the hind-side of the rear seats, perfect for carrying
children’s or shopping bags out of the way of the four passengers.
Powered by industry-leading
lithium-ion battery technology from award-winning battery maker
Ener1 in the U.S., and now with air-conditioning and the electronic
stability program as standard, the latest generation THINK City
offers the most complete urban electric vehicle (EV) package on the
road today.
THINK CEO, Barry Engle, said:
“Following great progress in the last twelve months, the THINK
product line-up leads the way in the EV sector, with excellent
battery range and charging, four seats for the first time, a
comprehensive options package and now N1 homologated urban delivery
vans too. Also, the THINK City costs as little as two cents per km
to run, whatever the oil price, so there really has
never been a better time to enter the new and exciting world of EVs.”
The THINK City is the world’s first
EV to be granted pan-European regulatory safety approval and is
homologated for sale as a passenger car across the continent. It is
a zero emissions pure battery EV, built on a dedicated lightweight
platform and designed as a modern urban car. It can travel at
highway speeds of up to 110 km/h and cover up to 160 kilometres on a
single charge (subject to driving style and conditions) with zero
local emissions.
