EVangel

Electric Vehicle Makers are Riding on Sunlight

Excellent article, overall.

I must say, however, that only one of six automakers sold its electric vehicles (EVs) before 2002, and four never offered any for sale to individual consumers. The Ford Ranger EV, a converted gas vehicle, sold poorly at $40,000 a pop (the gas Ranger was priced at half that.) In 2002, Toyota sold all 300-odd RAV4 EVs offered in half the expected time.

Nissan never even offered its lithium-battery Altra EV for closed-end individual leasing.