Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hyundai, Pacific Region
Hyundai to deliver first electric car in New Zealand
Hyundai plans to be the first automaker to offer plug-in electric cars in New Zealand. The Korean automaker will be working with its local distributor in New Zealand to retrofit the subcompact Getz to run on batteries. The complete cars will be shipped to New Zealand as usual where the conventional powertrains will be removed. An electric motor, batteries and electronics will be installed to give the electric Getz a range of about 75 miles on a charge and a 75 mph top speed. A quick charge is expected to give another 50 miles of range. At this point not a lot of technical detail is available on the car nor is pricing. Hyundai is expecting to offer about 200 Getz EVs annually starting in November. Thanks to Paul for the tip![Source: Scoop.co.nz]
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Mark 5:39PM (9/26/2008)
BRING THIS TO CANADA, PLEASE!
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paulwesterberg 6:37PM (9/26/2008)
how much do they cost?
how much does it cost to ship a car from NZ to the US?
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Paul 3:13PM (9/27/2008)
New Zealand cars are right-hand-drive (like Japan), so you'll have to spend a fortune getting it converted to be legal on US roads.
kert 5:20AM (9/28/2008)
Its a conversion made by Blade Electric Vehicles
http://www.bev.com.au/
It has had pretty good reviews it seems
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kert 5:47AM (9/28/2008)
Here is the long story on the same car:
http://www.sustainablemelbourne.com/research/resource-comments-on-electric-cars/#respond
Apparently its the "first australian production electric car" and its quite neat. Lithium phosphate batteries, AC motors and everything. ABG should have a more in-depth story on it, after all they plan to have like 1000 cars on the roads by next year.
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paulwesterberg 6:41PM (9/30/2008)
from the company website:
$35k au which is $27.5 in US dollars.
too bad GM is too dumb to buy them.
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