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First TH!NK City's will go to the most 'EV Friendly' cities in Europe

Posted Dec 2nd 2008 at 2:22PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, European Union, UK, Th!nk (Think)


Click above for more shots of the TH!NK City in London

Electric vehicle maker Th!nk Global is just about ready to begin selling cars over in Europe. Instead of launching one single full-scale offensive, the Norwegian automaker is now trying to figure out where its cars would be most welcomed, and to help make the decision, its created an EV Friendliness Index. We like the sound of that. The statistic attempts to score a city based on its ease of EV use and various purchase incentives. Coming in at the top of its list is Oslo, the capital city of Th!nk's home market. That's nice to see. The remaining top five slots are rounded out by Tel Aviv, Lisbon, Copenhagen and London. These are the cities that Th!nk will first target when its new TH!NK City electric vehicle is deployed. The recently-revived automaker has plans to sell about 10,000 City's per year and hopes to ramp up to that number relatively quickly by making it available over all of Europe by the end of 2010.

Gallery: Th!nk visits No 10 Downing St


[Source: Think Global]


Tags: think, think city, think electric cars, think global, ThinkCity, ThinkElectricCars, ThinkGlobal, thnk

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Th!nk NEV tuner edition

Posted Aug 11th 2008 at 3:51PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Daily, Th!nk (Think), USA


Click above for more high-res shots of this custom Th!nk NEV

Ever since at least the 1950's, car culture has included modifying vehicles for added performance and style. With the dawn of the fully electric car, there are some contingents that are all ready considering how best to eke more from the first generation of electric vehicles, like the original Th!nk NEV. Considering that the speed of a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle is strictly controlled, there's not a whole lot that can be done (legally) to increase their performance, but style is another matter entirely. A California company by the name of Electric Car Warehouse has taken a Th!nk NEV from a few years back and added new wheels and tires along with some other stylish duds. Take a look at the gallery below for the end result.

For reference, a NEV is a vehicle that is 4-wheeled, has a top attainable speed in 1 mile of more than 20 mph and not more than 25 mph on a paved level surface, and has a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of less than 2,500 pounds. Thanks for the tip, Jerry!

Gallery: Custom Th!nk NEV


[Source: Electric Cart Warehouse]

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Tags: custom golf cart, custom golf carts, custom nev, custom nevs, CustomGolfCart, CustomGolfCarts, CustomNev, CustomNevs, th1nk, think, think global, think nev, ThinkGlobal, ThinkNev, thnk

EnerDel update from chairman Charles Gassenheimer

Posted Jul 6th 2008 at 4:21PM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in



We spoke with Ener1 Chairman Charles Gassenheimer back in December at the EVS23 expo and at the time he was quite bullish on his company's prospects for 2008. So far this year, there has been quite a bit of good news for the company. Ener1's li-ion battery subsidiary, EnerDel, put a lithium-ion pack in a Th!nk City EV and is a staunch proponent of making future hybrids much more affordable. GM-Volt's Lyle Dennis recently had a chance to get an update on EnerDel's current battery status from Gassenheimer and you can read all about it here. The condensed version is:
  • The EnerDel Prius was tested at Argonne national lab and got 77.4 mpg.
  • Some EnerDel battery packs are being tested in Canada.
  • The available operating range of EnerDel's packs is 95.5 percent, much more than the range that other companies' batteries can offer.
  • Ener1 is in talks with more companies to use their batteries.
  • Gassenheimer doesn't see a lithium shortage any time soon. Perhaps we'll get it from seawater some day.
  • Li-ion Th!nk City still on track to be "on the road by the end of this year."
Read the rest.
[Source: GM-Volt]

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Tags: charles-gassenheimer, ener1, enerdel, gassenheimer, li-ion, lithium-ion, think, thnk

Top 20 green cars we wish we could buy today, Number 8: Th!nk Ox

Posted Apr 22nd 2008 at 12:50PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Th!nk (Think)


click the Th!nk Ox for a high res gallery

Th!nk's Ox is a five-seat monocab design that has a space frame structure that can be used for a variety of different body styles. Besides the four-door body, Th!nk is also showing a two-door coupe body. The space frame provides the crash structure and mounting locations for battery packs in the floor. The 60kW electric motor should be able to accelerate the 3,300lb Ox to 62mph in about 8.5 seconds. Th!nk is claiming that with lithium batteries the Ox will have a range of about 120 miles. With specifications like that, the Ox is a car that could replace the gasoline vehicles that the majority of the population drives everyday ... in other words, it's a game-changer.

Gallery: Th!nk Ox


What's Number 7?


Tags: think, think ox, think-ox, ThinkOx, thnk

Th!nk will launch operations in America

Posted Apr 21st 2008 at 1:46PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Th!nk (Think), USA


click to enlarge

Shortly after announcements that Th!nk would be selling its wares in the U.K. and possibly Australia comes news that the Norwegian maker of small electric cars is launching operations in America. Th!nk's City electric car was designed with the American market in mind, so this news should not be too surprising. There are no hard dates yet announced regarding when the vehicle will actually be available, but having a presence in the states is surely a good sign.

Gallery: Th!nk City


[Source: Automotive News - sub. req'd]

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Tags: american electric car, american electric cars, american-electric-cars, AmericanElectricCar, AmericanElectricCars, electic cars, ElecticCars, electric car, electric-car, electric-cars, ElectricCar, think, think america, think city, think-america, think-city, ThinkAmerica, ThinkCity, thnk, u.s. electric car, u.s.-electric-car, U.s.ElectricCar, us electric cars, us-electric-cars, UsElectricCars

TH!NK could be put on sale in Australia

Posted Apr 2nd 2008 at 7:02PM by Xavier Navarro

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Pacific Region, Th!nk (Think)



Th!nk UK managing director Richard Blundell said that their all-electric car could be put on sale in Australia without too much hassle. The reason? The Th!nk City, which Blundell pointed out is a real car and not a quadricycle (NEV), is designed to satisfy both EU and U. S. highway safety features and can be sold virtually anywhere. Then there are the business reasons: "Think will evaluate each market based on perceived and sustainable market demand, attractive urban center demographics and conducive legislative policy for the use of EVs," he told The Courier-Mail. Although Th!nk's efforts are focused on selling the car in Europe and America, moving into the Australian market could follow quickly. I think I just heard a cheer.

Gallery: Geneva 2008: Th!nk Ox and City


Gallery: Th!nk City


[Source: Couriermail]

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Tags: australia, blundell, city, sales, th!nk, think

AutoblogGreen Podcast #20 - Geneva Motor Show wrap-up

Posted Mar 13th 2008 at 9:39AM by Dan Roth

Filed under: Diesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Acura, BMW, GM, Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Geneva Motor Show, New York Auto Show, Podcasts, Automotive X-Prize, Th!nk (Think)

Episode 20 of the AutoblogGreen Podcast has us recapping Geneva mere days before we head to New York. There were lots of exciting things over in Switzerland, and we touch on a few of them. Th!nk's new Ox will be a Tesla-magnitude achievement if it hits the market doing what the company says it will. GM rolled out the new version of its mild hybrid system that will be propagating across virtually all models in all brands to help boost CAFE. Better efficiency for about half of what a sat nav option costs? We'll take it. Speaking of hybrids, there was a lot of talk from BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen ,and others about upcoming Euro-branded hybrids, and diesel hybrids at that. Mercedes will debut li-Ion batteries in a production hybrid, while Toyota has yet to see a compelling argument for diesel hybrids. Rest assured that if people want it, Toyota will build it, though. Before closing, we look forward to the couple of things we know about in New York, like the debut of the Acura TSX/Honda Euro Accord which will sport a 50-state legal diesel, and the Automotive X-Prize folks will be holding a press conference, as well. 32 minutes this time around. Stay tuned, we'll surely be abuzz when we return from New York.

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Tags: auto, auto show, autoblog green, AutoblogGreen, AutoShow, battery, bmw, diesel, geneva, gm, green, honda, hybrid, mercedes, new york, NewYork, podcast, salon, th!nk, think, toyota, volkswagen

Geneva '08 Preview: Th!nk's series hybrid sedans to be released in 2011

Posted Feb 29th 2008 at 8:14PM by Lascelles Linton

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, Geneva Motor Show, Th!nk (Think)



Recently, we told you Th!nk would introduce a larger car made by one of the top three American automakers. Green Wombat has more details on the car thanks to coffee with Th!nk's Jan-Olaf Willums at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco. The car is a stylish and aerodynamic five-seat, four-door sedan, made by an unnamed Fortune 100 automaker and will be released in 2011. We'll be able to confirm this for ourselves when it is introduced at the Geneva Motor Show next week. The car will also be electric and include a range extender which I believe supports my pet theory that the unnamed automaker is GM.

You don't have to wait until 2011 for new things from Th!nk. According to Willums, Th!nk's two seater will be delivered to customers in March and introduced to Paris and the UK this week with production ramping up to 10,000 cars a year by the end of 2008. Th!nk hopes to have a plant in the United States by 2009, too. When asked if they were competing with Tesla, Willums said "We won't compete with Tesla. ... The Tesla will be more a BMW; we'll be more the Volkswagen."

[Source: Green Wombat]

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Tags: electric, extended-range, Geneva-Motor-Show, series-hybrid, Think

Londoner gets to try out the new Th!nk city EV

Posted Feb 29th 2008 at 1:13PM by Sam Abuelsamid

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Th!nk (Think)



Danny Fleet is a Londoner with an interest in electric cars. His attituce should come as no surprise given that EVs can avoid the city's congestion charge. Currently, Danny happens to drive one of the ever-popular G-Wiz quadricycles. Danny was lucky enough to be in the area when one of the new second-generation Th!nk city electric cars arrived fresh from the factory in Norway and he got to check it out as soon as they unloaded it from the truck. He recorded video of his tour and his first drive and came away very impressed.

The Th!nk has some pretty decent specs, starting with the fact that it's actually type approved in Europe as an actual car not a quadricycle. To get that type approval it has to be crash tested and meet safety requirements, something quadricycles don't. Th!nk claims the lithium polymer battery will provide a range of 125 miles on a charge and the top speed of 65mph. It's fitted with safety equipment like air bags, seat belts and even ABS. Th!nk will be selling the car in the UK for £14,000 and charging and extra £100 per month for a battery rental. If the charge capacity of the battery falls too low, they will replace it as part of the rental deal. Check out Danny's videos here and here.

[Source: Danny's Contentment]

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Tags: dannys-contentment, london-congestion-charge, th!nk, th!nk-city, think

Th!nk to announce deal with large auto maker next week

Posted Feb 27th 2008 at 1:19PM by Lascelles Linton

Filed under: Ford, Th!nk (Think)



Greentech Media reports that Think Global will announce a deal with a large automaker next week concerning the development of a car. At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco Tuesday, Think chairman Jan-Olaf Willums said the new car will be larger than the car we know from Think. Greentech Media theorizes the automaker could be Ford, which purchased and then sold Think a while back. My guess is GM because there is talk GM may open up E-Flex to other companies. Stay tuned for further developments.

[Source: Greentech Media]

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Tags: Ford, rumor, th!nk, Think

Powerful politician buys her own electric car

Posted Feb 25th 2008 at 2:16PM by Domenick Yoney

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, European Union, Th!nk (Think)



Åslaug Haga is not only the Petroleum and Energy Minister in Norway, but she is also the chief of the ruling Center Party. As such, she is a powerful politician in a country known both for its progressiveness and a large oil industry. Perhaps it is only a little surprising then that her latest car purchase was a Th!nk electric vehicle. Not that a politician can't be an environmentalist. And indeed, during this election season, we here in America have been made well aware of the hybrid choices of some our own Presidential hopefuls. It could be that Ms. Haga, who doesn't have the greenest of reputations amongst the folk of the fjords, is spending a her hard-earned kroner on both transportation and public relations. The Norwegian government no longer supplies its ministers with cars since a little brouhaha over the issue a couple of years ago.

According to Cobos over at the Tesla Motors Club forum, from whose post I originally learned of this story at Oblad.no, since Haga is buying one of the first Th!nks off the line, the minister is receiving a certificate numbered 0001from the EV Association of Norway which says, "all EVs in Norway run on hydroelectric".

Whatever her motivation, I sincerely hopes she enjoys her new coal- and oil-free EV.

[Source: Oblad.no via user Cobos at Tesla Motors Club forum]




Tags: Aslaug, Aslaug-Haga, greenwashing, Haga, Norway, Th!nk, Think

First Th!nk rolls off the line in Norway

Posted Nov 29th 2007 at 10:50AM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Daily, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle), European Union, Th!nk (Think)



Not sure if this qualifies as one of those "small step, giant leap" type of stories, but I do feel that yesterday marked an important milestone in the revived electric car market. That was the day when Norwegian electric car maker Th!nk's first EV minicar rolled off the production line in Norway. According to Automotive News Europe, these cars will soon undergo crash testing and Think Global CEO Jan-Olaf Willums said in a statement that, "This project is on time. We are building full production cars with all the right components from the right suppliers." Those suppliers include Autoliv, Continental and Robert Bosch.

Th!nk minicar sales will start in Norway sometime in the first half of 2008, with other European countries to follow. ANE says Th!nk wants to build between seven and ten thousand cars a year by 2009. For more on Th!nk, click on this link for posts in our new Th!nk category.

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[Source: Douglas A. Bolduc / Automotive News Europe]

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Tags: electric-car, ev, nev, new, norway, th!nk, think, think-ev

Could Norway ban all gasoline powered cars?

Posted Oct 16th 2007 at 8:02PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski

Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Flex-Fuel, Legislation and Policy

With all the talk about CAFE standards and gas taxes these days, many people wonder what a government could do to help bring the sale of gasoline powered cars down. How about a complete ban? Would that work? Sounds a little drastic, but Norway is considering doing just such a thing, and they are attempting to figure out if it's even legal for them to do so. It's important to note the difference that Norway sees between gasoline powered cars and biofuel cars. The source article implies that the cars would have two tanks, one for a biofuel like ethanol and one for gasoline. That's not at all necessary really, unless that is what the government would require. True flexible-fuel vehicles are capable of using any combination of gasoline and ethanol, so there only has to be a single tank. Norway also sells electric cars, with the Norwegian brand Th!nk making some headlines recently.

What do you think? Could Norway set a precedent in the banning of all cars powered exclusively by gasoline? Does it matter?

[Source: UPI via The Truth About Cars]


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Tags: ban, biofuel, biofuels, norway, th!nk, think

Video: Jason vs. the Think electric car

Posted Oct 14th 2007 at 8:16PM by Lascelles Linton

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture

think,electric,car,top,gear

Many TV shows about cars have embraced the fact cars are becoming greener. Not Top Gear. In the video below the fold, Top Gear challenges the Think electric car to a race with a guy named Jason. I won't spoil the ending but I will say I don't think what happens is representative of the Think's actual performance. We'll just add this race to the growing list of things Top Gear has done to make fun of green cars.

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[Source: YouTube]

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Tags: electric car, electric cars, ElectricCar, ElectricCars, think, top gear, TopGear, video

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Think on the road to recovery, gets $60 million in new funding

Posted Jul 11th 2007 at 7:31PM by Sam Abuelsamid

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Th!nk (Think)



Since Ford decided to discard Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer Think a few years ago the crew at the company has been working on a revival. They have developed a new second-generation model and recently inked a deal with Tesla Motors to purchase lithium ion battery packs from the Silicon Valley startup.

Think (also written Th!nk) CEO Jan-Olaf Willums has now corralled $60 million in new funding from an investment group including retailer Stein-Erik Hagen, hotel developer Petter Stordalen and shipping heir Petter Sundt. Willums and his partners bought Think out bankruptcy in early 2006 and recently got development work going at the company. With the new funding, Think is expected to start building cars toward the end of this year.

Currently the company has production capacity for 3,500 cars a year on a single shift or double that with two shifts, but they need to sell 10,000 annually to be profitable. As a result they are looking at new production sites outside of Norway. The United States, UK, Holland and Switzerland are all potential plant sites. If things work out the company hopes to be building (and selling!) 10,000 electric cars a year by 2009.

[Source: www.aftenposten.no, thanks to Mulad for the tip]

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Tags: th!nk, think

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