Myers Motors NmG
Built in the heartland of America - Tallmadge, Ohio - the Myers Motors NmG (No More Gas) is a fully enclosed three-wheel all-electric vehicle with a top-speed of 70 miles an hour. The NmG sports a 156 Volt DC Motor, good for 20 plus horsepower and has a range of about 30 miles, perfect for tooling around town. While the NmG is technically classified as a motorcycle and the laws of motorcycling apply, the power windows, heater and CD player make up for the lack of a fourth wheel. At a price just under $25,000, could the NmG be more fun to drive?
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Phoenix Motors SUT
One of the only highway-speed EV vehicles available on the road today, the Phoenix Motors SUT, is a full-size pickup truck that seats five comfortably, has a top speed of 95 miles an hour and uses safe UltraNano battery technology to power the high-torque electric motor. With the forthcoming quick charge system, Phoenix says you can fully charge the battery in less than 10 minutes. The only catch, it's only available to fleets until 2009 when the consumer version launches nationwide with a retail price of around 45,000. Expect a long waiting list.
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Venturi Fétish
If James Bond drove an electric car instead of his Aston Martin, it would look and drive like the Venturi Fétish. Each Fétish, which is limited to an edition of twenty-five, are hand built in Monaco from a design by famed Parisian designer Sacha Lakic. The space-age carbon fiber constructed two-seater has a top speed of 100 mph and features an electric motor with the equivalent of 250 horsepower and a 0-60 time of about 4.5 seconds. But all this comes at a very steep price starting at $460,000. Perhaps Q's budget is bigger than yours.
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Chevrolet Volt
The Volt was shown too much acclaim at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. What makes the Volt so special is its E-Flex Propulsion system. Basically, the Volt's power plant - a rechargeable electric drive system that can be configured to run a variety of sources from electricity to gasoline, E85 or bio-diesel - increases the range of the electric vehicle to numbers not usually associated with the word EV. Can the company that killed the electric car, bring it back to life? We sure hope so.
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Honda FCX
The new Honda FCX is larger, roomier, faster and has a smaller, yet more powerful Hydrogen stack. This new one-box stack is 30 percent lighter than previous models, features a Honda-designed PEFC - a proton exchange membrane fuel cell that converts the hydrogen into electricity with water as the only emission. The FCX is still only available to governmental agencies only the select few lucky consumers - one a Southern California family and Whale Rider actress and environmentalist Q'orianka Kilcher - were able to lease the previous generation FCX. Oh, the new model looks amazing too.
