El TH!NK city es un vehículo urbano de dos o cuatro plazas (2+2), que alcanza una velocidad máxima de 100km/h y tiene una autonomía de hasta 180 kilómetros. Dispone de todos los elementos de comodidad y seguridad comunes en los vehículos de combustión. Adicionalmente posibilita el control remoto de parámetros fundamentales así como su localización.
En tres años confía alcanzar unas ventas de 40.000 vehículos eléctricos desde motos hasta furgonetas ligeras.
Gonzalo Alonso, director general de Goinggreen, explicó que su empresa, creada en 2007, prevé este año duplicar sus ventas de motos eléctricas, hasta alcanzar las 500 unidades, gracias a la renovación del modelo VX-1, en su versión normal con una velocidad máxima de 110 km/h y autonomía de 110 km a 40 km/h, y la versión económica con la potencia y la velocidad máxima limitadas.
Además desde este mes cuenta con un nuevo modelo más pequeño y económico, el VX2 que se puede conducir con permiso de ciclomotor. El 70% de sus clientes son flotas, principalmente de servicios público y el resto particulares.
Going Green empresa empezará a importar en junio el coche eléctrico noruego Think y negocia un acuerdo con Telefónica y Endesa para convertir las cabinas de teléfonos en puestos de recarga para vehículos eléctricos que permitirán una mayor autonomía a estos vehículos.
Las nuevas motos Vectrix tienen un precio de 7.600 euros la VX1 y 3.900 euros la VX2, sin IVA ni la subvención con la que cuentan estos vehículos eléctricos, que se sitúa entorno a los 600 euros.
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Think will say Hola to Spain with 550 TH!NK City EVs
Think’s expansion across Europe is continuing quickly, with the EV charge now heading into Spain. Think has signed an MoU to deliver 550 TH!NK city EVs to the Spanish market.The vehicle are planned to be delivered during the second half of 2009 and early 2010. A pre-program demonstration project starting with 5 TH!NK city vehicles will begin early this summer. These first vehicles are intended to gather early real time experience of running and operating EVs in Spain.
Spain’s Industry Ministry is enthusiastically supporting the introduction of EVs in Spain, and they are aiming to install electric car infrastructure in several cities as well as subsidizing the government, municipal and private purchase of smaller EV fleets.
“The Spanish government is providing 10 million Euros to support the early introduction of electric vehicles. I am delighted to see that Think’s cars are being delivered already this year, so we can prepare the ground for a fast transition to clean vehicles, said Mr. Juan Luis Pla, Manager of Transport – IDAE- Ministry of Industry.
Think is preparing the TH!NK city for its first Southern European market. “Spain is an important and large market for us, and the Spanish government’s decisive action to move to electric vehicles will enable Think to continue to take advantage of our first-mover position in the European EV market” said Richard Canny, CEO of Think. “The combination of government-led demonstration programs followed by incentives for consumer to purchase EVs is a pattern that leading governments around the world are following. It helps get EVs on the market, increases the scale for Lithium-ion battery producers and drives the cost of these batteries down”.
The MoU has been signed with TH!NK´s partner in Spain, Going Green. Going Green is working together with Think to build market awareness and consumer consciousness for electric vehicle mobility.
“We view these first 550 vehicles as an important first step. Our goal is to distribute the TH!NK city to both retail customers, corporate clients and government and municipal customers. Our national retail network is now preparing for the introduction of TH!NK city EVs to their customers throughout Spain”, said Gonzalo Alonso , Managing Director of Going Green.
