Will Americans open their hearts and wallets to a new class of automobiles—the city car?
Update: The Spark will be using nanophosphate lithium-ion battery packs fromA123 Systems.General Motors (NYSE:GM) looks like it's set to announce an "all-electric city car" according to reports in The Detroit News. The "city car" is a new class of vehicle, new to the U.S. at least, which is saddled with fewer range expectations and less weight to push around.
Green Car Reports says that the vehicle is based on the Chevrolet Spark, which will be "GM's first all-electric car sold in the U.S." (Here's a website devoted to that vehicle.) The car is already sold, with internal combustion engine, in India and England.
Will Americans open their hearts and wallets to a new class of automobiles? Intended for short trips and small loads, the city car concept is a natural use-profile for electric vehicle technology, and perhaps a natural for the next generation of eco-aware drivers.
The most recent report from GTM Research is Electric Vehicles 2011: Technology, Economics, and Market. More details here.
