The Cree SAM, designed and developed by the
Swiss
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*Swiss Internation ...
company
Cree
The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...
, is a prototype zero emission
battery electric vehicle
A battery electric vehicle (BEV), pure electric vehicle, only-electric vehicle, fully electric vehicle or all-electric vehicle is a type of electric vehicle (EV) that exclusively uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, wi ...
. It is a tadpole
three-wheel car, with two seats in a tandem arrangement.
About 80 vehicles were produced for public testing in the
Zurich and
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
area, in 2001 (
SAM Electric Vehicle). In 2003 the company laid off all employees and applied for bankruptcy, but the shareholders including the original designer Daniel Ryhiner bought the company and kept it running, as an investment offer.
In mid-2009 a Polish company, Impact Automotive Technologies (IAT, Pruszkow), was said to be developing a newer and faster version of the Cree SAM with a larger range. It was tested and received road certification in Italy, and was planned to produce 500 cars by the beginning of 2009.
External links
Creethe original website
Friends of Sam, official SAM websiteSAM group2008 developmentsThe new re-volt SAM(Polish, the English site is not responsive)
Impact Automotive TechnologiesThe company that took over SAM development.
Electric cars
Cars of Switzerland
Plug-in hybrid vehicles
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