The Electric Car Corporation
plc was an
electric car
An electric car, battery electric car, or all-electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using only energy stored in batteries. Compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, electric cars are quie ...
manufacturer and dealer based in
Mayfair, London
Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world ...
with an assembly plant in
Flitwick, Bedfordshire. It made and sold the
Citroën C1 ev'ie
The Citroën C1 ev'ie is an electric car conversion from a standard Citroën C1 by the now defunct Electric Car Corporation. The model was first released on 30 April 2009, with a 2010 list price of £19,860 ($30,890 US) this makes the C1 ev'ie ...
, an
electric car
An electric car, battery electric car, or all-electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using only energy stored in batteries. Compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, electric cars are quie ...
adapted from the
Citroën C1
The Citroën C1 is a city car marketed by Citroën from June 2005 to January 2022, originally developed as part of the B-Zero project by PSA Peugeot Citroën in a joint venture with Toyota, with two generations produced.
The C1 was developed alo ...
. The car was first released on 30 April 2009 with a list price of £16,850 ($24,989 US).
The company was dissolved in 2012.
The company was dissolved in 2012. Starting with a complete vehicle, The Electric Car Corporation removed components from the new car such as the petrol engine, transmission and other unnecessary parts. These were sold to the motor trade to offset some of the price of the initial new vehicle purchase.
Board of directors
Its board of directors comprised:
*David Martell (secretary and 98% shareholder), the founder of
Trafficmaster
Teletrac (branded as Teletrac Navman; formerly Trafficmaster) is a software as a service company headquartered in Southern California, with offices in the United Kingdom. It provides cloud-based GPS fleet tracking software, stolen vehicle tracki ...
.
*Robert Williams (2% shareholder), a former Trafficmaster director.
References
External links
Electric Car Corporation website
Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Electric vehicle manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Motor vehicle manufacturers based in London
Flitwick
Citroën
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