The Citroën C1 ev'ie is an
electric car conversion
Conversion or convert may refer to:
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from a standard
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 a ...
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 a competitively priced electric car.
The Citroën C1 ev'ie's body and fittings are essentially identical to a standard C1. Differences for the electric model include a fixed-ratio
transmission and
regenerative braking
Regenerative braking is an energy recovery mechanism that slows down a moving vehicle or object by converting its kinetic energy into a form that can be either used immediately or stored until needed. In this mechanism, the electric traction mo ...
(with
ABS). A standard 5-speed gearbox is used but fixed into 3rd gear. The regenerative braking is automatically partially applied as soon as the accelerator is released, not just when the brake pedal is pressed, making it act like
engine braking
Engine braking occurs when the retarding forces within an engine are used to slow down a motor vehicle, as opposed to using additional external braking mechanisms such as friction brakes or magnetic brakes.
The term is often confused with seve ...
, instead of acting like putting a car into neutral and coasting.
ECC buys C1s and then removes the engine and gas tank, adds batteries, electric motor, heater, and an
engine-management system.
By placing the batteries in place of the standard fossil fuel tank, as well as in the engine compartment, no boot space is lost compared to the standard C1 model.
The car is charged from a standard household
electrical outlet
AC power plugs and sockets connect electric equipment to the alternating current (AC) mains electricity power supply in buildings and at other sites. Electrical plugs and sockets differ from one another in voltage and current rating, shape, ...
, in 6 hours.
With the demise of ECC, support for these vehicles is available fro
ev-support.co.uk who took on the final warranty work for ECC and subsequently purchased all the remaining stock of spare parts. Certain parts being no longer available are now remanufactured by EV-Support.
See also
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Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles
Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles have been established around the world to support policy-driven adoption of plug-in electric vehicles. These incentives mainly take the form of purchase rebates, tax exemptions and tax credits, ...
*
List of modern production plug-in electric vehicles
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Plug-in electric vehicle
A plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) is any road vehicle that can utilize an external source of electricity (such as a wall socket that connects to the power grid) to store electrical power within its onboard rechargeable battery packs, which then ...
References
External links
Electric Car Corporation websiteYoutube video of EV'ieReview of the EV'ieUK based EV support website
Electric vehicle conversion
Electric cars
Citroën vehicles
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